First grow, outdoor, bagseed. Help me

[pushit]

Quick question, how long should I wait to transplant from the cups to a 5 gal bucket? If I dump the cup in my hand, I got a decent lil bit of roots showin wrappin around the dirt. Alot of reading says about 3 weeks. This sound good?

Have you thought about progressing to that 5 gal? I like to go from cup to 1 gal to 3 gal then to whatever you want to finish with. Doing it this way, your plant will always have fresh soil. Plus if you go straight to a 5 gal theres gonna be alot of unused space for awhile which could cause problems especially with watering. The plant also seems to concentrate more on its roots rather than whats above the soil. This is just my opinion though.
Have you thought about putting chicken wire up and fence in the plants? Might help with the rabbit situation.

[Bobthis]

I would really like to step up sizes. The only things that are gonna stop me is the fact that my plot is almost a 1/4 mile from my house, and its walkin thru pretty thick woods to get there. More transplants means more 40 pound bags of dirt I gotta carry back there. Not to keen on that. Still gettin over surgeory. I take a bag or 2 back there every now and then, when I feel up to it. Closer to the house isnt an option. Id grow indoors, but I have kids. This is kinda a trial year for me on growin. I may try steppin up like half, and goin straight to the 5's on half. See how much difference there is. And go from there for next year. I think I might have to go with the wire to protect em. If the concentrate liquid stuff dont work. Take it out there in the fall, when its cooler, and have it for end of this year, and ready for next year. This was kind of a spur of the moment thing. Germed a ton of seeds, and wasnt really ready for all the work. Next year will ne much better. Ill be ready

[pushit]

Yea i hear ya. Alot of people go straight to big pots. To answer your original question... if you see roots all along the bottom of your cups, its time to transplant. I didnt realize how much work itd be when i started either. Ive only been growing a year and i still have so much to learn. I spend pretty much all my spare time on this site and a couple others trying to better each grow. Sometimes i do sometimes i dont. Its all about experimenting and finding out what works best for you.

[Bobthis]

I see what you mean about growin slower in big pots. After they sprouted in lil containers, I put the 2 biggest ones right into 5 gal buckets, now they are the smallest plants. By far. Bet they got alot of roots. I think I took care of the bug problem, with the pyrethrine. Just gotta stay on it. I wish we were gettin more sun here. Just lots of rain. The biggest ones are growin first set of 7 leafers, and lookin like they might start thinkin bout branchin out. Wish I could sex em now, so I didnt have to transplant and raise the boys. Yeah, I been readin alot, too, but it dont help as much as the experience...

[Bobthis]

Some more recent pics.... They are just about 3 wks old here. Do they look ok to you guys

[jwmsalisbury]

Looks awesome! you said these were just bag seeds? same with mine, hope you get a lot of females!

[Bobthis]

Yeah, me too. I started with 26, and lost one to animals. Hell, if I end up with 10 good growin girls, ill be happy. It was some pretty good bud I got the seeds from, so we will see how it turns out with no seeds, and my amateurass behind the wheel.

[319]

Your doing well so far. I wish I could come outside and play. lol

[Bobthis]

Your doing well so far. I wish I could come outside and play. lol

Thanks man.... I been watchin your grows, too. Wish I could come indoors. Mother nature doesnt want to cooperate with me. Either no rain, or like now, too damn much. Gettin worried about overwatering. I dunno... The dirt theyre in drains really good, and when this alabama sun comes out, it comes out strong..... We shall see.

[319]

Buy a moister meter. Cheap but worth the investment if your in soil. I wish I had one when I first started. Anyway, I'm here for the ride.

Tread Lightly!