Newly aquired plants

[subver]

Ok so my brother had these plants and didn't really take care of them so he gave em to me. I dug two up and transplanted them into one bucket (i needed to get the plants immediately and only had this available). Anyway they seemed to perk right up soon after, and even seemed to grow right away. Here they are 2 days ago (i just put them in their seperate pots today). I'll post more images as they grow up.

subver Reviewed by subver on 07-20-2005. Newly aquired plants Ok so my brother had these plants and didn't really take care of them so he gave em to me. I dug two up and transplanted them into one bucket (i needed to get the plants immediately and only had this available). Anyway they seemed to perk right up soon after, and even seemed to grow right away. Here they are 2 days ago (i just put them in their seperate pots today). I'll post more images as they grow up. Rating: 5

[sheist]

sweet.. wanna clone some and send'm to me?

[subver]

is it too late to grow clones? Should I?
I also have another plant that I've yet to rescue, but it's another female.
This is my first real grow, so I'm trying to be as efficient as possible.

[subver]

Ok, some questions. When I put the plants into their seperate bucket homes, one of them was left with about half soil in a 5 gallon bucket. When I go to get the third plant, should I just fill another bucket up, put the low soil plant in there, then do the third plant? Should I stop this transplanting madness and just let it grow?
What's the worst that will happen, just a smaller plant?

And also, how do I choose between topping and bending? I like that one technique where you leave about 10% and up to 8 branches grow in it's place. I'm a bit weary about chopping up my babies, though.
You know, maybe I'll try different things on different plants. Anyway I'll take some pictures of the two today, they should be looking very nice so far.
Peace.

[subver]

Ok, here they both are today. And crap, I'm assuming the rain packed the soil down, should I fill it up over the stems, re transplant them, or just leave them?
Mmmm, I can see buds starting to form on these.

[J DOG 6000]

Retransplant 1 more time with at least 10-12 gallon of soil for each plant and don't do it anymore.If it doesn't have enough soil it gets stunted when the roots run out off room.(check out the faq's)Make sure you use a good potting soil preferably no nutes in the soil all ready.I would suggest trying topping ,bending and just leaving it alone and see what you like best.

[subver]

thanks. Would it be better to just buy some soil and mix it with vermiculite, or just buy premixed potting soil? If I buy each, should it be half and half? Maybe 1/3 vermiculite 2/3 soil?
I'm gonna go for the 10 gallon buckets... I want as much as I can get out of these babies.
Thanks for the help.

[subver]

yeah, I definately gotta get them out of that crappy soil soon. One of the plants was a bit droopy and the soil was very wet... poor drainage. I'll either go with Foxfarm, Pro Mix BX, or just mix my own with potting soil and vermiculite. Sorry for so many posts, just trying to get the hang of things. Thanks.