transplant question

[Grateful D]

Hi hows everyone doing? I just hve a quick question, i just flipped all my plants to 12/12 a few days ago, and since then i have decided that i want to transplant them from the 3 gal pots they are in to 5 gal pots. My question is, is it alright to transplant during flower? or is it to much stress for the plants? Thanks

 

[Apache123]

Hi hows everyone doing? I just hve a quick question, i just flipped all my plants to 12/12 a few days ago, and since then i have decided that i want to transplant them from the 3 gal pots they are in to 5 gal pots. My question is, is it alright to transplant during flower? or is it to much stress for the plants? Thanks

I think you will be ok but it would be ideal to let them veg for a couple of weeks in the new pots then flip them to 12/12. FYI. But all in all you should be good to go.

 

[FoCo(No.Co)]

3 gallons of coco can facilitate a rather large plant... and I doubt a transplant to 5 gallons will help at this juncture... so I would advise against a transplant.

 

[Grateful D]

3 gallons of coco can facilitate a rather large plant... and I doubt a transplant to 5 gallons will help at this juncture... so I would advise against a transplant.

how big of a plant would you say a 3 gal pot could hold? I know thats a hard question to answer, just trying to get a feel of how big of a plant a 5 gal bucket could hold. They are arelready about 2 feet tall after LST and they are also pretty bushy. on a few of the bigger ones sautrated coco dries out in 24 to 36 hours. just want to make sure i dont lose anything off my yield due to rootbound plants, and this is my first run with coco so im def not familiar with it yet, still feeling it out. would love it ppl can convince me i dont need to transplant, will save me both time and money which is great thanks!

 

[GMT]

This may well be a completely pointless post, as I'm a soil grower and its just no tthe same thing I know. But I tend to transplant at the point you are at now in soil. I do it so theres still plenty of natural food for them during flower, which isnt really a relevant concern with your medium as you're feeding them with everything they will need anyway. But from a purely transplanting point of view, you would be fine to do it now if you wanted to.

 

[jolee]

I personally wouldnt pot up in flowering, root growth slows when in flower so you aint forced to fill that pot with roots giving you a chance of anearobic medium

A 5 gallon pot will sustain a 6-7 oz plant in compost and bigger in coco. match your pot size with the yield expected per plant

No good using a huge pot if you are only looking to yield a couple of ounces per plant

 

[sci-fi]

I would stay in the 3 gal. pots. I had some mother's that where about 6' + in 5 gal buckets and where doing fine.

 

[rashboy99]

If you want to see your buds become fatter than coke cans I suggest potting up. make sure you fert. them good so they don't stress.

 

[jolee]

If you want to see your buds become fatter than coke cans I suggest potting up. make sure you fert. them good so they don't stress.

Its poor practice to pot on in flower, and you make it sound as if you give them plenty of food they will grow huge...not the case i'm afraid

If anything more light and a good environment will give you that and i still say dont pot on, its all about balance

To answer correctly we need to know what light they are under and how many plants

 

[Grateful D]

Its poor practice to pot on in flower, and you make it sound as if you give them plenty of food they will grow huge...not the case i'm afraid

If anything more light and a good environment will give you that and i still say dont pot on, its all about balance

To answer correctly we need to know what light they are under and how many plants

There are 18 plants under a 1000w hps. I also think i made a mistake, upon closer inspection they are in 2gal pots not 3gal as i orignally thought. i will post some pics later this afternoon when my lights come on

 

[circadian clock]

like GMT said u should be fine.

 

[rashboy99]

man!!! I pot up like 4 weeks in, every time. I'm at day 45,of a 60 day cycle and I got cola's the size of my forearm.

Not to mention trichs. growing on my fan leaves.

 

[slowandeasy]

Just use a 2 or 3 gal Smart Pot next time. No need to transplant, the roots trim themselves.

 

[FoCo(No.Co)]

There are 18 plants under a 1000w hps. I also think i made a mistake, upon closer inspection they are in 2gal pots not 3gal as i orignally thought. i will post some pics later this afternoon when my lights come on

You definitely DO NOT need to pot up, nor would it help AT ALL.

One gallon of coco will potentially yield 2 ounces of dry nug. You are sitting in 36 gallons right now with the potential to yield 72 ounces or 2016 grams... your light is limiting you to a yield of about 1000 grams if everything else goes perfectly. The limiting factor in your garden is your lamp wattage, not the size of your pots. A transplant would be pointless.

Also, remember that coco is not soil, so you should be watering everyday anyway.

 

[asher1er]

transplant question

man!!! I pot up like 4 weeks in, every time. I'm at day 45,of a 60 day cycle and I got cola's the size of my forearm.

Not to mention trichs. growing on my fan leaves.

An your doing this in coco because??

 

[rashboy99]

coco"s the shit bro

 

[ThePizzaMan]

Agreed. No need to pot up. And if you absolutely had to...at the beginning of flowering at the latest.

 

[asher1er]

coco"s the shit bro

im aware of this.. but whats your reason for re potting 4 weeks in?

 

[Grateful D]

Thanks Everyone!

 

[jolee]

You definitely DO NOT need to pot up, nor would it help AT ALL.

One gallon of coco will potentially yield 2 ounces of dry nug. You are sitting in 36 gallons right now with the potential to yield 72 ounces or 2016 grams... your light is limiting you to a yield of about 1000 grams if everything else goes perfectly. The limiting factor in your garden is your lamp wattage, not the size of your pots. A transplant would be pointless.

Also, remember that coco is not soil, so you should be watering everyday anyway.

Exactly mate....Potting on after 4 weeks is just ridiculous im my opinion