Mexican Airlines II... All Aboard Again

With another good week of grow coming to an end I decided to transplant to a 5 Gallon Hempy bucket. Plenty of people are against transplanting autoflowers but with my method I've had good success. The feeding or this week was same as previous. Watered twice using purified water from Walgreens. If you plan on using store bought water make sure it's purified water only. Distilled has minerals added back in and spring water is full of things that will drive your TDS up. I always measure my TDS to be sure I'm getting as pure of water as possible. I also measure PH to make sure it's not too far off. My process for transplanting is pretty simple. I start by preparing the buckets I'm going to use. In this case I'm using the buckets from my previous grow so they already have the hole about 2" from the bottom of the bucket. The hole was made with a hot screwdriver pressed into the bucket. I removed the bucket's handle just to make life easier since the space tote everything is going in can be a tight space towards the bottom. The first thing I put in the bucket is Growstones. This will create a reservoir at the bottom of the bucket when I water the plant. That layer of GS-1 fills the bucket so it's just covering the hole on the side. The next thing to go into the bucket is coco coir. I only use Coco Loco. I've had great results so far and it's only $20 for a giant bag. I fill the bucket until about an inch of the top. I then dig a hole in the center where I'm going to place my plant. I size the whole up with my red cup so it's at the right size and height. I like the plant to rise up out of the coco slightly almost like it's at the top of a small hill. Once the coco is ready I cut up the red cup so I can transplant. This is the trickiest part since the coco the plant is in can easily fall apart. I like to cut the bottom off first to expose the roots. Once the bottom is off I will start to cut the side but not all the way. I place the cup inside of the hole I created in the coco then finish cutting the side while it's in the hole. Simply slide the red cup out of the whole and just like that the plant is in the bucket. I'll water shortly after so the coco settles and usually it will settle .5 - 1" inside of the bucket. I've increased the lights to 10k lumens by end of the week to provide that extra punch of light to assist in recovery from the transplant. Usually within a couple of hours if done right the plant will be super happy and standing taller than before. Next week I will start my nutrients which includes my favorite nutrient to guarantee my plants recover great from transplant.