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Am I too late to transplant if I’m already in flower?

Tierra_Organics
Tierra_Organicsstarted grow question 3 years ago
Hello fellow growers! I’m wondering when is too late to transplant a photo? I’m on day 9 of flower and want to go up to either 5 or 7 gal from my current 3 gal (ones in the 4x4). I’m not sure if it’s too late for me to do so or even worth it? Any input is greatly appreciated! 🤟
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Benzels
Benzelsanswered grow question 3 years ago
No my friend, dont do it. The time to re pot is 2 weeks before you switch to flower. this gives a few days for plant to settle and recover and some time to grow out new roots and take advantage of the new space. if you re pot now the plant will get shocked and basically do nothing for up to 4 days, usually only a few but if your rough it can be a few more. So you lose a few days of growth and can even stunt it a bit if that strain doesnt like shock. Then your telling the plant "here- have some space for your roots now" So the plants starts growing roots and focus's less on the buds for a while-thats a double hit to your production now. Most plants will recover from a repot now with only a small drop in yield (never seen a plant not drop yield from a late repot but prob does happen rarely) but some will really hate it and just refuse to do much after and just stay small and look poorly, the buds never really grow much bigger or fill out much more. So not worth the risk is it? The idea to repot is to let the plant grow bigger roots so you get a bigger plant and a bigger yield right? So you need to plan ahead and re pot before the plant out grows the pot its in, but dont repot the plant too soon either as a real small plant in a big pot isnt very effective either. Rule of thumb to be safe- transplant 2 weeks before switching to flower and you be fine pretty much no matter what happens after that.
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WhyBudsbun
WhyBudsbunanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hi NotOnDope, Nice grow first of all. They seem real happy and tighty (well trained). Unless you're experiencing root/soil issues and really need to re pot, there's no need or advantage at this point. You're using those nice fabric pots that allow for more oxygen that does some root pruning itself so I don't think you're roots will suffer. I would advise to re pot only once into the final pot right after the seedling starts to look less like a seedling or if you can be extra careful watering them when they're young just plant them in the final big pot from the start.
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Coopmc
Coopmcanswered grow question 3 years ago
I would not Autos are natorious for transplant shock as they don’t have time to recover and you should transplant a regular phot plant during veg only
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GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 3 years ago
I agree about not transplanting now. I would just ride it out and consider it a learning experience. Just keep on top of your watering and do it PROPERLY! You probably will have to water every day and make sure every bit of the soil gets moistened. It takes about 10 minutes for water to seep all the way to the bottom corners so water the entire top surface. Then take a break and inspect a plant. Water some more, then inspect another plant. If you see water erupt out the side of the pot you are watering too fast. When done you want every bit of the pot to feel moist on the outside. I have done experiments with different fabric pot sizes on auto's. 3 gallon (11 L) pots produced OK but 5 gallon (19 L) pots grew larger plants with higher yield. Even in 5 gallon pots the plants still overgrow the sides of the pot and after harvest the entire pot was filled with roots from top to bottom and in every corner. So, 5 gallon is not too big even for an auto. I now never grow anything in pots smaller than 5 gallons. It's just not worth my time and electricity to go cheap on soil quantity. If doing a bunch of photo's I'll use 5 gallon pots but if just growing one I go to a 10 gallon (38 L).
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
If you do it ASAP, you should be alright. Make sure to do it right before lights out and be as careful as possible and try to minimise root disturbance. This is critical. This will probably prove difficult with fabric pots, so you might be better off leaving them, however if you are super careful...........
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 3 years ago
Like most plants, disturbing the root mass with a transplant does not have good results on the final product. I would avoid doing this and keep up the feed to help them grow big and strong. Your only option would be to re-veg them and transplant. but your looking at a 2 week process just to re-veg. and then another 2 weeks for it to fill out the new container. Next time if you want to transplant try doing it 2-3 weeks before you plan on switching to flower. Best Of Luck!
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Grey_Wolf
Grey_Wolfanswered grow question 3 years ago
@NotOnDope it is probably too far into flowering now to be convinced to expand its root mass so I would not bother . There is always next time mate 👍
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Ezzjaybruh
Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question 3 years ago
No I don’t recommend it.. I wanted to do the same thing a while back but after doing some research and whatnot, I came to the conclusion leaving it is best. Veg is your main time to build that root mass, in flower it uses that root mass to reproduce. Around day 4-5 of 12/12 or so the plant starts realizing it’s that time to flower, and shifts focus from building root mass and size, to flowering and reproducing. If you could magically switch to a bigger size I’d say go for it but it’s just not worth the stress and all that that comes with a transplant.. Also, looks like that will fill out your tent well enough when all’s said and done Just my opinion from my experience.. good luck!
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