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Dobi need to root trim if my plants are already in a growing? Itty Bitty Canna Committee- "Our Cup Runneth Over"
Only reason to root trim is if u cant pot up before flower so It wont get root bound or to keep moms small or for revegging a plant but if u are transplanting and going up in pot size root trimmimg is unimportant.. I did it for a reveg Sent from my SGH-T599N using Grasscity Forum mobile app
sorry that was supposed to say grow bag not growing... my question is do I need to trim the roots if my plant is in a grow bag... Itty Bitty Canna Committee- "Our Cup Runneth Over" Aren't they supposed to air prune themselves??? Itty Bitty Canna Committee- "Our Cup Runneth Over"
Only if it gets root bound unless its one of those "airpots" or burlapsack type bags Sent from my SGH-T599N using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Don't prune your roots. Leave that to the bonsai tree growers. They prune the roots to stop/slow growth. I would prefer having a pot bound plant than prune the roots. But if you are pot bound just put it in a bigger pot
It didnt stop or slow growth when I did it I still got over an oz doing that to a reveg under cfls which by the way doubled yeild second time around Sent from my SGH-T599N using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Just imagine what you could have had if the plant had a root system that was bigger. Root mass will directly reflect bud mass
I know bit only had a hallon pot to work with didnt know about clones and loved how that plant produced Sent from my SGH-T599N using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Mine are the black fabric 1 and 3 gallon grow bags... my mother is in a 3 gallon fabric grow bag how long till I have to trim her roots in a 3x3x5 veg tent... Itty Bitty Canna Committee- "Our Cup Runneth Over"
Why not pot up a size instead, take a clone and flower the old bitch? Take advantage of that big ass root mass
It's recommended to only do that a few times the idea of a mother is to keep the genetics around for years. If you clone a clone and keep doing that apparently the genetics start to degrade. Plus you want your mother plants to be from regular non feminized seeds.
And keeping a bonsaiesque mom you can take clones and keep her in less than a gallon so for micro grow mothers and things its perfect im still trying to get my cloning down but I can successfully keep mothers in these pot ill let clones run rampant Sent from my SGH-T599N using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Whomever recommends that doesn't know what they are talking about. I have cloned from a clone countless time. I have kept the same plant by doing that for a couple of years. What possible reason could repeatedly cloning cause their DNA to change? that makes no sense. The donor plant being from regular seeds or feminised seeds makes absolutely no difference. A feminised seed is no different from a female seed. Where are you getting all this nonsense?
That is not an argument against the idea of flowering the donor and taking a clone off it to start a fresh donor plant. I call it a donor plant, but I mean a mother in this case, the same can be applied for a father. Even though I do use the term mother, it's biologically inaccurate. A seed comes from a mother, a clone is a clone, not the next generation, so I prefer the term donor. I just wanted to clear that up because I have found myself using both terms and it may come across confusing
I have so many projects going that I just dont have the room to go up in size with anything in veg... Itty Bitty Canna Committee- "Our Cup Runneth Over"
I do have two clones that at in solos now they aren't looking the best but they are alive and kicking... so can I just throw the mother into flower and keep one of the clones as my new mother??? Itty Bitty Canna Committee- "Our Cup Runneth Over"
That's what I always do. Having a new fresh mother that doesn't take up loads of space is a good thing if you aren't regularly taking large amounts of clones from it. And putting a well established mother in to flower is always going to yield well. It will be worth potting up a size if you can though if it really is pot bound