im starting my first hopefully trouble free grow of about 15 including some LA cheese from rivada,rocklock from LA Conf. a freebie of gigabud from g13 labs and la woman freebie. in the past ive transplanted out of the plastic red cups no longer than 2 wks into veg.was wondering to the ppl who use this method when they transplant out into a bigger pot. i transplant into 1 gallon pots to finish the next couple weeks of veg off.
If you transplant the less the better everytime you transplant you lose about a week...so you should go from small pots to the ones they will finish in...not 1 gallon to a 2 gallon then to a 3 gallon to finish and so on...
they were only going to go from the red plastic starter cup then to a 1 gallon for veg.once they get to about 18" i transplant to a 3 gallon or so. i mean ppl start seeds in starter cups all the time.how old should you wait to transplant into the gal pots.,
I've read here after 2 weeks your plants usually have a good set of roots and then are ready to be moved to their final home for their veg/flower cycle, so if it's 3 gallon pots, then that's where they go, no graduation, gives to much potential to shock or disrupt the roots, no sense in taking risks.
i transplanted a "tree" and in the process i accidently ripped off about a quater of the root system by accident and i put it in the new container. i thought i had killed it but it didnt take anytime for it to start growing. when i removed those roots it stimulated the growth off the plant as a whole. maye when you transplant you could put some cuts into the root ball or remove a small portion of roots to avoid the shock period and stimulate a little growth. im not sure if it will always work out like that but it might be something you would want to consider.
cutting up the roots or into a the root ball is a bad idea.if anything it must cause more shock.what i always do is try not to disturb the root ball at all unless just getting some roots to dangle so they go down in the soil but never breaking the root.i think im gonna veg em for 2 weeks in the cups then transplant to the 1 gal pots
One of these days I'm going to get around to making a tutorial on this... I'm just too busy atm and too lazy. But, when I grow in soil, I always start in solo cups. They can generally grow in solo cups until about the third or forth leaf set. I especially like it because when I grow autos, by the time they have grown into the cup, they have shown their sex. That way if I get a male, I only used a cup of dirt not a gallon (or more). Anyway... this is how you transplant without causing ANY shock to your plant. All you need is a sharp blade. My girlfriend happens to work at a hospital, and in her department they have a kit with a mini-scalpel type thing that they dispose of after every patient. Sometimes, they don't use them, so she will take a couple home instead of just pitching them in the trash. Basically you need the blade to be able to cut the solo cup without putting much pressure. Too much pressure and you puncture the cup, and cause problems. Here is the process: 1) Fill your container for the transplant with soil all the way up to the top. Doesn't matter what you use, 3 gallon 5 or 7... Whichever you prefer. 2) Make a cast of the large container in the soil with another solo cup. That is stick the cup in the middle of the container filled with soil so you have a hollow spot the size of the cup. 3) Take the plant in the solo cup and the sharp blade. Cut the bottom of cup out so that it completely falls off. This is why the very sharp blade is handy because you want to make sure not to cut roots as they will be at the bottom of the cup. 4) Once I cut the bottom off of the cup, I slit all the way up the side of the cup, however you must hold it tight to maintain the cup form. Little if any soil should fall out of the plant is nice and root bound and it will have a nice cup like shape. 5) Place the cup into the new pot with the cast. Slide the solo cup out, and tighten the soil around the plant. Voila you just transplanted your plant and caused absolutely no shock to it. I realize this would be a lot easier to understand with some pics... but just try to visualize it. IThis process works amazingly. I've done it with all my plants I grow in soil and have never fucked it up, nor have I ever seen the plant have a time lapse in growth, it just realizes it has more room to grow, kicks back, and does it's thing. As long as you are careful when cutting the cup, it should be flawless.
Its still dumb to go from the cups to 1 gal to 3 gal...why the hell wouldnt you just go from the solo cups to 3 gal? Is there any point of the 1 gal?
Havent had issues for a long time but I could see having to flush being a bigger pain. And from seed less waste of soil and space especially if from seed. Also I use bags and transplanting is relitivley painless making a mould as was mentioned but are way easier to do than the cups even. I go from cup @ 2wks to 1gal then @ 6 to 8wks to 3gal (depends on strain 12'' to 20" before turning back ) and have no ill effects at all and I do it mostly for space as I can do each of my 4 stages with less light and area.
Um is it impossible to perpetual harvest with 3 gal. veggin then replacing the 3 gal that are flowering and so on....Never was with my peretual harvest. But shit do what ya want just lettin you know that is one more trouble and one more chance to fuck up (like drop a plant or break a stem)...and when you are perpetually harvesting it gets busy, but hey maybe your are only doing a few plants and you look for work. If ya ever get enough plants you'll realize there is plenty of work and nor room to fuck something up with needless transplanting.
I find it funny when someone asks a question in a the form of a statement. He just stated what he was doing and then when he gets advice of how needless transplanting is a bad idea, and then just says nah I like my idea that i asked an opinion on lol...I guess stay to your own get your own...
thats funny darwin..the knower of all notice my question when do you all transplant out of the red cups? that looks like a question to me.did you even ever hear of a perpetual harvast before chris even mentioned it to ya.and thats funny bc thats my actual cycle a perpetual harvest.i harvest about 10 every month not every 8 weeks.when 10 are done 10 are going in.thats why i cant just go from the cups to 3 gal pots...have you ever seen the size of 3 gal pots..they kinda take up more space that 1 gal pots huh.obviously my fl area is bigger than my veg spot so i can only fit 1 gal pots.. what problems ive had with planting straight into 1 gal pots is its tough to know when they need water..cups are light and its a small area.you can water a little in a 1 gal pot but have made dry spots in the soil.plus ive heard that mj likes to max out its pot and move on to bigger pots.transplanting isnt bad at all as long as your not an idiot.that cutting out the bottom and slit up the side is pretty much the most none traumatic method.ive always just squezzed the sides of the cup when the soil is mostly dry and it usually slides out but its def more nervracking just gotta be careful.i like loosenin up the bottom of the root ball to get it going to the new soil too. i was just seein what everyone else does in here thanks for the info DoWork