Will she not get root bound as at min she's only in just short of a pint pot
I never worry about it, or have problems. I wait until the leaves overhang the container (considerably). I also become accustomed to how long it takes for the soil to dry when a plant has grown into a container. After I know that, I judge when to transplant based upon how fast the plant needs to be watered. (That's a chicken/egg thing. You can't know until you've grown a plant for awhile, and know what it feels like when a plant has filled a container).
and the things I'll be using in veg are calmag, silicon , and 3 part floramicro, floragro ,florabloom advanced nutes I am using tap water so not using calmag till about 10 inches tall the soil is use come standard 6.2 my tap water 7.0 but arjan from ghs said perfect ph 5.5 and 5.7 good to but won't be using no nutes till bigger
When you say "advanced nutes" what does that mean? What is the ppm of your tap water?
When I began growing I used GH Flora 3-part and
the so-called Useless schedule. It worked fine. I'm sure you'll be happy. However, it's hydroponic nutrients. You can do better in soil using less expensive products, especially more organic products.
You only need "calmag" if your water is less than 150 ppm. Otherwise, you'll only use it to treat deficencies. But, it's better to treat Ca and Mg deficiencies individually using gypsum and epsom salt. Calmag is just a convenience, and it's really for hydro -- not soil.
Try to resist the multi-bottle addiction. Keep it simple. These things add up. A little "calmag" evil here, a little ph-up nonsense there. All these things add salts to your mix, leading to more salt buildup in the soil, leading to acidification, leading to deficiencies, leading to the use of more salts. (It's a spiral). In soil it doesn't have to be a chemistry lab. You'll want to think more about the health of the soil. All those synthetics are unhealthy for the soil.
You'll do fine. I would stick with the 3 bottles. Use silica to ph-up if you really feel inclined to ph your nutrients. Use Liquid Karma to promote a healthier soil (to compensate for the damage of the synthetic nutrients). Don't use anything else. A pinch of sugar (per gallon) in each watering will promote soil health. Mix enough to get 20-30% runoff to reduce salt buildup.
(also, I don't like them locked onto the base of my plant for the duration)
