Is transplanting a waste of time?
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Billy the Mountain
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4 feet of growing space or a 4 foot tent? They're very different.
Growing a plant to finish in a 4 foot tent can be a challenge as available height quickly becomes problematic.
Growing a plant to finish in a 4 foot tent can be a challenge as available height quickly becomes problematic.
Billy the Mountain
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Good, you could veg them out longer if you want without running out of vertical space.
Fangthane
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You may wanna consider getting some drip trays and some sort of spacer to keep your containers off the ground, especially if you're using synthetic nutes and watering to runoff. Leaving them on the floor can potentially create issues.
Billy the Mountain
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A few pics from a recent transplant. There's no slowdown from transplanting in my experience.
30 days since sprouting, coco in pint-sized grow bags:
3 days after transplanting to 2 gal fabric pot, first roots poking through.
1 week after transplanting:
30 days since sprouting, coco in pint-sized grow bags:
3 days after transplanting to 2 gal fabric pot, first roots poking through.
1 week after transplanting:
calvin.m16
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I've transplanted right before flower and gotten monstrous results. Roots packed the pot full. Bigger roots bigger fruits.
This is different than my fabric pots, I don't get any roots coming thru my fabric. The fabric is supposed to be self-pruning the roots. Strange.
Kola_Kreator
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Your plants look awesome
But I am not sure if they would be any different with or without the transplanting method. You grow looks pretty dialed, would be cool if you did a little side by side to prove me wrong. Main reason I go straight to final is to save time spent in the garden but I rethink my game if it has benefits.
Billy the Mountain
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If watered correctly, I doubt there's much, if any difference. My main point is that there's no slowdown from transplanting. I like the small containers for seedlings mostly for convenience.
A small pot is definitely easier to water correctly. The vast majority of seedlings with problems seem to be in large pots; almost certainly from poor watering practice.