POLL: Rootbounding- Fact or Fiction???
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BluffinCali
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Ive seen plants that I would call rootbound, maybe I dont understand the technical meaning, but I know bound up roots slows if not stops growth eventually and can cause all kinds of other problems. Not sure I guess....
JN811
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my point exactly... vote!!!
riddleme
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All the time I tell folks to hang out at regular garden sites to learn more about basic botany
here is just one link to one talking about the symptoms of ROOTBOUND plants
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/rootball.htm
I myself just had a battle with a rootbound plant big mistake using a coir pot that did nor work properly (roots could not get thru it and it got rootbound)
A plant getting rootbound is not a myth or an urban legend, it CAN and DOES happen
here is just one link to one talking about the symptoms of ROOTBOUND plants
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/rootball.htm
I myself just had a battle with a rootbound plant big mistake using a coir pot that did nor work properly (roots could not get thru it and it got rootbound)
A plant getting rootbound is not a myth or an urban legend, it CAN and DOES happen
JN811
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thank you sir, again my thoughts exactly...
donkeyote
Active Member
good article, but it is mainly referencing container gardening for bonsai, and can take a period of years to become truly rootbound, not sure if it's completely applicable to MJ, who's lifetime is measured in months rather than decades. It did make a good point though about the relationship between chlorosis and lack of new root growth. Something to think about for sure.
Unclepauly
Active Member
jeez, nobody is going to vote in any more of your polls if they're going to be derided for it. btw I voted for rootbound being realI think if you vote no u should go join a knitting forumthat might be more up ur ally
trichlone fiend
New Member
...I voted, not trying to pursuade anyone elses vote, but....I've been taught that hydro ( with a res. ) doesn't need as much root space to supply itself with fertz being that your in complete control of your ppm. Soil, I'd say you need big pots, the bigger the better.... I have no science behind it, just sounds logical...bigger pots make more roots , which in turn make bigger plants with bigger buds.
JN811
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dude, a bonsai is a completely different plant. It grows VERY slow. MJ grows, VERY fast..Like comparing apples and oranges.. thanks for contributing though..but ur wrong
JN811
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hydro is not the question here.. hydro the roots have PLENTY of room in the water...Thanks for voting!!!
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Phyzix
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Voted no because the question wasn't fairly worded
JN811
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lol am i tainting the votes.. it just doesnt make sense though that plants cant be rootbound...
this plant is the one it all started over. He wanted to know why hes not getting big yields. this is in a 2 gallon pot. I said its about time to transplant. He told me rootbounding is made up..
JN811
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booo ur vote doesnt count.. Just vote what you think...Voted no because the question wasn't fairly worded
riddleme
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Ok here are some more links since one was not enough
http://www.ehow.com/how_2038234_transfer-rootbound-plant-new-pot.html
http://davesgarden.com/guides/terms/go/751/
http://houseplants.suite101.com/article.cfm/recognizing_a_root_bound_pot_bound_plant
I can easily get 20 or 40 more since google gave me 133,000 pages for the search term rootbound
http://www.ehow.com/how_2038234_transfer-rootbound-plant-new-pot.html
http://davesgarden.com/guides/terms/go/751/
http://houseplants.suite101.com/article.cfm/recognizing_a_root_bound_pot_bound_plant
I can easily get 20 or 40 more since google gave me 133,000 pages for the search term rootbound
svchop889
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I does happen but it can be avoided even in the smallest containers just check out one of SICC's party cup grow's. If you water properly and give them exactly what they need in the correct quantities the plant doesn't need to search for water and nutrients and the root system stays compact.