What are some symtoms of a plant being Rootbound

Are the symptoms of being rootbound obvious....do root bound plants start to look unhealthy.......My plant is very green and healthy looking....5 weeks into flower....sativa....Buds just don't seem to be getting any bigger.....I bought a mini Microscope from Radio Shack to look at the trichomes (they are still clear)....There just doesn't seem to be any growth

I think (not 100% I'm still somewhat noob) that when plants get rootbound they just stop growing but are still healthy. People have vegged and flowered "baby" plants in 16oz. cups.

Assuming that buds on a root bound plant wont get bigger.....should I wait for trichomes to turn amber.....Or is this the end of the road for my first grow attempt?????

no,transplant it(transplanting can be done at anytime during the plants life) keep the root cluster intact.when it gets in a bigger pot then ur buds will continue to grow and gain weight.

wackymack said:

no,transplant it(transplanting can be done at anytime during the plants life) keep the root cluster intact.when it gets in a bigger pot then ur buds will continue to grow and gain weight.

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Transplanting is not an option.....I included a pic of the water farm buckets I'm using for my grow.....I don't have any thing else to put them in

that sucks but u will get really compact buds,and if u use the right nutes u might get some small potent as hell buds

Your hydro, those buckets are big enough to grow a giant sequoia in.

Are your roots nice and white ?

yeah dem buckets are way big..root bounding should be the least of your worries

TetraHyC said:

Your hydro, those buckets are big enough to grow a giant sequoia in.

Are your roots nice and white ?

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yes....the roots are white....and like I said it looks very green...dark dark green....very healthy looking....buds just aren't growing any bigger.....very crystaly and sticky

If its dark,dark green could be no much N. Do you have a pic ? your on bloom form right

If all you are using are the lights in the picture then I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you would benefit from more lighting. And yeah, like they said, those buckets are PLENTY big.

TomThom1987 said:

yeah dem buckets are way big..root bounding should be the least of your worries

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The bottom half of the bucket is the nute water....the hydroton rocks only fill the top half of the bucket...2 gallons of clay rock in the top half

I've had a problem with salt build up at the end of one of my grows.

does your hydrotron have a white film on it

Richness69 said:

If all you are using are the lights in the picture then I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you would benefit from more lighting. And yeah, like they said, those buckets are PLENTY big.

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Those are my veg lights....I am using a 400 watt aircooled hps for flowering

TetraHyC said:

does your hydrotron have a white film on it

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no white film...well maybe a little but nothing that looks bad...its just on a few of the rocks

good, not salt build-up

TetraHyC said:

If its dark,dark green could be no much N. Do you have a pic ? your on bloom form right

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I'm using general hdroponics nutes at 75%...based on flowering formula

look anything like this?? good not to strong on the nutes. Your almost threre right. cut down the nutes some more .

Plants being root bound is not an issue that will affect 90% of the growers here.

Room temp & light volume will effect bud size way more than a root system that cant spread out any more.