Kinda Stupid Situation but still need help
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wildfire97936
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if you can run water over them to get rid of most the dirt and pull them apart without harming them but if you cant do that i say just put them in a bigger trayI have 10 plants in grodan that are about 3 weeks old on a black tray but since i didnt have pot to separate the roots, all the roots have mingled and tangled and now i dunno how to separate them...any ideas?
wildfire97936
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yea thats the basic issue, is you waited to long and didnt do what you should have, no offense to ya man we all know there is those life situations that cause us distraction. but as the saying goes you made your bed now lay in it, so basically you just need to do what you can and learn what not to do for next timeVery carefully......I would kinda shake them a bit and water if needed. Dood, you shoulda taken better care of them. Thats like leaving a diaper on a baby for a week.
OregonMeds
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Just take a knife and cut them apart. No big deal. It'll be the same level of shock as just transplanting them alone would have been so go easy on the light for a couple days after to let them recover.
OregonMeds
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Probably won't give them enough root space, depends on the size of your cubes but anything less than 8" cubes I wouldn't try it under that kind of light. The plants need to have enough root area to keep up with the big light.
You could slide them off the tray all together and put that lump of plants on top of a bed of hydroton or something and then let them veg a little longer to get more roots down into it.
But cutting them apart really is not that big of a deal. All you would loose is a week or two to get the roots going again.
You could slide them off the tray all together and put that lump of plants on top of a bed of hydroton or something and then let them veg a little longer to get more roots down into it.
But cutting them apart really is not that big of a deal. All you would loose is a week or two to get the roots going again.
South Texas
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Maybe using some Super Thrive for a week prior would help the shock factor. Good Luck.
sirbudmaster
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this is your best bet...when i transplant i actually slice up the sides of the root ball to lossen them up....saok in superthrive for a minute and replant...water with superthrive......done
Peace
skitch7
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I transplanted the plants 4 days ago with superthrive and they seem normal. Thanks for your advise
You could take his advice and know which ones are Fem's and just cut off the males at the root line, then no worry about tearing roots....But sexing plants isn't a good idea with "New" seeds. If you Veg. on a 18/6 cycle, they show their preflowers almost as quick as a 12/12 forced flower at 1ft tall and they don't get stressed. "New" seeds are getting used to your climate and any stress could make Hermaphrodites. I had Sensi s.skunk all turn hermie from heat stress outdoors. If you want seeds you need a male. Sometimes the seeds from the new parents are even better than the parent plants were.Plus you get hybrid vigor...bigger, faster plants. Plus, plants don't breath well covered up and if ANY light gets in it'll take forever to sex them. I'd get a small kiddie pool fill it with Pro-mix and bend the plants in different directions. Poke holes along the edge to tie them off. A friend once did the same thing and this worked great.