Ok so you admit that you're inexperienced, and yet you won't take experienced growers lessons...it's people like you that never figure this out, you're too damn caught up in not being wrong. Who cares if you're wrong? We're trying to help you not make you feel like an idiot...
This is too damn much, you're the idiot who comes in here and rips on people for disagreeing...no one has done that at all. We're pointing out examples of how plants grow despite your rootbound lesson, and you can't accept it for whatever reason. It's really not that hard to do, yes it requires extra maintenance...it doesn't mean you have to quit your job though!
i don't really think i'm arguing.
Yep here's the guide on how to grow unhealthy plants in small pots and call it rootbound
Remeber the plant (casey jones) I showed you guys that was rootbound in a 6 inch cup on 3-28 -11 (page 9) droopy leaves yellowing
The day I showed you all that photo I transplanted it into a 8 inch potter.... look how much better the plant is doing...5 days later
No fert added... just transplanted and watered...I never add fert to the first time watering a transplanted plant.....I use a soilless growing medium (sun#4)
The leaves are now stretching towards the light (not drooping) the green color has returned along with explosive new growth
A plant in a 6 inch cup under 400s will take almost twice as long to get rootbound compaired to the same strain in a cup growing under 1000s
A freshly watered transplanted plant takes days for the water to get used up.... as the roots expand and the plant gets rootbound... you will find yourself watering alot more if not daily
In soil grows... during veg as long as roots can expand... the growth of a plant can be almost unrestricted.... as roots get bound up the growth slows
it def. had SOMETHING to do with root space, was also under the impression that coco/perlite mix was very low in nutrients to begin with. like to mix my own soil, that way i have better controll over my feeding.you all do realize the fresh soil in those new pots hold fresh nutes? of course they will perk up and turn green. they would have done the same if you would have fed and watered them a little heavier while in smaller pots, as well. it's not really anything "amazing". it had nothing to do with root space.
I think your tutorial is going to provide a scape goat to anyone with any problems, as rootbound always has. You guys all seem to miss the whole point here, no one is saying that bigger pots doesn't make life easier but we are saying they are not essential by any means. If you call yourself a grower you should know how to maintain a plant regardless of what it's in, and the fact that you can't does not necessarily mean it's rootbound. I simply don't think the plants in the pics you posted were actually rootbound at all, you more than likely had other issues going on that you simply couldn't identify. There's no shame in improperly diagnosing something, but there is ignore the facts to the contrary.
No bro... there are no fresh nutes in the soil I use for transplanting......WHY..... cause its not soilyou all do realize the fresh soil in those new pots hold fresh nutes? of course they will perk up and turn green. they would have done the same if you would have fed and watered them a little heavier while in smaller pots, as well. it's not really anything "amazing". it had nothing to do with root space.
Yes it totally had to do with root space......WHY....cause I did not add any fert... only thing I did was transplant and water ...wait 5 days to take a new photo
you are right.No bro... theere are no fresh nutes in the soil......WHY..... cause its not soil
Sunshine #4 is a peatmoss based soilless medium....no nutes of any kind are in the growing medium...only what you add...I used the same medium in the cup too
Yes it totally had to do with root space
every time i grow starting in small containers, keeping them in small containers for longer than i should results in slowed growth/discoloration/etc. not arguing the fact that you can keep them healthy. but that transplanting is the best thing for the plant. and how to identify when your plant is STARTING to get rootbound. that plant in my thread is ready for a bigger pot, no it may not be rootbound to the extent you all think, but its ready for a bigger pot. after the transplant i didnt give her any more food than i would have if i would have left her in the small pot. how is giving larger dose of food to a plant with the same rootmass going to make it better? i mean i know watering more and proper drainage will help so much.but my plant looked the way it did because it was starting to get rootbound and needed a bigger pot. i treated it the same way, cept it was in a bigger pot man. that plant didnt used to look like it did before the transplant, it was green and lucious like it is now.
it seems people on this thread have different intents then others.