root damage during repotting

[drcucumber]

i messed up with one of my plants during repotting. It is now significantly behind the other plants (all flowering).
Will the plant take longer to flower, or simply produce less?

 

[guitarisgr8]

You prob set it back a week or two, but it's hard to tell without seeing how badly you messed the roots. I often chop into the roots with a knife when I'm repotting and the plant is happy and loving life within a few days.

 

[topfuel29]

i messed up with one of my plants during repotting. It is now significantly behind the other plants (all flowering).
Will the plant take longer to flower, or simply produce less?

The more roots you break or chop off the more stressed the plant will be.
That's the simpliest thing I can tell you to remember.
In Bonsai they say you can cut up o 1/2 the root system of a plant.
The plants is stressed for about 2 weeks. after that time shoot growth usually continues.
Usually after a couple of weeks the roots have grown back enough for the plant to continue shoot growth.
Remember "Roots before Shoot"
Plants in flower usually slow there root growth way down after a month or so. the plant is transitioning into flower it doesn't need to waste energy growing roots.
Yield depends on how big the plant will get. Big plants give you big yields. That's if you have a good grow with out any problems.

Good Luck on Your Grow

 

[red eyes420]

best way to repot is to put your pot with the plant into the substrate 1st to create a mould then just take the plant out of the pot and put it into the pre-made hole ... stress free

 

[NorthofEngland]

best way to repot is to put your pot with the plant into the substrate 1st to create a mould then just take the plant out of the pot and put it into the pre-made hole ... stress free

I grow in hydroton and am fearful at the thought of transplanting - although I have been reassured that the clay pebbles are usually bound together by roots, surprisingly well.

For any root shock or damage I cannot recommend highly enough Canna Rhizotonic
I caused nute burn to 9 very young clone cuttings,
I only had a little Rhizotonic so used it on 4 (of the 9) recovering clones.

These 4 returned to full healthy vigour in a third of the time of the other 5.
Even now, Day 62 of Flower (about 95 days since the Rhiz was added)
the 4 Rhizo'd plants seem stronger and more vital than the non-Rhizo's 5.

 

[kinddiesel]

it will be fine. unless you chopped almost all of it off . if its not droopy,,,,asking for water . and if it looks happy it is happy. plants are like woman . if they don't have what they have they will bitch and you will know.

 

[JohnDee]

Did anyone mention to transplant when the soil is dry? More chance of everything hanging together...
JD

 

[drcucumber]

update: The plant is twice the size of any other now, although it is seemingly much earlier in the flowering process. Effectively it is the same as if I had vegged for longer.