Small roots?

[cornnugget]

I just transplanted into a larger container and was surprised at the tiny roots. It suffered a lot of water logged soil a few weeks back, and I worry that all the water stunted root growth.

Is there anything to be done at this point to encourage root growth? Or just not worry since the plant seems fine?

 

[JohnDee]

Cornnug,
The best natural approach is to have well draining soil and alowl it to dry pretty good between waterings. .You can buy root stimulator...you'll find it at any Garden Supply. I use it after chopping roots...like to reveg or occasionally clone mommas.
JD

 

[cornnugget]

Cornnug,
The best natural approach is to have well draining soil and alowl it to dry pretty good between waterings. .You can buy root stimulator...you'll find it at any Garden Supply. I use it after chopping roots...like to reveg or occasionally clone mommas.
JD

My mistake was leaving them out in the rain, thinking "a little rain won't hurt", but after four days of rain.... Well it hurts. I've been more careful since, but I still believe it affected the plants.

I use root stimulator when cloning, but can it be used now? Would I be better off just being more careful about the amount of water going forward, or should I pull it and soak the roots in rooting hormone? My instincts say to go with the former, and just be more careful going forward, but I'm open to trying other things.

 

[JohnDee]

I use root stimulator when cloning, but can it be used now?

Cloning stuff is different. The root stuff I'm talking about...eople use it to start a new bush l from the nursery. That sort of thing.

I'd just manage the watering better. A dry spell really gets the roots growing to follow the water.
JD

 

[ganga gurl420]

I would apply some voodoo juice personally and take the advice from above

 

[cornnugget]

I'll Google voodoo juice. Thank you both for the input!

 

[OldMedUser]

A dry spell really gets the roots growing to follow the water.
JD

I know that is the conventional wisdom but I have my doubts with what happens when I repot and saturate the new whole pot when I do.

I just repotted a dozen plants right up to the day I flipped to 12/12 and in four days had new roots poking out of all the drain holes in all the pots and I sawed an inch off the bottoms of each rootball too. Always seems to go that way.

I'll Google voodoo juice. Thank you both for the input!

Rich man are you? I'm an old AN fan but never bought or felt I needed that stuff. I'm using some dry myco product for flowers now that I got at a garden center. $12 for a liter of it. I had roots growing like that long before I ever tried it tho.

If you repot into a good medium and don't let the soil get soggy and stay soggy again I'm sure they will be fine.
Soak it good at the repot and let it get fairly dry before soaking again.

 

[ganga gurl420]

Rich man are you? I'm an old AN fan but never bought or felt I needed that stuff.

You dont need a big bottle of it. I spent like 30 for my whole grow
You only use it twice.
I didnt see the need for it either until I tried it. I am a organic grower and there is tons of beneficial bacteria and fungus in all of my nutes......but I've never seen root growth explode like I did off of voodoo. You should give it a go sometime.