The praying pose
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Wastei
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I wouldn't transplants such a small seedling, to big pot. Maybe the soil is to hot for it's fragile roots?
twentyeight.threefive
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Why would you top and transplant a plant that's like a week old, if that??
Modern Selections
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Nothing wrong with planting a small plant in a big pot. Just water around the seedling not the entire pot. When you plant in the ground outside you are putting a small plant in the biggest pot there is. Just don't overwater.
Definitely topped way early and the soil looks incredibly dry, but from pics it is hard to tell. The plant looks healthy and your environment looks good. The plant will grow fine.
Definitely topped way early and the soil looks incredibly dry, but from pics it is hard to tell. The plant looks healthy and your environment looks good. The plant will grow fine.
VincenzioVonHook
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I put all of my plants in big pots and water to runoff day one, so I agree. Zero issues. I think people just repeat this whole "you can't put plants in big pots, and if you do you have to add paltry amounts of water" issue with no actual experience. I've never had a single issue with overwatering, or big pots from day one. Ever.
Day 4, freshly soaked to runoff.
Three weeks later
Roots won't chase dry soil. Watering around the stem will do nothing bar keep the roots in one place and increase the chance of encountering hydrophobic patches in your pot. This had roots coming out the bottom of a 5 Gal pot in 19 days. Gets watered to saturation every two days. If you aerate your medium proper, and it drains well, why would the plant drown? A well aerated medium doesn't hold enough water to drown a plant.
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Modern Selections
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Exactly, excellent post!
It pays to have a correct soil mix from the start.
Exactly, excellent post based on knowledge and experience!
It pays to have a correct soil mix from the start.
VincenzioVonHook
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As you guys can see, my trigger is people carrying on about big pots and overwatering seedlings.
I get a bit too passionate and hijack threads.
I do agree there is basically nothing left to grow, but best of luck anyway. I don't think your pot is an issue, but the lack of satellites is.
I get a bit too passionate and hijack threads.
I do agree there is basically nothing left to grow, but best of luck anyway. I don't think your pot is an issue, but the lack of satellites is.
twentyeight.threefive
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What medium is that?
blueberrymilkshake
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Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.
VincenzioVonHook
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That is a basic $3 potting mix cut 75:25 with perlite, a toucb of propagation sand, two cups of horticultural charcoal, some 3:1:4 slow release and some lime (mix of calcitic and dolomitic at 70/30).
The base
Paddletail
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Alright.... went and got the waders on.
twentyeight.threefive
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How do the roots get oxygen when the medium is constantly soaked?
VincenzioVonHook
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The medium doesn't hold enough water to soak the roots to death. It drains very well. It holds like half the water my usual peat mix does as it's very well aggregated. Lots of air pockets.
You can hear it trickle like a waterfall.
Paddletail
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With his plants growing 5 inches an hour......
VincenzioVonHook
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blueberrymilkshake
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Horizontally
VincenzioVonHook
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Yep, it's close to wider than it is tall lol. It's only 19" tall.