Abnormaly rootbound?

His.Royal.Freshness

His.Royal.Freshness

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How often should I be transplanting? I'v been told, Whenever its rootbound. Alright so my plant is now 4 weeks old and within the last 2 weeks it has become root bound in a 2 gallon pot.
Below are 2 images of my plant. I am going to transplant into a 5 gallon pot. I am wondering if this is fucked. People have said as a rule of thumb, 1 gallon/ foot of growth, though my plant is about half a foot and alredy needs a 5 gallon pot. I am wondering if this is normal for plants? Maby it is a side effect of the superthrive I use at every watering? Please tell me what the deal is.
 

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His.Royal.Freshness

His.Royal.Freshness

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And that picture has alot of value to me.
It is an image of my first time ever being baked.
BTW my hair is actualy very clean, I just look like a greassy asshole because of how high I was..... And still am.
 
cbtwohundread

cbtwohundread

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how big is that container?if its as big as i think it can go the whole gro in that container .,.,.,it takes alot 4 them to get rootbound.,.,.,ive went whole grows in the smallest of pots .,.,.,wat makes u think so?
 
MrFishy

MrFishy

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I can't imagine roots filling a 2 G pot so early on. IMO, that's not the norm.
I doubt the SThrive is responsible, assuming you're within recommended dosing.
It might be helpful if you could post a pic of the roots?
IDK why it's drooping. Thirsty?
If that little plants roots have filled that planter, you're in for one hell of a ride, as in it's gonna be a big grower.
Wish I could help. It's easier to TP dry . . . wet soil tends to fall apart.
Good luck, HRF
 
donkeyote

donkeyote

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there is no such thing as rootbound if you are properly watering/nuting/flushing/phing. There are tons of people on this forum that harvest healthy, mature/heavy yielding weed out of pots the same size as yours
 
MrFishy

MrFishy

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His.Royal.Freshness said:
Check that shit out.
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Well I'll be damned . . . they are ready for a bigger container. Thing is, unless you have the hands of a large giant, that's not anywhere near 2 gallons, not even one.
Looks the size of a 39 oz. coffee can
You'll want to loosen those roots a bit, or maybe score them, when you re-pot them.
Great Scott!

That's what threw us off . . . the 2 gallons in 2 weeks bit. (or whatever it was) . . . THAT'S vigorous root growth, IMO.
 
tom__420

tom__420

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MrFishy said:
Well I'll be damned . . . they are ready for a bigger container. Thing is, unless you have the hands of a large giant, that's not anywhere near 2 gallons, not even one.
You'll want to loosen those roots a bit, or maybe score them, when you re-pot them.
Great Scott!
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He mentioned in the post he was 8' 9"... did you miss that? Lol j/k
 
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