Bad idea?

Would it be a bad idea to transplant a plant that is in the early stages of flowering?

yea
transplant before flower.

Transplanting is encouraged in the vegetative state. Now, if you choose to transplant in the flowering state then do so in the first few weeks.

well that is stress for a plant, but if u do,, doit at first week of flowering or early second, but there is risk, because stress is not good.

Yeah i assumed i shouldnt.
Thanks guys.

You can do it, do it now though. The plant will stress some but should bounce back okay. It will just take longer to harvest. I do recommend transplanting before flowering though.

well if ur in a small pot sai 2-3 gallons than takin the risk of the plant gettin stressed is worth it in the lopng run cause if it gets root bound or something u wont get as much yield ..i wud transplant it....just do it quick nd give it water after u transplant it not before..good luck nd happy smokin

Chiceh said:

You can do it, do it now though. The plant will stress some but should bounce back okay. It will just take longer to harvest. I do recommend transplanting before flowering though.

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i will second that. +rep, you rock chiceh your words are always spot on

Transplanting is not very traumatic especially if you takes steps to avoid it. (I use myco added xplant soil and liquid fish)

I would say xplant unless you are already starting to form buds, you have to consider what early flowering is.

0-10 days is early
10-20 days you get your sex, preflowers form and the plant begins to form bud sites
20-50 Buds form and plant doubles/triples in size
50+Vertigrowth stops, pistils begin to change flower and the plant readies to die.

If your in the 0-10 (early) you could xplant no problem, my worry is that you might be a few weeks in (not early) and xplanting wont do much good. Nothing to do with stress, its just in flowering the plants dont work as hard to grow roots which makes it less likely that you can take full advantage of the nutes in the soil.