Broke the ultimate rule on autos

Kickflipfrontblunt · Jul 7, 2015

so my 16 inch plant wasn't showing ANY growth for the last few days it exploded in growth and I over watered and it stopped growing ... So I made the desicion to make a transplant ... The soil in the pot was like a wet sponge and kinda hard .... I ripped a little bit of the root system but everything else seemed ok ... Was this a bad move to do

ugorg · Jul 7, 2015

bad bad bad why didnt you just let the plant dry out or add perlite for more drainage worse thing ever is to re pot a auto it stunts the growth and shocks the plant you will still get buds but not as big or as tight i use 10l airpots with perlite mix 50/50 soil biobizz and germinate in the pot i always top at week 2 with auto ppl say dont but you do get better results and growth feed 2 times a week water and dry tghe pots up every outher day im on week 5 and buds are amazing looking

Kickflipfrontblunt · Jul 7, 2015

ugorg said:
bad bad bad why didnt you just let the plant dry out or add perlite for more drainage worse thing ever is to re pot a auto it stunts the growth and shocks the plant you will still get buds but not as big or as tight i use 10l airpots with perlite mix 50/50 soil biobizz and germinate in the pot i always top at week 2 with auto ppl say dont but you do get better results and growth feed 2 times a week water and dry tghe pots up every outher day im on week 5 and buds are amazing looking View attachment 3455036

I know .. I'm new at this ... Thanks for the advice I still have 8 seeds of autofem blueberry left this grow was a try out ... I'm just gonna switch to HPS and let my afghan bud if the autos die or don't make it its no big deal ... The next ones will be a lot better

bearkat42 · Jul 7, 2015

Of course it was a bad move to do, but experience is the best teacher right?

ugorg · Jul 7, 2015

learn by your mistakes i had too

Kickflipfrontblunt · Jul 7, 2015

The first is my auto fem blueberry ... The second was a 4 ft tall vegging afghan that I had to chop in half and I waited for it to heal from shock now I'm gonna switch over to HPS ... Which btw do I need a dark period from MH to HPS

bearkat42 said:
Of course it was a bad move to do, but experience is the best teacher right?

taGyo · Jul 7, 2015

HPS needs a dark period.
MH does as well IMO but that's debatable. 18/6 throughout the whole auto grow is optimal.
You have like five threads open bro. Condense.

Kickflipfrontblunt · Jul 7, 2015

Here's a picture of the auto after the transplant actually started to grow again after I did so ... Small shock period where leaves dropped but this is her now healthier than ever and I'm sorry about all the threads Im not so tech savvy

black jesus · Jul 8, 2015

taGyo said:
HPS needs a dark period.
MH does as well IMO but that's debatable. 18/6 throughout the whole auto grow is optimal.
You have like five threads open bro. Condense.

He's freaking out lol....if your auto bounce back then great. I just did the same thing you did cuz I had an auto outside. That was getting no light. I had to transplant so I didn't bring any bugs inside. But the plant is fucked not. But either way I will get better result then if I left it outside...

taGyo · Jul 8, 2015

He's been freaking out for like five days now lol.

WeedFreak78 · Jul 8, 2015

I don't understand why people say you can't transplant autos..if you know how to do transplants correctly ( any plant in general) you shouldn't see much, if any shock. Out of literally hundreds of plants I've transplanted..probably a doz autos..I've only had a handful or so show any signs of "shock", and even then they were back to 100% in a few hours. Most shock comes from the plants roots drying out or people being too rough with the roots. Soak the root ball in cool/cold water for 10 minutes, it does 2 things..over waters the plant and cools it slowing it's processes. Let it drain, then transfer. Put dirt in the bottom of new pot, flip over old pot and knock out root ball,rough up the outside of the root ball with your WET fingers, place root ball on top of new dirt, back fill with new dirt around root ball. Water with cool water..done. I think the main reason people say not to transplant autos is because most people don't know how to transplant.

Kickflipfrontblunt · Jul 8, 2015

WeedFreak78 said:
I don't understand why people say you can't transplant autos..if you know how to do transplants correctly ( any plant in general) you shouldn't see much, if any shock. Out of literally hundreds of plants I've transplanted..probably a doz autos..I've only had a handful or so show any signs of "shock", and even then they were back to 100% in a few hours. Most shock comes from the plants roots drying out or people being too rough with the roots. Soak the root ball in cool/cold water for 10 minutes, it does 2 things..over waters the plant and cools it slowing it's processes. Let it drain, then transfer. Put dirt in the bottom of new pot, flip over old pot and knock out root ball,rough up the outside of the root ball with your WET fingers, place root ball on top of new dirt, back fill with new dirt around root ball. Water with cool water..done. I think the main reason people say not to transplant autos is because most people don't know how to transplant.

Dude those were my actions word for word lol... I just treated the transplant like it was a heart transplant...I did it fast and didn't even rip a root... I had gloves on too ... You don't realize the bacteria you carry on your skin and I didn't want any chance of that winding up in a dark moist root system where it could thrive

WeedFreak78 · Jul 8, 2015

Kickflipfrontblunt said:
Dude those were my actions word for word lol... I just treated the transplant like it was a heart transplant...I did it fast and didn't even rip a root... I had gloves on too ... You don't realize the bacteria you carry on your skin and I didn't want any chance of that winding up in a dark moist root system where it could thrive

i don't usually worry about what's on my hands,especially in dirt..i just wash well before i do it. I treat most procedures like surgery.. i prep an area..clean everything, area and tools, with bleach, wash my hand, then get to work. I wear gloves only when I'm cloning.

Kickflipfrontblunt · Jul 8, 2015

Yeah I do the same .. It's very important to have everything you need right at your finger tips while your transplanting you don't wanna keep the plant out of soil for more then you have too

420Dust · Jul 8, 2015

For the past 5 years I have started my auto's in 16oz Dixie cups in March. (inside with cfl's) around the fourth or fifth week transplant outside in 2 or 3 gal pots and most of them show no sign of stress or shock.........

Kickflipfrontblunt · Jul 8, 2015

420Dust said:
For the past 5 years I have started my auto's in 16oz Dixie cups in March. (inside with cfl's) around the fourth or fifth week transplant outside in 2 or 3 gal pots and most of them show no sign of stress or shock.........

Thank you...started this thread off like it was he end of the world turned out its not recomended to transplant but if you do it right with good technique and the right tools it can be done with little to no shock to the plant

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