Do you need to transplant?

Nosboss said:

I still have my first outdoor grow going and I'm already thinking about my first indoor. I have all the equipment setup but haven't started anything yet. I wanna wait till I finish my outdoor. So my question is when I start something inside, is it necessary to transplant from smaller bags to bigger bags, or could I just start my seed in a 5 gallon bag from the start? I am sure there is a good reason for transplanting, but I honestly don't know a lot yet.

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Nosboss said:

I still have my first outdoor grow going and I'm already thinking about my first indoor. I have all the equipment setup but haven't started anything yet. I wanna wait till I finish my outdoor. So my question is when I start something inside, is it necessary to transplant from smaller bags to bigger bags, or could I just start my seed in a 5 gallon bag from the start? I am sure there is a good reason for transplanting, but I honestly don't know a lot yet.

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xtsho said:

Some swear by it but I don't think you need to. I have and haven't and have never noticed a difference. I usually start seeds in small 2.5" x 2.5" nursery pots and then into the final pot. Sometimes those are different sizes. I don't believe you need to stagger transplanting from one size to another. But as @SpawnOfVader stated over watering can be an issue. Some growers think they need to water a seedling everyday and if it's in a 5 gallon pot chances are they'll be over watering.

I have friends that start seeds in 20 gallon pots and end up with huge trees and no problems. But these are Old School growers that don't buy into all the cannabis specific nonsense that so many believe in. You don't need to treat cannabis any different than other plants. Do you think nurseries that sell plants up pot numerous times? No. They germinate in small containers and transplant once. Same thing works just fine with cannabis.

I've never seen so many unnecessary steps and convoluted processes to grow a plant as I have with cannabis growers.

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SpawnOfVader said:

For sure. Part of it is definitely a space thing. I have one small weak light for seedlings/clones so I want them in smaller containers to crowd under it. My veg tent is mid size so they can spread out a little more (next size transplant) and my flowering space is large enough I transplant one more time.

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xtsho said:

I understand in your circumstance but there are those that think you need to upsize slowly. You don't if you do it properly. Over watering seems to be a common issue with some going to large containers right away. The solution is simple. Water less. Also I can't never understand why so many people experience transplant shock. I literally tear off roots and loosen them up if their too root bound and I never get transplant shock. Which comes back to over watering. The soil needs to be good and damp but you don't need to water until 10 - 20% runoff and then water 2 days later while everything is still soaking wet. Also, when people transplant into new soil they need to realize that it likely has plenty of nutrients in it for awhile so no need to dump a bunch of bottles of nutrients on newly transplanted plants.

The only transplant shock I've ever experienced is from putting vegetable starts out in the garden when the soil hadn't warmed up enough in the spring. People just make growing cannabis more complicated than it needs to be.

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xtsho said:

Some swear by it but I don't think you need to. I have and haven't and have never noticed a difference. I usually start seeds in small 2.5" x 2.5" nursery pots and then into the final pot. Sometimes those are different sizes. I don't believe you need to stagger transplanting from one size to another. But as @SpawnOfVader stated over watering can be an issue. Some growers think they need to water a seedling everyday and if it's in a 5 gallon pot chances are they'll be over watering.

I have friends that start seeds in 20 gallon pots and end up with huge trees and no problems. But these are Old School growers that don't buy into all the cannabis specific nonsense that so many believe in. You don't need to treat cannabis any different than other plants. Do you think nurseries that sell plants up pot numerous times? No. They germinate in small containers and transplant once. Same thing works just fine with cannabis.

I've never seen so many unnecessary steps and convoluted processes to grow a plant as I have with cannabis growers.

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