Is it safe to repot a budding plant?

realmeatdildo

realmeatdildo

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I have read that a plant should be repotted no more than twice, basically when it's overgrown its small seedling pot and then if it gets to big during veg it can be put into a bigger pot. Is it okay to repot it again if it gets too big or root bound in that pot during flowering or will repotting it stress it out too much and send it into root shock (thereby suspending growth during the critical bud development phase) or possibly turn it hermaphrodite? :confused:Thanks in advance for your comprehensive :idea: answers!
 
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darkarms

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nickfury510 said:
once you start flowering leave the plant alone...the herb is at its most vulnerable when in the flower stage.....i wouldnt repot.....
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...... but if the plant is root bound he has no choice or he can sit there and watch as his plant grows slower and slower

i transplanted my last plant while it was flowering and nothing was wrong.... was in shock for a few days(aka slow growth) but soon after it started growing fast again.... as fast as it ever was at least. Don't go taking my advice tho, might have been a bad move on my part but it worked for me.
 
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Levinator

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ya man do not repot it once shes flowering!!... if its rootbound bad your best bet would be if possible cut the bottem out of the pot its in very carefully and then let the roots come down by themself into another pot or right in the ground if you work the soil over first makin it loose so them roots have no problem getting down....extreme caution should be takin. you can reduce stress and bounce back time if u make a light mix of water + rooting gel shake it all up and wet the soil that your roots are gonna drop into with it.
 
realmeatdildo

realmeatdildo

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Thanks for all the advice. I'm guessing that if I don't repot it and load it up with enough ferts (not too many, obviously) then it may produce decent sized buds even if its roots are fairly compacted into a small space. I didn't anticipate the acceleration of its growth during flowering as I vegged them under about 300 watts of cfls for 3 months and have now included a 600watt hps.
I think what I'll do is attempt methods mentioned here, double potting and a gentle repotting with a couple of them and watch their reactions whilst leaving some others in their original pots to compare the growth and I'll report back the results.
A friend told me that unless you have garbage bin sized pots then you'll probably only get golf ball sized nuggets at best, (in the small pots I am using, I'm not sure what their sizes are in inches but they're about 13 cm across.)
One plant in particular spurred the original question as its stem is getting so thick that it looks like it would become huge (and yield a huge bounty!) if it was given more soil to play with.
I have another interesting question about male to female ratio theory which a friend also told me about, but I'll start a new thread for that one. Once again, thanks for the advice, and may all your nuggets be chunky!:mrgreen:
 
Twistyman

Twistyman

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I do...I've re-potted a 6ft plant, and it was fine...it's how and when you do it...I usually do about 3 times per plant....more if needed...
 
past times

past times

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i have repotted in flower and it worked fine. however, i did it at 2 weeks, at first sign of sex. when you do it you could add about a week to the normal flower time. i wouldnt recommend doing it in mid flower
 
nickfury510

nickfury510

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darkarms said:
...... but if the plant is root bound he has no choice or he can sit there and watch as his plant grows slower and slower

i transplanted my last plant while it was flowering and nothing was wrong.... was in shock for a few days(aka slow growth) but soon after it started growing fast again.... as fast as it ever was at least. Don't go taking my advice tho, might have been a bad move on my part but it worked for me.
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thus not repotting while flowering....stress during the flower stage can alter yeild,potency,and lifespan.....:hump::joint:
 
realmeatdildo

realmeatdildo

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As I said previously, I would return with my findings on these generously suggested repotting methods, but it is unfortunately not going to be conclusive information that I pass on as I have had problems with my timer that just happened to coincide with the repotting of the plants, and so if they had turned hermie or stunted then it would be hard for me to determine that it was as a result of repotting as I have had some plants turning male and some hermies as a result of being an ignorant cheapskate and using a $4.98 timer to try and regulate 983 watts of light including a 600 watt ballast that spikes at 15 amps when it's only rated at 10 amps. Oh well, you live and learn. :roll:
Anyway, what I can report is, that as far as I can tell, none of the plants I repotted turned hermie and I gently pried them from their pots and placed them in the centre of some very loosely packed damp soil, (none of which had rooting gel applied as suggested, as I previously mentioned, I am a cheapskate), and there doesn't seem so far to have been any ill effects on these plants and they are still growing as before.
I think maybe the key is to handle them like they are sculptures made from lightly compressed icing sugar, that, with even the slightest amount overt pressure applied upon, will explode into a cloud of falling dust. Then it might work.
I'll update. Even if they all die.
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OZstoner2290

OZstoner2290

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realmeatdildo said:
As I said previously, I would return with my findings on these generously suggested repotting methods, but it is unfortunately not going to be conclusive information that I pass on as I have had problems with my timer that just happened to coincide with the repotting of the plants, and so if they had turned hermie or stunted then it would be hard for me to determine that it was as a result of repotting as I have had some plants turning male and some hermies as a result of being an ignorant cheapskate and using a $4.98 timer to try and regulate 983 watts of light including a 600 watt ballast that spikes at 15 amps when it's only rated at 10 amps. Oh well, you live and learn. :roll:
Anyway, what I can report is, that as far as I can tell, none of the plants I repotted turned hermie and I gently pried them from their pots and placed them in the centre of some very loosely packed damp soil, (none of which had rooting gel applied as suggested, as I previously mentioned, I am a cheapskate), and there doesn't seem so far to have been any ill effects on these plants and they are still growing as before.
I think maybe the key is to handle them like they are sculptures made from lightly compressed icing sugar, that, with even the slightest amount overt pressure applied upon, will explode into a cloud of falling dust. Then it might work.
I'll update. Even if they all die.
End transmission.
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6years later no update lmfao
 
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