Transplanting.. good or bad

from most of the guides i see it involves moving the plant from 1 up to 3 times, why do poeple plant their pl;ants in small containers and then move them? why not just put them in the container you need for the whole grow?

you can end up with root problems really easily from doing this, if your soil doesn't drain proper it will rot the roots. i've been going over this as well. i've found it works best for me in this order. 1.5" rockwool for clones. 6" or 10" pots until rootbound or leaves are over the edges, depends on individual vigor. (i've never seen a growth lull between transplants either.. weird.. there's usually a new growth spurt the next day.) first batch ended there. new batch is in some 12" 3gal short pots. should allow for some husky growth, more shrublike. i've found that this keeps root problems to a minimum for me, i know the plants are anxious to fill the new containers by the time i replant. i don't have to worry about a plant rotting away slowly, or not getting the nutes/water it needs because the roots can't get to it. i suppose if you were really careful about perimeter watering, and watered at the edge of your foliage footprint in the pot, you could transplant into a big pot soon. seems like a pain. now that i've got enough pots, i won't have to be potting up unless i go hogwild on a new batch of clones or something. strictly revegging should be feasible with my setup now. good luck!

I plant right into the pots they will use for their whole life - the big ones. I've had great success, but I've only grown once...



... And I'm cheap!

I used to change from small to big but now straight in too the big pot i think alot better and a lot less work..just have to be carefull about the watering so you don't get root rot...

Alright! An easy one. The reason why I start in cups is for the room. Its a lot easier to place them under the lights. I usually start with floros and I can fit a shitload under them at first. The plant will do best if placed in a big pot at the begining. It might take a couple of weeks between waterings. I just dont have the room in my grow room to fit a shitload of big pots. Not until I move them to the flower room where I have plenty of space for bigger pots.

I start in cups and move up into larger containers later also. I can move the cups around and manage them and their needs. Would be sort of difficult with 3 gallon pots in my small and cramped grow area.

I like to start my seeds, once they sprout, in 16 to 24oz Styrofoam cups.
As Widow M. mentions above, you can get many many more plants under the floros for the first couple of weeks. I like to transplant into larger containers only one time. I usually select the plants I like best for transplanting, because I start many more than I can fit in for flowering cycle in larger pots. It is possible to grow out the plants that I leave in the styro cups to maturity. They need to be watered twice a day, and you get miniature yield from each cup, but it is possible to produce high quality buds from the cups!

You can start a plant in a larger container, but because I use a soil less and non nutritional blend, I can dial in their fertilizer needs much easier in a smaller container, as they need water much more often.