Old am I also. And confused I am as well. I wasn’t meaning that at you, but to the op who said he was attacked by Mick Foster.
Transplanting just as the roots reach the edge of a container pushes vigorous growth and promotes healthy root development. In turn the roots get adequate oxygen and moisture thereby more effectively absorbing nutrients. Transplanting often affords the opportunity to innoculate the soil mix w/mycorrhizae fungi which also assists w/absorbtion. When given enough room for healthy development, roots go wider and deeper than most noobs realize; especially when in symbiosis w/myco. Hyphae can reach for miles in an ancient forest..pulling in nutrients and moisture from every corner of your container indoors.....So...
As will most net lore and for profit indoctrinated sales brochures posing as scientific studies. LMAO.
If you transplant an auto properly it will keep moving without missing a beat just as a photo will. The trick is to transplant correctly. I guess so many people are too rough when transplanting and than comes the idea that you can't transplant an auto but that is in fact not the case. Charge your new pot the same as your old pot, be gentle not to mess with the roots. If done properly there is no reason it should slow down the plant.
Medium and a bit higher PH requirement trip most up. But a big world. We both have ours. Glad yours works. Sharing mine as it is non profit motivated. And from digging in the dirt. Not the net.
With a correct balanced base no more than a photo. Only lacking a grace "veg" if you F up.
I am just bowing out. PM me after a decade or two. Enjoy your bounties. Mine keep me content. Your soil or equivalent on left. My base and nature on the right.
Apologies OP.
Yea I thought so too, but then I said to myself.. wtf else am I gonna do with this 50pk of root riot and this clonex? lol May as well experiment. It went well. I cloned 4 branches, killed 1.. gave 1 away, and harvested 2 of them. 1 is still hanging up.
