What should I do?

Double0verhead

Double0verhead

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I made the mistake of growing my autoflower in a pot that will be too small for its roots. The plant in only about 4" tall right now and I was thinking about transplanting before it becomes root bound. Does anybody have and methods of transplanting without shocking the plant as I have heard that transplanting an autoflower is a bad idea in the first place. The plant is in a clay pot right now.
 
Green Cross

Green Cross

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Double0verhead said:
I made the mistake of growing my autoflower in a pot that will be too small for its roots. The plant in only about 4" tall right now and I was thinking about transplanting before it becomes root bound. Does anybody have and methods of transplanting without shocking the plant as I have heard that transplanting an autoflower is a bad idea in the first place. The plant is in a clay pot right now.
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sure, I found the excellent tutorial on transplanting - from Brick Top yesterday.

The only thing I would add is I find it easier to knock 3 times, on the bottom of the pot to loosen it, rather than tapping the edge of the pot on a counter or similar surface - without damaging the plant.

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sogbunn

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get ur new pot, put sum soil at the bottem.. put ur plant (in the pot) in the new pot and fill the sides with soil.. remove ur plant and its pot so u have a cavity in the new pot... tip ur plant upside down, knock it a few times so it slides out, then put it in ur cavity and fill with dirt
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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Green Cross said:
sure, I found the excellent tutorial on transplanting - from Brick Top yesterday.

The only thing I would add is I find it easier to knock 3 times, on the bottom of the pot to loosen it, rather than tapping the edge of the pot on a counter or similar surface - without damaging the plant.

Click here and don't forget to Rep+ Brick Top
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First off thank you for the kind words. Second, not to say you are wrong about tapping the bottom of the pot because it will work and if it works for you and you are most comfortable with it then I say stick with it.

Where tapping the edge works better is when you are holding the plant/rootball with the main stem between your first and middle fingers and then tap the bottom it will loosen the rootball from the pot but it will not cause the rootball to slide out, you still have to then grab the pot and lift it off or pull the pot off in some manner but when you tap the edge gravity causes it to slide out so it is a bit simpler.
　
What I posted is the method that we use at our nursery. It is a pot-in-pot nursery (trees and bushes, not plants) and we repot thousands of different trees and bushes each year, we have over 15 acres of ground covered with pot-in-pot trees and bushes, and that is how we do it unless the tree or bush to large to pick up and do like I explained, and it works perfectly well for us and has for years and there is never any damage done.

I have used the same method in the past before I went to starting out my plants in a large pot and never repotting and I never damaged a plant by tapping the edge.

But whatever makes someone the most comfortable is what they will need to do regardless of what works best for someone else.
 
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barackobama420

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and just remember roots continue to grow even when in the flowering stage
 
pastafarian81

pastafarian81

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what strain? I always plant autos into their final pot to start with. they seem very sensitive to transplant. last auto i transplanted only grew to be 6-7" tall. it was odd. but potent as hell.
 
Double0verhead

Double0verhead

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I was about to transplant when I got to thinking, I dont think I have a big enough root ball to hold together my soil, I would hate to pull it out of the pot and soil fall everywhere and leave just the roots. What do ya think?
 
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