New Grower Transplant a 5 week old plant. Ok..?

[hejdaman]

I finally found the new growers forum.

I was thinking of maybe transplanting my 5-6 week old plant to bigger pots. Right now they are in 1½ gallon (i hope thats right) pots. I wonder why haven´t thought about this until now.

Can i do this, or is it too late? They haven´t entered full flowering-stage yet i think. There are a couple of brown/red hairs but only just maybe one per each plant.

/h.

 

[Jackal]

Personally I would leave them be, this late. Risking transplant shock that will stunt them. Transplanting needs to be done when they show sex.

 

[hejdaman]

I know. But i thought that they wore done growing about two weeks ago. But this is a lesson learned for the future i think.

I hope it´s good anyways.

 

[hejdaman]

Hi, again. I just realised how much a gallon really is. I wrote "Right now they are in 1½ gallon pots". I thought that a gallon was similar to two litres, but it´s really almost 5 litres in one gallon. They are in halfgallon pots right now.

And i´m afraid that they will stop growing with this pots. Growth has been a little slow lately i think. They had their 6 week anniversary yesterday, and they are doing just fine, exept from something thay i have a question a will ask in a moment.

Do you think i should transplant them into bigger pots? Maybe just transplant one and see what happens?

Now to the other question i have. One of the plants has gone light green on the topleaves, and she has one or two brown spots too. What do you think it can be? I have fed her all the micronuts, but it hasn´t improved. But it haven´t got worse either. I have been studying nutrition deficiencies since i first saw it, and nothing that i read about really matches the symtoms i she has.

I have one theory that can be it, maybe. First when i saw it i had my 250w HPS about 3-4 inches over the plants. This is my first HID lamp so i didn´t know at all what height it should be at. But i raised it two days ago, so now its about 12 inches over now.

Do anybody have experience with (nut?)burned plants in tiny pots?

I´m going to check if i can´t post up a photo of the plants. I´ve tried before and it didn´t work, but i will give it one more shot. How do you guys do it?

Thank in advance. I hope that one day i can help you back.

/H.

 

[hejdaman]

I will just take a minute. My cellphone take horrible pics, so i will borrow my girlfriends then it´s done charging.
I used Image Shack to post some pictures to a guy here on AF, and it didn´t work.

Maybe now.






Nice. Ok, this is the quality my pics hold. They are taken about one week ago. That´s when the lamp was low as you can see. I don´t really think it´s that low becouse i´m use to CFL i think.

Soon, in a while i will post a pic so you can see for yourself how they look right now.

Ps. See the pots? What do you think?

/H.

 

[Muddy]

At 6 weeks most autos have finished their vertical growth and are going into full flower, so the plant's energy is going into developing buds rather than leaves and roots. Unless you are accomplished at transplanting I would suggest just leaving them in their current pots. As long as you provide the proper nutrients they can grow well in small pots. There are several threads here where people are growing plants in 16 oz. cups and getting fantastic results. If you transplant now and stunt the plants, your yields may suffer.

Wow, I'm surprised you didn't burn those top leaves up having them that close to the light. A good rule of thumb is to place you hand, palm down, at the top of the plants. If the light feels too warm on your hand, raise it. Too cool, lower it. If it feels too hot on your hand it's too hot for the plant. It's possible what you are seeing is from the lights being too low but a picture would help to know for sure. A full shot of the whole plant and a close up of the leaves.

 

[hejdaman]

Hi, Muddy! I just read what you wrote about Tiered Transplant method. That sounds real interesting. Maybe i should try that with one of my smaller plants. Btw, i found a male today. But i haven´t seen any more males, or females either. But they will show later, right?

I germinated five of the total ten LR´s that i bought in Christiania a couple of weeks ago. Four of the five was female, and i hope it´s the only male out of the four that i have now.

Plant 1. I have a question about one of the plants. One of them is in a lighter green then the others. I have a picture, but it´s much more noticible when you see it irl. I hope someone have experience with this.

First pic. Look at the brown spots.



Here she is with another plant. You can compare the color and see that the one on the right is slightly darker. In real life the contrast is much more noticeable.


A leaf of the plant. This is leaf that´s in worse shape.


Do you see the brown spots on the leaves? The spots are showing more and more i think. I don´t think it is any nutrition deficiancy. I am passionate and interested in the subject, but i´m kind of new to this still. So i need a second opinion from a veteran.

Plant 2. Here´s the tallest plant i have that´s the only one thats really got hurt from the light. This one was the first that had brown hairs. I don´t know if it´s from the light or if it´s getting closer to harvest. Do anybody think that it is something wrong? It´s on the upper half of the plant so it´s probably no N, P, K deficiancy.



Same plant.


Plant 3. Then i am kind of wondering about my smallest and fattest babygirl. The have some funny yellowish/green shaded spots on the leaves. It looks kinda cool i think, but i want to know what´s up.

This picture is bad quality, but you´ll see them if you look close.


Here she is in the tent. The light blur the pic but i hope you can see it anyway.

I know that the plants are just fine. This is my first indoor grow so i want to learn as much as possible so that i can figure out what´s wrong myself and know what to do if something happens in my future grows. And be able to help out with various problems beginners may have. Like Muddy.

All feedback is welcome.

Here´s a pic of the girls in the tent. My favorite is the one in the upper right corner.


And here are a pic of my two biggest females.


My #1 again. I tucked the fanleaf that is shading the lower growth as you see.


I am thinking about soon posting a growdiary maybe. I just have to motivate myself.

I hope you will enjoy the pictures. Sorry that they aren´t better quality.

/H.

 

[hejdaman]

Ps. Can males show themselves as soon as 14 days?

Damn, i forgot to take a picture. Before i threw it away yesterday, i took a look. I saw clearly the "balls" oor pollensacks, but i think i saw a pistills. But by then it was too late.

But the rest three of the four wore female.

Btw. No one witth any feedback on the plants? I know the pictures ain´t very good. But you can see what i mean about the plants.

/H.

 

[hejdaman]

I think that "Plant 1" and "Plant 3" is getting ready for harvest. Do you think that that´s wise?

 

[Trifid]

Hi, Trifid. I saw your messages now. Sorry for that i haven´t answered you until now. Can you please give me advice on what procentage of ingrediens in the soilmix that i use to transplant my babies?

I have Vermiculite, and regular potting-soil at home. No Perlite unfortunary. I just can´t get hold of any Perlite where i live. The potting-soil have Peat moss (H2-4/H6-8), lime, sand, bark in it. The NPK is 14-7-15, and the pH-level is 6,0-7,0. My usual procentage is 70 % regular potting-soil, and the rest 30 % is mix up Vermiculite, Leca and Cactus-soil. Mostly 10-15 % Vermiculite, and then 50/50 of Leca and Cactus-soil. Do this sound good to you?

No problem mate. You do have some cause for concern there, your mix calculates fairly high on the nitrogen side but if it's already partially decomposed mix then you should be alright.. If you get nitrogen toxicities add some microorganisms such as tricodermia or myccorhizal fungus and treat the soil will mild calcium treatments. They will use the excess N for cellular processes. You are right about the need for perlite, your choice of mix is good but the sand is not required for autos and can cause your mix to become compacted and heavy quickly. On the other hand you don't want it to be too loamy or clay like either this soil type will retain too much water and drown the plants over time since it will not dry out properly between watering - you'll end up with a swamp ...

If you have no access to perlite try using a 1:3 blend of coco and your chosen mix. This should help to keep things light and aerated. If you suspect the mix is too heavy then grab a large gallon size container and fill it with the blend, let it sit. Then pour some water through it and wait a while for the run-off. Check the pH for good measure and then try picking up the container, you should be able to do it with one hand, the more you struggle to do this the more inappropriate the ratios are likely to be. You want a lite aerated mix with ample drainage, one that is homogenized and does not retain water for more that 18-24 hours, one that will decompose slowly and be moderate in nutrient content. The ratios of the components is more important than the nutritional index - since this determines the soil's chemistry and structure and with out these things the nutritional profiles of your components are useless anyway..

Good luck my friend.
Do plenty reading but don't over-complicate things..
Trifid,