Ok to transplant during flower?

Smokey_mc_pot

Smokey_mc_pot

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Was wondering if transplanting my 2 plants that are going on the 4th week of flower is a good idea? They are in 3 gallon pots and the soil that they are planted in have nutrients in it for up to two months. So I was thinking of transplanting the two girls into 5 gallon smart pots with some new soil that's pre amended like stonington blend or ocean forest. Any thoughts?
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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Smokey_mc_pot said:
Was wondering if transplanting my 2 plants that are going on the 4th week of flower is a good idea? They are in 3 gallon pots and the soil that they are planted in have nutrients in it for up to two months. So I was thinking of transplanting the two girls into 5 gallon smart pots with some new soil that's pre amended like stonington blend or ocean forest. Any thoughts?
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You can transplant to a bigger pot if you want to but keep in mind for next run it is much better to transplant to the final size pot before there are flowers on the plant.
You could instead top dress with worm castings & kelp meal and push in a jobes organic spike or 2 which will feed them through to harvest. It is better to have more room for roots to grow during bloom phase but since it's already week 4 you could probably get through to finish in the 3 gal if you give an AACT or two along the way.
 
Smokey_mc_pot

Smokey_mc_pot

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Richard Drysift said:
You can transplant to a bigger pot if you want to but keep in mind for next run it is much better to transplant to the final size pot before there are flowers on the plant.
You could instead top dress with worm castings & kelp meal and push in a jobes organic spike or 2 which will feed them through to harvest. It is better to have more room for roots to grow during bloom phase but since it's already week 4 you could probably get through to finish in the 3 gal if you give an AACT or two along the way.
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Any specific brands of kelp meal and castings? And about how much ingredients do i top dress with?
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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You can get pretty much any brand of kelp it doesn't really matter; I use kelp4less.com brand only because it was the cheapest I found at the time; buying in bulk and during promos/sales saves $$$. Down to earth products are good too but any dried kelp seaweed is fine even if you go to the beach and collect it yourself. The best worm castings are directly from a worms ass in a composting bin but again any brand will work. Unco brand is ez to find online; they work ok but bagged EWC is never as good as fresh.
You never have to be deadly accurate with organic amendments much unlike bottled nutrients. For top dressing I would mix up enough to cover the entire top layer of soil maybe about an inch & 1/2 deep in each of your containers. You only need a few tsp of kelp per container but you can always add as much EWC as you can fit. It won't burn your plants.
Having all this on hand will make brewing AACTs a snap. Molasses, kelp, and EWC makes a very good all purpose AACT when bubbled for 36+ hours. Give a tea every 2-3 weeks and push in a couple jobes spikes. Should keep them green through to harvest time.
 
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fdoug62

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Richard Drysift said:
You can transplant to a bigger pot if you want to but keep in mind for next run it is much better to transplant to the final size pot before there are flowers on the plant.
You could instead top dress with worm castings & kelp meal and push in a jobes organic spike or 2 which will feed them through to harvest. It is better to have more room for roots to grow during bloom phase but since it's already week 4 you could probably get through to finish in the 3 gal if you give an AACT or two along the way.
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What about 2 weeks in. I got same issue. Need to move from 2gal bags to 4gal smartpots
 
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