Pot bound of not??

[Ursus]

I started growing this around sept 2nd and vegged it for 5 weeks which is one more than its suppose to, but now I wonder if my plant is becoming potbound or not. Its going on the 5th week of flowering i think and the buds aren't real big or anything theyre just everywhere. I just am not sure if my plants are potbound are not so here are the pics..... and if they are potbound what can i do?

 

[slk]

I think you mean root bound ya it is time to go to a 5 gallon pot then watch it take off.

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Your lack of bud production may be linked to your lighting.
Why are the pots buried in the dirt?Unless you have a main light off for the photo, all I see is CFL's & not too many of them either - I think I'd pick up a 400w HPS to put in there & watch them pound on the weight.
Why do you think that they are root bound?

 

[countriboi]

Nice cfl grow...

 

[Istayz High]

They need more light and need to be repotted in 5 gallon buckets each. Both are crucial right now. Otherwise they are looking pretty healthy.

The term is root bound too bro.

 

[~MacLee~]

I think he does have a hps if you look at the sec. pic you can see a yellowish light bouncing off the cfl reflector, and back to your ? id do what slk said and transplant to a bigger pot hell use a rubbermaid itll work just fine your gurlz look good to me...

 

[panhead]

The bud in my avatar was grown in a very small pot of right around 2 quarts.

Do an archive search on this site for a thread by fdd titled It's All Bullshit as there are quite a few wives tale myths & half truths debunked in the thread & root bound is one of them,for a new grower or a grower who's skills are still developing it's a very informative thread & a thread i learned much from.

I grow using flood & drain tables nowdays but im still a hydro noob,the bulk of my experience is in larger scale indoor soil grows where floor space translated in plant count & smaller pots meant more floor space for more plants blah blah blah & so on.

I believed for 30 plus years that i needed large pots for my grows until i read the thread i mentioned then it all made sense,a plants root system only needs to be large enough to deliever needed amounts of water & nutes to the plant,after that it's wasted space that could be hosting another plant,if grown properly weed plants have a very short life span where root system size is nearly irrelevant .

Small pot's can & will produce extremely high yeilding plants that are in the best of health as long as the grower understands that watering & feeding schedules will need to be more frequent to make up for the lost root structure.

Im not on my pc & cant post pics from my blackberry but if you visit photobucket you can see my album where i have pics of several of my rooms full of large plants in 1.5 quart pots as well as pic's of the size bud's i was harvesting off the plant's.

As allready correctly mentioned here by another member lighting is most likely your problem as lighting is the most impotant factor in any grow,weak lighting will allways produce small buds that are very fluffy vs strong & proper hps lighting will produce larger buds that are dense & rock hard,growing weed can be accomplished with cfl but will never produce fantastic results with newer growers.

Use small pots,water & feed more often but most importantly ditch the cfl's & get a proper hps lighting of 600 wats or larger asap.

 

[nordowell]

The bud in my avatar was grown in a very small pot of right around 2 quarts.

Do an archive search on this site for a thread by fdd titled It's All Bullshit as there are quite a few wives tale myths & half truths debunked in the thread & root bound is one of them,for a new grower or a grower who's skills are still developing it's a very informative thread & a thread i learned much from.

I grow using flood & drain tables nowdays but im still a hydro noob,the bulk of my experience is in larger scale indoor soil grows where floor space translated in plant count & smaller pots meant more floor space for more plants blah blah blah & so on.

I believed for 30 plus years that i needed large pots for my grows until i read the thread i mentioned then it all made sense,a plants root system only needs to be large enough to deliever needed amounts of water & nutes to the plant,after that it's wasted space that could be hosting another plant,if grown properly weed plants have a very short life span where root system size is nearly irrelevant .

Small pot's can & will produce extremely high yeilding plants that are in the best of health as long as the grower understands that watering & feeding schedules will need to be more frequent to make up for the lost root structure.

Im not on my pc & cant post pics from my blackberry but if you visit photobucket you can see my album where i have pics of several of my rooms full of large plants in 1.5 quart pots as well as pic's of the size bud's i was harvesting off the plant's.

As allready correctly mentioned here by another member lighting is most likely your problem as lighting is the most impotant factor in any grow,weak lighting will allways produce small buds that are very fluffy vs strong & proper hps lighting will produce larger buds that are dense & rock hard,growing weed can be accomplished with cfl but will never produce fantastic results with newer growers.

Use small pots,water & feed more often but most importantly ditch the cfl's & get a proper hps lighting of 600 wats or larger asap.

Amen, nice answer.

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

There is truth in Panheads statement - I grow putting two plants each in 4 gal buckets & last time over 6' tall in a "Shaggy Scrog". They all veg'd & finished beautifully. Just watch soil moisture & pay very close attention to the plants, they'll let you know if you're doing something wrong.
GWN

 

[Ursus]

i have a 150watt hps above the pic that cant be seen. I have a bigger container to put them in but does anyone have any advice on how to transplant these?

 

[dirtnap411]

i have a 150watt hps above the pic that cant be seen. I have a bigger container to put them in but does anyone have any advice on how to transplant these?

Apply pressure to the sides of the pot to unstick it from the roots, then you should be able to gently slide it out of the pot, and put it in its new home.

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Apply pressure to the sides of the pot to unstick it from the roots, then you should be able to gently slide it out of the pot, and put it in its new home.

Good technique dirtnap.
I also like to gently knead the roots a bit, not enought to knock off dirt, just to loosen things up a bit.