how to trim roots?
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pattykakes
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its like a goldfish the bigger the tank it lives in the bigger it gets... same with your plant the bigger the pot she lives in the bigger she gets...
pattykakes
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but please DON'T TRIM YOUR ROOTS... SHE'LL MOST LIKELY DIE!!!
darkdestruction420
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I've had plants with most of the root mass lost before and they survive just fine. I also do root ball trimming when reverting a flowering plant to veg after chopping almost all the plant. I would say the odds of some root trimming killing it are EXTREMELY small. I agree about trimming roots in this situation though.
pattykakes
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Yea with a large root mass the plant will survive but that small of a root ball he's got going, trimming may kill her...
woodsmaneh!
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At best nothing happens and at worst she dies, lets hope your not at the wrong end. You can trim 15 to 20% of the root mass but that should be a last resort, ^^^^ Bigger pots is better.
pattykakes
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Yes bigger pot!... if you are worried about it getting too tall, training your plant to grow sideways instead of upward. If you don't have the vertical space, make some more horizontal space and tie it down, just remember when you start flowering it will get 2 to 3 times bigger.and the top colas you have created by the tie down will get twice as tall, and sometimes three times as tall.
woodydude
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As people have said, dont trim your roots, get a bigger pot. I have trimmed damaged roots (root rot) and the plant took 2 weeks to recover. I have also trimmed roots a different way and often do this with clones and that is air pruning of roots. By air pruning, the first roots tips die back once they come into contact with dry air, forcing the plant to grow a secondary set of roots. This effectively doubles the number of root tips the plant has. I do this in rockwool however there are special pots for this process/technique (smart pots) Peace W
https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/442735-12-12-seed-32-oz.html thats my cup grow...i wouldnt go any smaller then that. why would u want to grow in a 16 oz. cup anyway?
napa23
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People keep telling him to get a bigger pot, obviously he's not trying to. I've done a party cup grow before. Roots did start coming out the top but they die when exposed to air. The main thing I had to worry about was watering and feeding every day. But that was an autoflower, which like a lot of root space but it got chopped before i had any major problems. And yes she was tiny.
Hoenhiem
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there are not many reasons to trim roots. if it comes to that its usually as a lost resort thats why many ppl will try to convince you to do otherwise. but your growing in starter "beer" cups. there has got to be bigger pots you can put them in. how old or large are they that your thinking of trimming? its not that difficult shit if being rootbound is a problem an you have no other choice get a bigger cup. idk pics would better help us understand why something so drastic so early is needed
elduece
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What you can do is loosen the spun root ball or scour it loose before transplanting into a new pot. The results are almost instant in my experience even with sick looking root bound plants, they've really perked up the same day compared to not doing anything at all. Uncle Ben recommends you can cut into the root ball on all sides before transplanting and that works too. The only time that I take away roots is when they're going to revegative state into a smaller medium.
woodsmaneh!
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Go to a bakery and by the 5 gal pails for 1 or 2 bucks.