Is it time to transplant this auto?

[xMaYHeM]

Being the first timer as I am, I stupidly planted my auto in a small pot before I knew it was best to plant them straight into the final pot.
I have a prepared pot ready for this little girl but I'm not sure how long until she's ready for transplanting.
Too soon and her fragile little body will break
Too late and I'm missing plant growth due to not having enough room for roots.
Is there a way to check how far the roots have gone without digging the plant up?
Can anyone estimate how long until I should transplant this plant?
It's a dinafem white widow auto, almost 2 weeks old. Just been feeding it water and it's in some good quality potting mix.
Here's the pic.
Thankyou rollitup, this website has helped me so much in my newfound hobby!

 

[xMaYHeM]

And another photo just because I love my baby so much

Will start LSTing this baby as soon as her stem can handle it.

 

[doubletake]

You shouldnt have a problem as long as you saturate the soil real good it's like a sand castle just poor water let it drain through good so it stays together when you take the pot off and put that baby in its final home, what's you final container size going to be and are you doing that outside? I just started abunch of autos I'm putting outside so I can get a Harvest late march b4 the real outdoor season starts

 

[TokeHoldCough]

Looks small for two weeks.. How much light is it getting?


I would do it now. Better now than too late. Just be EXTREMELY careful. Grab the stem with two fingers, dump the soil/pot on it's side, and repot in harvesting place. Give it a good watering after you repot. And also, you DO NOT want to repot when the soil is wet. Wait till it dries out completely. Then do it. Do it in the morning so she has a full day to re-boot. Should shoot up like crazy

 

[Corso312]

Gotta disagree, prefer to do when dry....index finger n middle finger on each side of stalk...tip up side down n gently report...then carefully backfill n water...yes it is time..good luck.

 

[Corso312]

Agree with tokecough.

 

[HTP]

I do it when they are dry, then I put a small and I mean small dash of water w/ a micro drop of superthrive in it. I press the container with both hands to make sure the soil is tight. This is what the water is for. Once again, not much. I superthrive I think just helps with stress but dont over do it. If you think you might, then dont. Then drop her in the new container w/ nice soil!

 

[xMaYHeM]

Looks small for two weeks.. How much light is it getting?

It gets about 14 hours of sunlight a day, and I chuck it in my light room for a couple hours every night
Not sure if my one light is enough though, but whatever it's my first grow I'll be happy with half and ounce of each of the four plants i have!

 

[doubletake]

It gets about 14 hours of sunlight a day, and I chuck it in my light room for a couple hours every night
Not sure if my one light is enough though, but whatever it's my first grow I'll be happy with half and ounce of each of the four plants i have!

Yeah just try and get as much direct sunlight as you can on it and get it in a biger pot soon you should be able to pull ablest a half and maney up to a oz

 

[locoezon]

It gets about 14 hours of sunlight a day, and I chuck it in my light room for a couple hours every night
Not sure if my one light is enough though, but whatever it's my first grow I'll be happy with half and ounce of each of the four plants i have!

For what reason you transport it inside?
First of all it is automatic so 12-hours directly in sunlight I be believed it is enough.. moves inside,you are not doing anything

 

[doubletake]

For what reason you transport it inside?
First of all it is automatic so 12-hours directly in sunlight I be believed it is enough.. moves inside,you are not doing anything

More light the better basicly for autos is what I've pretty much learned because they don't need 12 hrs off to bud so more light means they can use it to grow and use it to produce bud

 

[locoezon]

You have arguments for that you say?
I have been finished a photoperiod strain with just 9 hours directly sunlight at late flowering
So that why i'm confused with what has been written, because I know that Autos do not need more light than that photoperiod and they can survive more easily.

Incidentally the conditions INSIDE with OUTSIDE are different...so the plant it is in the different growing conditions

 

[kpmarine]

You have arguments for that you say?
I have been finished a photoperiod strain with just 9 hours directly sunlight at late flowering
So that why i'm confused with what has been written, because I know that Autos do not need more light than that photoperiod and they can survive more easily.

Did you finish a cutting of the same plant under 9 and 12 hours of light to see if there's a difference in end product? Otherwise, this doesn't really mean much, other than you grew a plant in sub-optimal conditions. The op is doing that because most auto growers run more than 12/12, seeing as that's the point of autos. Being able to grow them in places with more than 12/12 lighting. They do not "need" more light, that's not what he said. Logically, more light=more photosynthesis=more plant growth=more bud. There's obviously a limit on what a plant can do in a day, but why not throw more light at it? I didn't kill my autos last season by giving them more than 12 hours in flowering.

Incidentally the conditions INSIDE with OUTSIDE are different...so the plant it is in the different growing conditions

Why does this matter? Taking plants in and out won't kill them. I do it when I'm hardening them off. I've also done it to a few plants when the weather got too nasty last outdoor season, no harm done.

 

[doubletake]

Did you finish a cutting of the same plant under 9 and 12 hours of light to see if there's a difference in end product? Otherwise, this doesn't really mean much, other than you grew a plant in sub-optimal conditions. The op is doing that because most auto growers run more than 12/12, seeing as that's the point of autos. Being able to grow them in places with more than 12/12 lighting. They do not "need" more light, that's not what he said. Logically, more light=more photosynthesis=more plant growth=more bud. There's obviously a limit on what a plant can do in a day, but why not throw more light at it? I didn't kill my autos last season by giving them more than 12 hours in flowering.



Why does this matter? Taking plants in and out won't kill them. I do it when I'm hardening them off. I've also done it to a few plants when the weather got too nasty last outdoor season, no harm done.

Thank you,you said exactly what I couldn't put into words haha

 

[locoezon]

Did you finish a cutting of the same plant under 9 and 12 hours of light to see if there's a difference in end product? Otherwise, this doesn't really mean much, other than you grew a plant in sub-optimal conditions. The op is doing that because most auto growers run more than 12/12, seeing as that's the point of autos. Being able to grow them in places with more than 12/12 lighting. They do not "need" more light, that's not what he said. Logically, more light=more photosynthesis=more plant growth=more bud. There's obviously a limit on what a plant can do in a day, but why not throw more light at it? I didn't kill my autos last season by giving them more than 12 hours in flowering.



Why does this matter? Taking plants in and out won't kill them. I do it when I'm hardening them off. I've also done it to a few plants when the weather got too nasty last outdoor season, no harm done.

I'm cutting same plants[working with seeds,not clones]under different directly sunlight,the end product from the plant with more directly sunlight it for sure more "high" ...but i think i have to work with clones to get a correct answer about this.


Plants "work" with different energy under the Sun and under a lamp right?It doesn't influence the plants?

I am new in the field of culture,so i'm still learning,I make questions that want be replied with arguments,so as to I know precisely if this is in effect

Thank's for reply Kpmarine,you resolved to me certain questions but you put me also in new thoughts for new season

 

[xMaYHeM]

Yes well, the 3 or 4 hours i chuck all my plants under the lamp at night cant be doing any harm can it?
Even if the light isn't enough, it's not like it's hurting them
I hope I can get a 3/4 oz off my auto that would be amazing! My other photoperiod plants I'm not so sure about. I'm basically just test growing them for next season so that I can be experienced. I have so many seeds

 

[doubletake]

Yes well, the 3 or 4 hours i chuck all my plants under the lamp at night cant be doing any harm can it?
Even if the light isn't enough, it's not like it's hurting them
I hope I can get a 3/4 oz off my auto that would be amazing! My other photoperiod plants I'm not so sure about. I'm basically just test growing them for next season so that I can be experienced. I have so many seeds

Yeah I just harvested my critical rapido the other day it wiegh just under 100 grams wet so that's around 35 dry and I had real cold conditions so u should be able to do it,mom shooting for a o and half of these 14 that im doi because its warmer now and I'm bringing them in at night like you so there getting that extra lighting once there in there big pots though I won't be able to bring them in anymore though

 

[doubletake]

Also that critical rapido was in a 5 gallon pot of roots organic soil, I like that stuff more than fox farms ocean forest

 

[Dr. Yo]

First off, I'll say I've transplanted autos like you are doing. Secondly I'll say it definitely stunts their overall growth.

Autos are obviously diminutive to begin with, but the extra week or two for the plant to recover from transplant shock is enough to severely limit your final yield, which is already small to begin with.

Autos typically have an 8 to 10 week from seed to harvest time-span to begin with, so taking 1-2 weeks away for the autos to recover from the transplant shock definitely hurts.

Autos I've seen this with are: Diesel Ryder, Automatic Blueberry, Auto Assassin, Mikromachine, and Auto AK.

 

[xMaYHeM]

First off, I'll say I've transplanted autos like you are doing. Secondly I'll say it definitely stunts their overall growth.

Autos are obviously diminutive to begin with, but the extra week or two for the plant to recover from transplant shock is enough to severely limit your final yield, which is already small to begin with.

Autos typically have an 8 to 10 week from seed to harvest time-span to begin with, so taking 1-2 weeks away for the autos to recover from the transplant shock definitely hurts.

Autos I've seen this with are: Diesel Ryder, Automatic Blueberry, Auto Assassin, Mikromachine, and Auto AK.

So should I transplant it or leave it in the small pot?
I think it being in a small pot will stunt it's growth more than transplanting it into a bigger pot. Should I just get it out of the way now?