This morning I checked on my plants and noticed that the roots in one of the LA choc females had grown through the bottom water lead off holes in it's container. I originally thought it was was string or something but I checked and saw the roots were coming out from the very bottom of the pot. This is really really weird to me. I can see that happening if left vegging for 2 months or more, but at only 5 weeks in ?.
Details -
600w mh
Soil grown with Fox farms ocean grow potting soil
Plant is 5 weeks vegging
Feeding is 1/2 recommended dosage
Container is 5 gallon
lighting 18/6
I guess the qst becomes how do I deal with the root growth coming out of bottom of container now?. Transplanting is a non runner , as my 14 years of growing have shown me that plants at this stage of growth will fare badly if moved into bigger pots . I wonder if the exposed roots will do ok with the runoff water in the saucer beneath the pot? Will the light damage them .....or would maybe covering them from the light above help any..... Now I will definately start flowering very soon to avoid any root ball issues from excessive veg growth .....I included a pic of the plant taken earlier...thx
Details -
600w mh
Soil grown with Fox farms ocean grow potting soil
Plant is 5 weeks vegging
Feeding is 1/2 recommended dosage
Container is 5 gallon
lighting 18/6
I guess the qst becomes how do I deal with the root growth coming out of bottom of container now?. Transplanting is a non runner , as my 14 years of growing have shown me that plants at this stage of growth will fare badly if moved into bigger pots . I wonder if the exposed roots will do ok with the runoff water in the saucer beneath the pot? Will the light damage them .....or would maybe covering them from the light above help any..... Now I will definately start flowering very soon to avoid any root ball issues from excessive veg growth .....I included a pic of the plant taken earlier...thx
Attachments
-
77.9 KB Views: 34