Are Roots So Delicate? Here's my view whats yours....

i posted this in a different thread, https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/164048-roots-coming-out-drainage-holes.html , then thought i better throw it out to all and see what is said...



i'll give ya some advice i learned from being hired to do......
i wuz only doing what they wanted done and it worked!
so say as you wish to all but here it is....
it's also used in greenhouses for everything everyware....

i got hired to help unclog a big ass hydro bucket system years ago (in a warehouse).....
what they wanted us to do wuz one person lift the inside bucket up a few feet.....
the second person took a macheti and cut away all the roots flush to the bottom of the first bucket....

WOW EH!

but i will say, i got hired to do few more things with that crop and harvest it too....
it did nothing but stimulate the roots! especially in veg stage!

say what you want but i will also tell ya what the greenhouses all over the world do with ANY kinda plant they use.....

when transplanting to a different pot or medieum, ALWAYS score the roots on the bottom and side with a blade to stimulate new root growth!.....

WHY?

because the plant eats thro it roots, so when it's feeder lines are cut and stressed it sends new roots out elseware to get it's food!

dooh.....what have we been led to believe!? simple, only do it once and it will encourage new growth...... do it more and it won't be happy...

SO..... Thats my personal knowledge from working in greenhouses and growin green.... and i personally do it too, and it works fine....

you must respect those white roots but don't fear them, you can manipulate them too!

Trimming roots is nothing new...its been done for years.

i know, but so many people speak bad and scared of it, so i brought it up...
in different treads everyware people speak soo bad of touching roots AT ALL, peeps need to know

I know I've dropped at least one rockwool cube onto some concrete floor from about 2 feet right after it was watered. It hit with a nice splat sound and I looked at all the roots that were sticking out of the bottom and they were smashed to all hell. Didn't effect the plant at all and new roots just grew out.

epixbud said:

i know, but so many people speak bad and scared of it, so i brought it up...
in different treads everyware people speak soo bad of touching roots AT ALL, peeps need to know

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well i have a plant that seems compacted and I believe its because the roots are compacted, i forgot to add perlite to my soil do you think it would be ok if I took the plant out of its pot while i refill the pot with soil with perlite in it? here is a pic its almost 5 weeks into veg

Ajarrod, that plant looks fantastic, the node distance just might be the closest I've seen. The reason it's compact is because it's happy as can be, putting all her effort into new growth instead of stretching to get closer to the light. She'll put out some nice dense buds come flowering time, that's for sure.

he's got a point, nice close nodes and leave (er... all tight together) is gonna be a nice plant the closer you can keep the"sections" the bigger and better the bud!