Let's hear it - IS ROOTBOUND A REAL THING

Yeah, I mean, absolutely "root bound" is a real thing. Simply put, timing is very important in gardening. You want to transplant at optimal times, in other words, before the plant gets root bound where the bottom of pot has roots looking to bust out. The difference between optimal transition times in transplanting and being lazy and letting your plant out grow its container will cost you time and yield IMO.
 
at times, like over summer, I haven't minded buying-time through using "root bound" as technique to slow a plant. it does risk the plants health. in our short indoor seasons this occurs in smaller to med. containers only. It cld take a year or more, w exceptions like hydro, to be an issue in a 7 - 10.
 
The way I see it is like this... The roots are designed to search and uptake water and nutrients right? Well if they are getting all the nutrients and water they need, then they will be fine. Especially for hydroponics growers the pots don't need to be very large. Most people who grow in soil water less frequently and put the nutrients in the soil not mixing fertilizers up so they roots need to search for it. If you don't monitor it closely it would wilt and die quickly.
 
I use 'hydro-dirt'....never had a problem in 45litre containers.....water all you want

and when I want to buy time I use the small long rectangular tree pots--
stressing the plant will always decrease your yield-- I go from cloner with 2-3" of legs to 45litres....no stress

root bind can 'pop' you a seed too-


i get a little root bound when I stay up and work to late--or post on the Internet-
 
I get what you're saying, how is it that a giant hydro plant has a tiny 8" container and it can be a giant bush but a soil grow gets root bound and people use 30 gallon smart pots for those. I think you're looking at a few things. 1) the grow type. a living soil will need room to work and feed a big plant and it requires surface area and volume to do this. A hydro or soiless-soil mix needs less root space because the roots are just taking up the soup they are fed. both need room to wash away waste from the plant and I think any situation where the roots poisin themselves by not being able to get rid of waste then the plant becomes "root bound". That's why people say flush flush flush when its root bound. depending on the medium it may take more space and root stretch to keep it loosely packed enough (the roots I mean) to wash away the waste and salt build up. Then again I might be wrong and just a fool-it's the internet still you know this shit aint fact checked LOL. the above is an opinion feel free to tear it up with facts.
 
its real-

try spinout.


really though, a good gardening forum would be agood start. many of the techniques we argue over are laughable.

as a tip though. only old hats grow pound plants in 3 gallon tubs. move to a 15 gallon root control pot and upgrade .
 
Murphy-I ordered that paint and its on the way. I couldn't do the long form DIY it was too much for my little head to wrap around. Thanks for the help on naming it and locating it. +1
 
you bet-

next time don't spend the money. i sell it for way less.

if you're close cancel the order and pm me.
 
the free-

copper ion would dissolve into the water more than likely killing your pot.

better for soil. have you tried manually pruning your roots?
 
I grew a 3oz plant in a 1/2 gallon pot.. It was healthy, not stunted and turned out excellent. It did need to be watered every day though. :D
 
...root bound IS a real thing.. this applies to.. well.. all animals/plants actually.

you will only grow according to your container...or to what your environment will allow..

this is why when i went from 5 gallon pots to 20 -i saw a dramatic increase in yield. but also because the pots themselves are wider.

the plant can only grow as tall as it's root base is wide = that is the rule of thumb.


BTW.... took down my first half pounder before Xmas and boy oh boy.. excited :D
 
On the topic of rootbond in general. I seen fairly large tomato plants at the eastern market with several fruits forming on branches in 4 inch pots : / Yeah, timing in nutrient application is the key IMO. I cant grow in huge ass pots so I like many will search for ways to get the most outta the 2-5 gallons
 
I have/had my current 5 plants in 1g pots and they werent growing well at all. I pulled them last night from the one 1g's and there were so many roots I could barely see dirt!
Transferred to 5g grow bags hopefully they blast off.
 
CashCrops said:
The lights just came on and they all 5 look better.
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Good to hear man. I'm fairly certain that's my problem...I don't think it's a crop killer by any means but I do believe I can see a a noticeable reduced rate of growth as the pot has become entrenched in roots. I think next time I'll grow in 10's instead of 5's....a little more room for her legs to stretch.
 
jonnynobody said:
Well so far on my first real grow I've had to battle fungus gnats, heat, and the loss of a few lower leaves.

Sorry, I posted this in the wrong area....edited it out and made a new thread
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Sorry, I posted this in the wrong area....edited it out and made a new thread
 
jonnynobody said:
Good to hear man. I'm fairly certain that's my problem...I don't think it's a crop killer by any means but I do believe I can see a a noticeable reduced rate of growth as the pot has become entrenched in roots. I think next time I'll grow in 10's instead of 5's....a little more room for her legs to stretch.
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I read an article in HTs written by Nico Escondido about people using lasagna pan tins the big ones for indoor grows. It allows the roots to grow wider and longer horizontally which then produces wider bushier top growth, also LST'ing played a good part in it but it was interesting to say the least.
 
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