Ro0tbound????

I'm curious what i should be looking for in a rootbound plant. I've had a plant vegging for about 4 and a half months now ... Its in a 4 gallon pot and stands at about 2 and a half feet.
I'm well aware on how to take care of my plants in veg.
This plant is showing all the symptoms ..
dying older leaves, necrotic spots, slight droopiness. It's gone through some drought issues. The container has been flushed ( i've ruled salt build-up out)
I'm just curious what i should be looking for .... I've never had a plant get root bound on me so this is a first .... sorry if it sounds like a remedial question that could be answered on the web. But all of the symptoms could be a myriad of things.
just wondering what others opinions on this would be. rep for advice....

What gave it away for me was when my plants were needing to be watered daily. That on top of the wilting and slowed growth. But yeah, once the roots overtake the pot they'll drink up the water much faster than is normal. Another thing I've learned is that you will be fine if you calculate it at one gallon per month. If the plants life lasts 5 months, I use 5 gallons. That little rule of thumb has worked well for me.

some growers dont believe in rootbound.fdd2blk has grown some big monsters in little pots.https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/143638-newsflash-there-no-such-thing-6.html scroll down the page and youll see the picture.interesting debate if you read all the posts.

resinousflowers said:

some growers dont believe in rootbound.fdd2blk has grown big some monsters in little pots.https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/143638-newsflash-there-no-such-thing-6.html scroll down the page and youll see the picture.interesting debate if you read all the posts.

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I've read this thread before .. I've seen fdd's results. This is why i posted the question. Like i said, i've never had a plant get rootbound on me. Then again, the use of extra mycorrhizae can make your roots go insane. I say this from my experience with Plant Success. I don't really buy that there's no such thing is pot bound or root bound plants. I do think it's a difficult thing to achieve.. but i'm not buying that there's no such thing.

mouthmeetsoap said:

What gave it away for me was when my plants were needing to be watered daily. That on top of the wilting and slowed growth. But yeah, once the roots overtake the pot they'll drink up the water much faster than is normal. Another thing I've learned is that you will be fine if you calculate it at one gallon per month. If the plants life lasts 5 months, I use 5 gallons. That little rule of thumb has worked well for me.

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I can buy that. Should've started with 5 gallons from the get go. Didn't plan on vegging this plant this long.

i tend to disagree with the theory that cannabis plants dont get rootbound, why then do they grow so much better in air pots, smart pots, whatever you happen to be using? Because it makes it so they dont get rootbound by air pruning the roots. If you dont want something to get rootbound and you want to grow it in a small container just go with a smart pot or make and air pot. You will have to feed it a gang more than if you had it in a large pot but if space is an issue with the bottom half well *shrug* not many other ways i see to take care of it besides pulling the plant and pruning the roots yourself.

I have seen nice plants grown in 16 oz beer cups that were real nice, but I can't help wondering what could have been. The question is not can you do it but should you do it, and if you don't need to why bother. I keep my mom's for up to a year and one I have had for 6 years. The best way to check to see if they are root bound is take them out of the pot and have a look. I do it all the time and have never suffered any set backs. IMHO

ataxia said:

I've read this thread before .. I've seen fdd's results. This is why i posted the question. Like i said, i've never had a plant get rootbound on me. Then again, the use of extra mycorrhizae can make your roots go insane. I say this from my experience with Plant Success. I don't really buy that there's no such thing is pot bound or root bound plants. I do think it's a difficult thing to achieve.. but i'm not buying that there's no such thing.

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yeh i agree.i also think growing in bigger pots makes things easier too.