Should I add more soil?

Should I add more soil to this flower pot? The soil is 3 inches away from top of flower pot? And she is 5 inches tall. Any suggestions would be great? So posT Up!

typically roots grow down and wide, however i have added soil to plants with a similar situation.

i will state that the plants i did this too were pretty stretched and had about a 6-8 inch long stock before any leaves appeared.

but i did notice that where i added more soil to "cover up" the elongated stock, new root growth appeared on what i covered up on the stock.

hope this helps.

the stem looks pretty woody already. it'd take some serious work to get Adventitious roots to pop out of it. if you really want to, you can scratch the stem to expose the cambium layer and put a rooting hormone on it. it'll root more easily that way, but honestly...i'd just leave it.

I'd wait til they get bigger, because having the leaves touching the soil, is a bad thing. It risks molds, etc....

jawbrodt brings up a very good point. you dont really want to cover leaves or nodes.

but my advice to you is,
next time you transplant a plant use the ENTIRE pot and not 70-80% of it. you will have more vigorous growth due to a larger root mass.

if you think about it your robbing your plant of 3 inches deep by 12inches wide squared. (my assumption by your pictures pot size)
and if you talk to anyone who knows their stuff. the bigger hole you dig, or more root mass you have the bigger the plant will be and the more it will yield.

for example i yield 28 grams roughly from one gallon pots. but yield about 45 grams per plant in 2 gallon pots with the same exact veg time.

just my .02C

steven7685 said:

jawbrodt brings up a very good point. you dont really want to cover leaves or nodes.

but my advice to you is,
next time you transplant a plant use the ENTIRE pot and not 70-80% of it. you will have more vigorous growth due to a larger root mass.

if you think about it your robbing your plant of 3 inches deep by 12inches wide squared. (my assumption by your pictures pot size)
and if you talk to anyone who knows their stuff. the bigger hole you dig, or more root mass you have the bigger the plant will be and the more it will yield.

for example i yield 28 grams roughly from one gallon pots. but yield about 45 grams per plant in 2 gallon pots with the same exact veg time.

just my .02C

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Well my idea was this: Make as if I am going to do a transplant of all the soil, i tip over the flower pot and take the soil and the bud in one shot, then just add about 5 inches in soil at the bottom of the pot, then just insert everything back into the same flower pot. Makes any sense? That way I will have the soil o the top of my flower pot and everything will be proper height!

So I ended up doing making all better. Now I am happy with everything. Now she can stay Put:
Check it out:

^Perfect. Now, make sure you water them good, so the roots can spread into the new, dry soil.

jawbrodt said:

^Perfect. Now, make sure you water them good, so the roots can spread into the new, dry soil.

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THANKS A LOT MAN! lETS SEE HOW IT GOES..i'M GOING TO ADD SOME NUTRIENTS NEXT WEEK...HOPEFULLY SHE GETS REALLY STRONG

doggyd said:

can i start adding nutrients to this plant now. Its almost 30 days old! Can i go half on them even though i just transplanted in soil?

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Don't risk it man, it's healthy, and has plenty of food available to it. I'd wait another 7-10, or so. Basically, when the roots have had time to occupy and deplete the new soil, is when you want to feed it, of just before that point.

when doing this kind of transplanting youll want to make sure to loosen up the pre developed root mass in order for the roots to break out of the form they have already achieved, thus letting new root growth develop within the new soil you have added.

although you didnt do anything wrong, transplanting can sometimes cause shock of sorts and be detrimental to your harvest.
im a believer in starting seeds/clones in small peat type pots where the roots are allowed to grow right through the pot. what this does is eliminates transplant shock because you plant the entire peat pot into the new larger home.

as i was once told by my mentor, "i believe in starting a plant in its LIFE LONG pot"

as far as nutes go. your plant is looking healthy to me. plus new soil holds its own nutes within, but i would start with a mild nute solution (250-400ppm) and see what effect it has on your baby.

hope any of this helps.