To pot up at all or not to..

Sawzall77 said:

What I don’t quite grasp yet I guess is this taproot on these autoflower. When you say transplanting after only 10 days from germ. Don’t you find the medium doesn’t stay together nicely because there’s not enough of a root structure

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1 litre air-pots. So quite small and being air-pots they prune the roots so lateral root growth when transplanting is superior to solid plastic pots.

This one was 13 days old before transplanting (bit long but was figuring it all out).

the two pics are exactly 7 days apart after transplanting.

Sawzall77 said:

What I don’t quite grasp yet I guess is this taproot on these autoflower. When you say transplanting after only 10 days from germ. Don’t you find the medium doesn’t stay together nicely because there’s not enough of a root structure

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So I'm fairly new to autos as well but I've run a bunch so far this season and here's my observations on transplanting.

A lot of people transfer around 10 days simply to err on the side of caution. The taproot on an auto grows straight down much quicker then on a photo and when it bottoms out it can cause the plant to flower much earlier than you would want. But this issue is really most problematic in really small containers, like 4" pots and solo cups. In a 1 gallon container you should be able to go longer before transplanting. I'm actually kind of experimenting with this right now. I have a couple autos that are going outside in 3 weeks so they will need to stay in their one gallon pots until then. We'll see how it goes.

That being said, yes, when you transplant the medium likely will fall apart a but. For autos it really should. If you ride it out until the roots fill the container like you often do with photos you run the risk of it flowering early either from the rap root bottoming out or transplant shock.

But as you can see from the other replies, lots of people keep their autos in 1 gallon pots all the way through with no issue, so if you start in a pot that size you don't have much to worry about.

Any ideas of what’s happening with her leaves? They are kinda discoloured in areas. Somewhat faintly but it’s weird. She is growing kinda slow still as well

so this sick plant is about 5 weeks old, barely a half ft tall, real scrawny and not looking good Also noticed she is now showing her sex! What’s going on with her?? Help please

Sawzall77 said:

so this sick plant is about 5 weeks old, barely a half ft tall, real scrawny and not looking good Also noticed she is now showing her sex! What’s going on with her?? Help please

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Looks like you stunted her. Just a quick guess by looking at her is you have had her over watered.

Gentlemencorpse said:

when it bottoms out it can cause the plant to flower much earlier than you would want.

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I'm not sure this is a accurate statement. I've done a couple solo cup grows now and that has not been my observation. They still flower on the same timeline but growth is limited.

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Zogs said:

I'm not sure this is a accurate statement. I've done a couple solo cup grows now and that has not been my observation. They still flower on the same timeline but growth is limited.

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Yeah, that's why I said they "can" and not that they "will". Folks who know their shit seem to able to pull off solo cup grows and the likes. But I've had 2 plants myself flower in 4" pots when the tap root bottomed out and I've seen it happen a dozen times on here now. But there's so man variables and I lack the means or motivation to really test it out. I've been thinking of trying a solo cup auto though, just to see if can pull it off. Yours looks beautiful man!

Zogs said:

I'm not sure this is a accurate statement. I've done a couple solo cup grows now and that has not been my observation. They still flower on the same timeline but growth is limited.

Solo cup Day 25
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daym, is that for real good job man, im currently doing my first auto grow, you guys can jump to my thread in the signature, any suggestions are wellcome