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Originally Posted by SayNoToDrugs
Hey before you transplant, you might want to go ahead and go to your biggest pot. 5 gallon bucket will work best. minimizing transplants will help lower stress levels. and the reason being you dont want to transplant to small cups right now is that they are indeed stretched, and even if you fill the cup soil your roots will be at the bottom of the cup in order to cover up and the stretch from the stem. and with the roots being so low if not on the bottom it will give them no where to expand thus restricting the growth of your plant. so go ahead and transplant them to a bigger pot that you will be able to keep for a while. also giving the roots more room to expand helps speed up the veg process.
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yeah. if you have room go ahead and plant em in 3 gallon buckets. 5 is too much for inside and will take up a lot of space but if you have room do what you need too. the less you transplant the less they will be stressed. but if you are super gentle with a green thumb you can wait till they get rootbound but not too long and turn it up tap the bottem and replant and cover with dirt around sides , make sure to leave an inch of the old dirt above and you will have no stress at all. the inch above helps the roots get maximum oxygen to recover and spread the roots in new medium. good luck
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