roots ripped.. help

herbmeup · #1 10-30-2007, 03:22 PM

i was re potting a plant i had in my closet and by mistake ripped some root
will this effect the plant badly??

i asked my mom and she said it wouldnt but she grows flowers not ganja...

help?

nowstopwhining · #2 10-30-2007, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by herbmeup

i was re potting a plant i had in my closet and by mistake ripped some root
will this effect the plant badly??

i asked my mom and she said it wouldnt but she grows flowers not ganja...

help?

I ripped one of my plants root ball in half before....the plant was stunted for a little but it was fine...unless your flowering I wouldnt really worry

smokablunt16 · #3 07-14-2008, 01:28 PM

Any more input people i just ripped crazy roots from the bottom of my 5.5 gallon pot with a 6ft'er inside!! Help!!!

nowstopwhining · #4 07-16-2008, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by smokablunt16

Any more input people i just ripped crazy roots from the bottom of my 5.5 gallon pot with a 6ft'er inside!! Help!!!

Its fine it shouldnt hurt anything really. Like I said before it will just slow the growth for a bit but the plant should recover fine.

When people bonsia there plants they actually shave off half the roots on a regular basis so that the plants dont ever become rootbound in the same size pot.

SeattlePot · #5 07-16-2008, 07:05 AM

Dont worry about it, just try and be more careful in the future. Often times injury makes the plants grow bigger, faster, and stronger.

A few months ago I sprouted twenty seeds. One of them sprouted with only one cotyledon. It barely survived seedling stage but ended up being the largest of all the plants. It was actually thirty percent bigger than the second largest. A little bit of stress can jar the plants into working extra hard.

smokablunt16 · #6 07-16-2008, 10:44 AM

Hey thanks...you all seem to know what your talkin about so ill quit stressin now!!

erbium · #7 07-17-2008, 01:58 PM

It won't mess it up but it may take a couple days to start growing up again.

I know people who used to cut their roots on the outside of the root ball when they were transplanting. They claimed it was "like topping the roots". I have never done tests to see if it increased the rate of root growth but their plants always lived.