Hi, my plant is only on day 17, and the roots have already grown through the bottom of a 10" pot! This doesn't seem normal does it? I water it whenever the soil is dry which has been about once a week. I suppose I should transplant to a bigger pot, and I guess I'll start watering more. How does that sound? Thanks everyone!


EDIT: After looking through some of the grow jornals, I feel like my plant is growing slower than most. If you look at the pics, you'll notice the outer margins of the leaves are curled slightly upward. The color of the leaves is a uniform light green while the 2 biggest leaves are a little darker yet still light green.

Here's my setup:
2.5 ft x 8 ft closet
1 tall oscillating fan
two - 23w cfls 6400k running 18/6 at 7" from top of plant
65% Scotts premium potting soil (0.07-0.01-0.03) mixed with 35% Miracle Grow perlite (which is enriched with MG plant food 0.04-0.01-0.06)
temps range from 78*F to 87*F
soil ph is 6.0

I had the light alot closer for the first week (about 4"), but raised it to 7" when I noticed the curling. Could the plant still be getting over the shock from that, or could it be nute burn from the soil/perltie combo or what? Thanks again.

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Seems "good" normal to me.

If it were me I wouldn't transplant yet. I'd wait until the growth up top took off for awhile and the plant was a bit larger. One or two roots coming out of the bottom doesn't mean it's rootbound/needs transplanting.

good luck

bt dt

i'd wait also.

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yep, good rule of thumb:

when the plant is as tall as the pot is wide, transplant. doesn't always work perfect (severe stretch for instance) but it works great for me.

kp

That pot looks good to me for a long time, until the plants gets about 6 more inches from where it is.

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Thanks for the responses.

Anybody have anymore input?

Day 19. It still looks the same.

Nobody wants to help me out?

how are you checking if your soil is dry? just check an inch down with your finger... once its not moist any more at that level filler up... besides that just make sure that its getting lots of light and doesn't look like any obvious problems... it could spring into life at any time