Time for transplant?

I've had to water or feed my girls the past 3 days in a row. I water and feed until I have runoff. The soil is bone dry on top and just has the feel of normal soil 2" down. Not dry, but there is just a little softness to it. They look beautiful, tall, and strong in the mornings, about 12 hours after the watering, but within 24 hours they are drooping and the soil is dry. They've been in these 1 gallon pots for 15 days now since transplanting from
Solo cups. So, is it time for another transplant?

Probably, but pics for real answers.

Here they are. The smaller on stays pretty upright I'm guessing do to less water uptake and not much under watering. The 2 larger ones are the ones that yo yo from the waterings.

Edit: I just did a feeding a little under 1 hour ago. Soil mix is Roots Organics original with added ewc, perlite, and garden lime. I'll also update pics from
Tomorrow morning when they look great if needed.

watering daily can happen with smaller containers. you don't have to transplant, but if you want full/large plants, the roots need more room. more root-mass equals more bud.

I'm going to 5 gallon generic smart pots for finishing these. They're just waiting to be filled. I just wasn't sure if 15 days was enough time for roots to fill up these pots, and that was the actual cause for the daily watering.

healthy plants like them grow roots fast

Leaves now standing up and looking good. So is 16 days in a 1 gallon pot enough to need a transplant?

Why are the top leaves cut?

here we go again. some people think its best to let a plant out grow a container before putting it into the final container. let me ask you . what would happen if you put that plant directly from the cloner or seed . to a 5 or 20 gallon pot ? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. lets think about it. still thinking ???? does the plant give a flying fuck what size or color container its in ?? I don't think there brains work like ours . so stop dicking around wasting time. put those into the final container to begin with . the roots will fill that 5 gallon pot the plants not stupid.

kinddiesel said:

here we go again. some people think its best to let a plant out grow a container before putting it into the final container. let me ask you . what would happen if you put that plant directly from the cloner or seed . to a 5 or 20 gallon pot ? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. lets think about it. still thinking ???? does the plant give a flying fuck what size or color container its in ?? I don't think there brains work like ours . so stop dicking around wasting time. put those into the final container to begin with . the roots will fill that 5 gallon pot the plants not stupid.

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Absolutely! When I am able to veg in the tent versus my little veg box I always start my seedling in the 5 gallon pot's. And they are always bigger plant's then the one's I transplant.

Roots soil holds a lot of air and drains really, really, well. If you have the room for it, I'd do what kinddiesel kinda said. Put them in your final pot size so you don't have to water everyday. Also, I don't think it's fair to say that transplanting in large pots right of the bat is the BETTER way to do it (however, in this case and with that type of porous soil... yes). Just because every grow op is setup differently. And the variables (including equipment) for each room should be looked at on a case-by-case basis. Some people might just have smaller grow spaces and need to stay in smaller containers. And, others just might not be too concerned with growing trees to stay within plant numbers. In those situations, planting in large pots wouldn't be ideal. I say, do it however you're gonna do it. Just as long as you end up with a potent product that is safe for human consumption.

Top leaves are cut b/c I tried to get a 4 top plant by FIMing, but think I ended up with 2 plants with 2 tops, and another with 4.

Hey, it's my first grow and I read more that transplanting was good for not having to use a ton of nutes watering a 5 gallon pot with seedlings. Made sense to me so that's what I'm trying.

The Roots soil does drain well. These past days are the first that they've dried up in 24 hours. Up until the end of last week I was watering every 3 days.

And I'm in a 3x3 tent, so I'm huddling these right under the lamp to get as much light concentration as possible. Starting in 5 gallon pots were just too large to start off in.

Thanks for the replies. I guess I'll be transplanting tonight after work.