Transplant question

simply_slide

simply_slide

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I'm currently growing 6 plants in 5 gallon home depot buckets. I recently got a deal at a garage sale for 4 of those 19 gallon buckets (husker hauler). My plants receive roughly 10 - 11 hours of direct sunlight and no flowers yet growing in 100 percent organic soil and AACT.

Question: could I transplant the girls into those buckets? Will they get bigger or be to shocked by the transplant before flower time?

I know the bigger pot would benefit the overall growth for the roots ect. Just looking for input.

Will post pics of plants when I'm in the garden today! Thanks guys!
 
slow drawl

slow drawl

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simply_slide said:
I'm currently growing 6 plants in 5 gallon home depot buckets. I recently got a deal at a garage sale for 4 of those 19 gallon buckets (husker hauler). My plants receive roughly 10 - 11 hours of direct sunlight and no flowers yet growing in 100 percent organic soil and AACT.

Question: could I transplant the girls into those buckets? Will they get bigger or be to shocked by the transplant before flower time?

I know the bigger pot would benefit the overall growth for the roots ect. Just looking for input.

Will post pics of plants when I'm in the garden today! Thanks guys!
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Up pot em. Just transplant with care.
 
fandango

fandango

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Should be a 2 person job to turn the plant upside down,just shake the bucket up and down(dirt dry will make it easier to get out)
put in a layer of soil in the new pot(add a bunch of perlite to the dirt mix,use 4-5")add some mycos powder,than put the plant in and add the soil around it,water it in good.
I found that it is better to start with the plastic bags and just cut them away from the root ball and place the plant in it's final grow bag or garden pot.That makes it a 1 man job to handle the 4 plus footers
 
thumper60

thumper60

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simply_slide said:
I'm currently growing 6 plants in 5 gallon home depot buckets. I recently got a deal at a garage sale for 4 of those 19 gallon buckets (husker hauler). My plants receive roughly 10 - 11 hours of direct sunlight and no flowers yet growing in 100 percent organic soil and AACT.

Question: could I transplant the girls into those buckets? Will they get bigger or be to shocked by the transplant before flower time?

I know the bigger pot would benefit the overall growth for the roots ect. Just looking for input.

Will post pics of plants when I'm in the garden today! Thanks guys!
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if those buckets aren't fully rooted u r in for big mess,if root ball stays together easy peazy 2 people be good idea:bigjoint:
 
simply_slide

simply_slide

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Thanks for the quick reply guys. I guess I'll have the wife help out on this one then haha!

So with the season just kinda starting should I expect some good growth to come from the up size in containers?

And hers the girls waiting for the morning sun.1464529305538-1257662942.jpg 1464529305538-1257662942.jpg 1464529454518-273273762.jpg
 
petert

petert

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Looks like you might have some mite/thrip damage on some of those lower leaves. Might want to do a preventative regime if youre not already… Nukem!
 
Larry {the} Gardener

Larry {the} Gardener

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I use a lid to a storage tote with a slit cut in it to help with transplanting from bigger pots. Slide the stalk in the slit, then turn the whole thing over. Still better with two people though.
 
simply_slide

simply_slide

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petert said:
Looks like you might have some mite/thrip damage on some of those lower leaves. Might want to do a preventative regime if youre not already… Nukem!
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I need to do something, I've been finding hornworms on my veggiend plants so I need to get on it.
 
simply_slide

simply_slide

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Ok so I got 2 of them transplanted today. I wanted to do 3 but my hydro store was out of happy frog so I just added Ocean Forest and Canna Coco with some added amendments. 1464744701888630164679.jpg1464744872212-306772206.jpg 1464744988187-1212164400.jpg
 
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