Should I transplant this?

Seem like no matter how much I water or not it’s always drooping. This has just started so I’m thinking it’s root bound???? First time growing out door but this plant is 6 feet tall in a 10 gallon pot of ffof soil. Water her every couple of days with feedings of bottled Fox farm nutrients after a couple waterings. Am I not feeding enough. Also seems like she’s starting to show signs of flowering. My other plant is half the size and enjoying life to the fullest. I need some advice on what to do lol!? Help meeeeeee!

If it was me I would leave it and ride it out. Already started flowering and it going to tear a lot roots that are stuck to the fabric pot. You probably should have went bigger pot or the ground earlier.

Damn that's a pretty nice monster you have in that 10g pot. I definitely agree with smoke and coke that transplanting from the cloth pot will suck. I might do it anyway, but I would cut it out of the pot with scissors. Still going to be lots of stuck roots, but maybe easier to pull away. Good luck with what ever you choose. I don't think either choice is great.

In the Northern Hemisphere, we're past summer solstice, so day length is decreasing and night length is increasing. The plant may be flowering as a response to increased darkness hours. I think I'd just keep growing it and try to understand what has happened.

That kind of droop is characteristic of overwatering or overfertilizing, although it could be for other reasons, such as salt buildup. If you have the tools to investigate that, I would do it.

simpleleaf said:

In the Northern Hemisphere, we're past summer solstice, so day length is decreasing and night length is increasing. The plant may be flowering as a response to increased darkness hours. I think I'd just keep growing it and try to understand what has happened.

That kind of droop is characteristic of overwatering or overfertilizing, although it could be for other reasons, such as salt buildup. If you have the tools to investigate that, I would do it.

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I got a ph meter and a tds & ec meter will that work or do I need something else to test the soil?

Zogs said:

Damn that's a pretty nice monster you have in that 10g pot. I definitely agree with smoke and coke that transplanting from the cloth pot will suck. I might do it anyway, but I would cut it out of the pot with scissors. Still going to be lots of stuck roots, but maybe easier to pull away. Good luck with what ever you choose. I don't think either choice is great.

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Thing just took off and before I knew it the thing was 6 feet. I think I’m just gotta ride it out in the 10 gal and hope she produces. She was fine a week ago. Fucking bummer.

Christopherl860 said:

I got a ph meter and a tds & ec meter will that work or do I need something else to test the soil?

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EC of the nutes going in versus runoff EC can indicate salt build up. Further, the EC of the nutes going in basically tells you how diluted they are. I run my nutes at roughly 700 PPM, which (per one scale) converts to 1.4 EC. PH meter is good for checking pH of nutrients to help with nutrient lockouts. I used to check runoff pH, and then adjust nutrient pH based on the value I wanted for the runoff pH, however it was very time consuming and I gave it up, preferring the use of (very little) dolomitic lime as a potting mix buffer (easy-peasy). Most potting mixes include it, but the acidity of nutrients consumes it, so it can run out.

I advocate making EC measurements as a routine matter, and recording the results. When something goes haywire, the data points you collect will often tell you.

as above, all great advice, your going to have to lear feeding at lower ec and more offten. possably a fklush if you have salt build up.
you can take her through flowering if your very carefull on feeding.

Been there before, cut off the bottom and score the side with a razor knife. Then burry that in 20-25 gallon bag of fresh soil. You must be in a mild area, I have plants that size in 15 gallons and they need water at least once a day. I've noticed as temperatures rise plants respond much better to lower EC. In the cool spring my standard EC is 1.4, in August with high 90's temps I'm running around .6-.7 EC. I'm using a 3 part nutrient with rain water and BM6 media. Also I use light tan grow bags, that keeps the root zone a bit cooler.

I’ve transplanted plants up to a few weeks into flowering without any major issues. As advised above, use a razor or scissors to gently cut away the pot. She got huge for a 10 gallon pot.