Rootbound autos

To be fair, I jumped rather than stepped but it's my first grow had I very shit start and worried but hey it's done now I know for future ref

They seem to have endured it so far and even look a little perkier after a good "nights" rest but only time will tell

i keep saying there is to much scare mongering goes on , on these sites about "NO TRANSPLANT " AND " DONT TRANSPLANT " I say BALLOCKs lol as long as you are careful and dont kick shit out of the plant then why not Imean it is a weed aafter all but thats just my opinion

I voted no, but then I actually looked at the pictures. I start my autos in the size pots you transplanted to, so yeah given what you were dealing with, I'd a done the same. I agree with tipper01 too, transplanting needn't be traumatic in all cases.

I transplanted mine from 3" jiffy pots 7 days after the seed went in soil. The next week they didn't move a cm. a close friend left his in 3" jiffy post for 2 weeks and now seem like they are hardly worth continuing to dump light on.

I'm sure yours will recover nicely but it does seem to piss the plants off even with the slightest bit of change.

I also gently cut my pots off, didn't see a root at all. Cradled it into warm soil. Caressed it, touched it and wispered sweet nothings the whole time.

Toaster D said:

I chopped a 90 day auto yesterday that was in a 3 gallon airpot. It was pretty full, but not root bound at all.

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You can't get root bound in an air pot. That's the whole point to air prune the roots.

Its fine to transplant them as long as the soil dries and take the soil and roots out in one piece.

Just an update for you all, the plants have loved it showing pre-flowers aswell since transplanting I have a bit of yellow tip but have flushed and going with plain h2o for a little while but alls good in the hood

Two weeks later......