Someone willing to help a newbie? :)

[2-Scoops]

Hi guys i've followed some of your advices and i've bought the canna terra pro plus for the future. I've also removed the bottle cap (the rh is still about 70%) because it was becoming opaque and the top wasn't letting very much light throught. Also i'm using bottled water to avoid the chlorine until i get the EcoThrive solution. I've watered a bit around the seedling with the sprayer and i also poured some water at the edges of the pot to possibly make the roots expand (since the last time i've noticed the roots were very small even after a month and i thought that could be because i was watering very near the stem). I hope i haven't done any mistakes up to this point. I'll update as soon as i see some noticeable changes and hope for the best. Thanks as always :)

I would think it`s just about winding itself up to start flowering around 4 weeks above ground if it`s an auto and if that`s case i can`t see it amount to much at all now. :)

[sybarite]

Yeah you generally don’t wanna transplant fast finish autos. When growing photos do you let your plants get rootbound? I always found if I transplanted before the roots had started to circle I had less shock and a quicker more vigorous explosion of growth. But I’m using fabric pots so that may make a difference?

Thanks, I realise now it make sense to keep autos in the same pot throughout. Apologies for the misinformation.

I never seem to suffer with transplant shock these days and have vigorous growth at all stages, even a day after transplanting. I find the larger root mass holds itself together better with the soil when taking it out of the pot. If the roots aren't circling the soil tends to fall off easily, so the roots can hang down loosely and if clumsy, which I often am, the roots can get bent when placed into the new pot, causing shock. If the soil is too wet or dry when transplanting it will stick to the sides of the pot more, also potentially causing shock, so I find watering one day before transplanting works well, or check the soil isn't bone dry on the surface.

I used to use fabric pots, but I wasn't convinced they made any difference. I found them quite messy - fish mix infused water oozing out the sides in my bedroom isn't the most romantic aroma and more costly than plastic pots in the long run - seems like a good little money spinner for the grow shops, but if it works for someone then it's all good!

Oh yeah I always water the night before transplants to, I litterally just went to transplant and realized half of them were too dry lol
Yeah i could see that, I’m using them for outdoor and just in our mom room indoors so i don’t worry about it to much :p I tend to only use them for a couple seasons tho so price wise you definitely right. I did some side by sides and found the smart pots (especially ones with a breathable but moisture resistant inner layer) made a pretty good difference in how big I could get a plant. I found a 10gal fabric could keep up to a 15Gal plastic for most strains

Those are big pots compared to what I use, but probably standard for outdoor plants I guess? Fabric/air pots probably do make a difference with larger plants, or allow you to use less medium in smaller pots, so more efficient/economical in that sense. Perhaps with my scrog in a 1m x 1m tent and 4 x 15 Litre pots the difference in growth rate/vigour is less obvious

[Joker59]

Yeah so many factors to but big pots are nice for outdoor

[sybarite]

Hi guys i've followed some of your advices and i've bought the canna terra pro plus for the future. I've also removed the bottle cap (the rh is still about 70%) because it was becoming opaque and the top wasn't letting very much light throught. Also i'm using bottled water to avoid the chlorine until i get the EcoThrive solution. I've watered a bit around the seedling with the sprayer and i also poured some water at the edges of the pot to possibly make the roots expand (since the last time i've noticed the roots were very small even after a month and i thought that could be because i was watering very near the stem). I hope i haven't done any mistakes up to this point. I'll update as soon as i see some noticeable changes and hope for the best. Thanks as always :)

I think you're OK watering near the stem, as long as the soil is not soaking wet constantly. Damp is the key, as roots need air too. At this early stage the root is just an extension of the stem, so if you're not watering close enough to the stem the taproot could dry out.

The way I water is soak the soil until there is a very small amount of run-off (less than 5%, as we want to keep the beneficial microbes in the soil), which, in theory, sucks fresh air into the soil and replaces stale air. I then leave it until the top surface starts feeling a little dry, then repeat!

I'm not saying you should do it like that, but it works very well for me at all stages.

[frankthirtyspears]

Hi guys, here i am after about a week since i first planted the germinated seed in the pot. She's had a bit of a slow start only popping out the soil after a couple of days but now i think that she should be alright. I last watered it with bottled water mixed with Biobizz BioHeaven, Activera and Root Juice and did so in a circle around the plant around the edges where the bottle cap previously was and i plan to water again this evening/tomorrow morning. As always thanks for all the help you guys give me and have a nice day :)

[Joker59]

Hi guys, here i am after about a week since i first planted the germinated seed in the pot. She's had a bit of a slow start only popping out the soil after a couple of days but now i think that she should be alright. I last watered it with bottled water mixed with Biobizz BioHeaven, Activera and Root Juice and did so in a circle around the plant around the edges where the bottle cap previously was and i plan to water again this evening/tomorrow morning. As always thanks for all the help you guys give me and have a nice day :)

Off to a healthy start buddy, I would start water a bit deeper and a little less often each time so you can start to get some soft wet/dry cycles for the roots

If you need a hand or “mentor” anything feel free to give me a shout, been doing soil for a solid while now

Good luck and happy growing buddy!

[2-Scoops]

Hi guys i've followed some of your advices and i've bought the canna terra pro plus for the future. I've also removed the bottle cap (the rh is still about 70%) because it was becoming opaque and the top wasn't letting very much light throught. Also i'm using bottled water to avoid the chlorine until i get the EcoThrive solution. I've watered a bit around the seedling with the sprayer and i also poured some water at the edges of the pot to possibly make the roots expand (since the last time i've noticed the roots were very small even after a month and i thought that could be because i was watering very near the stem). I hope i haven't done any mistakes up to this point. I'll update as soon as i see some noticeable changes and hope for the best. Thanks as always :)

I would think it`s just about winding itself up to start flowering around 4 weeks above ground if it`s an auto and if that`s case i can`t see it amount to much at all now. :)

I don`t know where i got 4 weeks above ground from Frankie when its around 5 ot 6 days now, i must have been having a DOH...... moment.

[frankthirtyspears]

Sup guys, here is my girl at 18 d/o. Finally i think that i've managed to water It properly and the results are pretty good imho. I've been doing it with about 1 litre every 2/3 days around the edges of the pot with bottled water mixed with biobizz nutes (fish mix, bioheaven, root juice and activera). I'll update you soon and thanks for all the fantastic help you guys have been giving me, surely if It wasn't for it i would have aleready given up. Thanks and have a nice day :)

[frankthirtyspears]

Hi guys, here is some update at 23 d/o. I've done some LST and at the moment everything seems fine. The temp is about 30 °C and the last time i watered was 2/3 days ago but the soil it's still a bit moist so i'll wait another day.

[frankthirtyspears]

Hi guys, i haven't done an actual diary so i'm going to post it here. After a lot of fails and problems, which without the fantastic help of this community would have led me to dropping the idea, i've finally done the final trimmings and i'm looking forward to the curing process. So here i'd like to thank everyone again for all the support, i haven't met another community which really helps newbies and because of that i've appreciated it even more. So here are some photos and again, thanks :)