When to do your first up pot?

[GIjose]

I know the general rule of thumb when to your first initial up pot is when your plant leaves stretch further than the opening of your pot. I start my girls in a Solo Cup and usually wait till the 5th node on my plants before I up pot. When do you usually do yours? Please share your experience pros and cons of potting up too early or too late.

 

[HugePeckerhead]

I've always went Solo cup to final pot. Allows me to train the plant how I want it as it fills the final pot up. I usually top a few times and train outwards. I up pot from the Solo usually around the 10 day mark from the plant breaking ground.

 

[GIjose]

Thats interesting, I never thought of doing that.

 

[HugePeckerhead]

Thats interesting, I never thought of doing that.

It also allows me to water correctly to get an even spread of the roots too. Works great for me anyways.

 

[Jack420]

Yup u do the same or start in final pot always works well for me

 

[GIjose]

Damn! I was always taught that the root ball will not form properly if you up pot to a very large size. Def good to know before I up pot on my current grows. @Jack420 how long do you wait to up pot?

 

[Jack420]

if I do I wait a few weeks in solo cup al depends how they doin they def will let u kno wen they are ready but my autos I always start in final pot just the roots don’t like to b messed with I have a ww now started in a 3 gal pot doin great

 

[Emilya Green]

I uppot when the plants and their container both tell me it is time. The purpose of a small container is to cause dense root mass to grow before uppotting, creating a root ball. The way you tell that it is time to move up is that instead of being a 3 or 4 day buffer between watering times, the wet/dry cycle shortens to 24-36 hours. At this time the container of soil is no longer a proper buffer and the roots are starting to run out of room. Transplanting before this point would be ignoring this well known practice of building solid rootballs before moving on.

 

[GIjose]

Thats the way i learned.. @Emilya .

 

[MickFoster]

I transplant from the solo cup at 2 weeks from sprout.

 

[Bush Doctor 77]

When it's a pain to keep them wet(more than once a day or so) I up pot. I go from 3 inch to 6 inch to final pot.