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Emilya Green
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Well, I can see that I have gotten a little less conservative since writing that all those years ago. I don't think that I would say there is any difference between a clone or a seed plant in this progression, except of course the clone would start out with a bit of an advantage at first.Great post @Emilya !
I am learning a lot reading this thread. Although I have just started reading it, I have a question here. I wonder what this up-potting plan applies to, from seed or clone?
These days I no longer use the 1" cup stage, and I tend to plant right into a solo cup. There is no set schedule, and as soon as I am either seeing lower leaf complaints or the plant is able to drain all of the water out of the solo cup in less than 36 hours, I uppot to the 1 gallon stage. A clone is going to throw out roots very quickly in this solo cup because of all the energy its old leaves are able to produce, but things will even up as we go to the gallon stage.
Again, it is all about the wet/dry cycle and the type of container you are in. I now veg at the 1 gallon stage in smart pots, and they can go a bit longer at this stage to help build up the rootball. Again, I am looking for complaints and at water usage, but I tend to get out of that 1 gallon and to the next stage near the end of the first month.
Then it depends on if I am going to stop at the 3 or 5 gallon stage or go on to a bigger container. If my goal is a 7 or 10 (I have never done larger) I will go to the 3 gallon for a month and then switch to the final container. Now it is more about trying to give her time to build roots in that final container before switching to bloom, and I usually will give another 2-3 weeks in this final container before flipping. That original chart made it seem like I was doing this all by the calendar, when in actuality it is more about what the plants are doing.