Grow Mediums Down potting

[Closetflowers]

Anyone have experience down potting cannabis? I know odd scenario our plants should be growing out into their original containers or moved into larger ones.

However I started my first two autoflowers in 10 gallon pots. They are not seedlings 3 weeks old just now about to grow first set of 5 finger leaves. I really wasted tons of space in my grow room and would love to take these out and into 3 gallon pots so i can start several more in my best coverage area.

Thoughts or methods to do this safely without killing plants? I have the pots prepared and identical medium already mixed.

 

[Closetflowers]

So no one has replied to my thread yet. But I down potted both super buds. Both are watered and in 3 gallon pots now in their dark hours. We will see how they handle it ! I was pretty surprised how deep their roots had gone so far.

 

[HighnDry]

So no one has replied to my thread yet. But I down potted both super buds. Both are watered and in 3 gallon pots now in their dark hours. We will see how they handle it ! I was pretty surprised how deep their roots had gone so far.

It can stunt them but the less you've damaged roots the better. They do look hungry to me though

 

[heelo]

Good luck. I'll be watching to see how they turn out

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[Closetflowers]

Bottom leaves died off and were removed today. One plant seems to be growing well with new green leaves. The other not so much. Tested soil today it’s showing at what seems to be neutral 7.0. Also my tap water sitting in grow room tested with meter from 6.8-7.5

I’m thinking I might need to bring ph down a bit which is very much contradictory to what everyone has been telling me. It was recommended I add lime to raise ph but I think it actually needs lowered a bit.

 

[Mizzo81]

What medium r u using.

 

[Closetflowers]

What medium r u using.

Organic soil with some coco and perlite mixed.

 

[Mizzo81]

Yeah you’ll probably want your ph closer to 6.5. In coco I ph to between 5.8-6.2.

 

[Closetflowers]

Yeah you’ll probably want your ph closer to 6.5. In coco I ph to between 5.8-6.2.

I ordered some “ph down”. I intend to water with ph level say 6.0 next time and see if that helps bring it down a half point.

Does that seem right?

 

[Kinezokyprios]

Although this is an old post, it is a serious matter that needs addressing. Yes there are circumstances when you need to downpott autos. For instance I currently have one plant (pyramid seeds auto tutankhamon) that I downpotted. The plant was started in Coco biodegradable seedling small pots. At week 3 it was uppotted to the final container, a 4 litre smart pot in soil. However the plant although it grew strong roots it was naturally stunted most likely because of genetics. It was suffering in the smart pot clearly having problems with the distribution of humidity in the soil. By no means being thirsty, it could not cope within this big - for its condition - container since the humidity was lost in the space. I downpotted to a plastic 1,5 litre pot and immediately within the first day it started developing and showing signs of growth. Eventually I will uppott back to the 4 litre smart pot again, but it was clear that this plant needed a more tight...hug to get the love and affection it required. So downpotting is one of the possibilities available to us to deal with stunted plants. Don't worry about transplant stress, such a plant is already in a critical situation and a bit of stress (if you are careful there would be no such stress) is worth to avoid losing it altogether. Actually such a process often has outstanding positive results on your yield, that nobody could expect in the first place. I must note here though that I don't recommend doing such a transplant if you have space issues in the grow room. You should plan in advance and design each grow by calculating carefully the available space beforehand. It is not a good idea to do this on a healthy plant.