Indoor Roots breaking netpots what to do?

[SoDank]

Hey guys, just chopped a finished plant down today, the roots were really bound up in the net pot and even broke the hole in the top of the bucket lid. See pics

The question I have is regarding one more plant with the same condition but has another 3 weeks to a month till finished. Foolishly I started with 2'' net pots and now am worried about slowed growth. Should I cut away the small netpot and figure a another way hold the plant or just let it continue to grow?


Chopped today.





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Thanks a bunch for your time.

 

[Happy Horticulturist]

Wow nice thick stalk.

Honestly I don't think it's going to make a huge difference. Nature finds a way. I would leave it as it is. Next time look into getting a bigger pot like 4 inches or 6 inches big. The smallest I would grow with would be 3 inches and that would be for clones.

 

[SoDank]

Thanks Happy Horticulturist I think I will do just that, leave the current live plant as is. I've got an auto amnesia that just sprouted and think I will modify a bucket lid netpot to fit in a very large tote tub (think it's 28 gallon) I planned on using. I have some of those 5 gallon bucket lid net pots but the problem is after a while the plants drink so much water that 5 gallons just is not feasible.

 

[pop22]

I learned my lesson. Start your plants in rockwool, and go right to 5" or bigger net pots. If your running a single plant in a 5 gallon bucket, you can get a 10" net pot with a built in bucket lid. I've actually got one of these 10" net pot installed in the lid of an 18Gsallon tote and have 2 plants in it and its working fine.

 

[SoDank]

I learned my lesson. Start your plants in rockwool, and go right to 5" or bigger net pots. If your running a single plant in a 5 gallon bucket, you can get a 10" net pot with a built in bucket lid. I've actually got one of these 10" net pot installed in the lid of an 18Gsallon tote and have 2 plants in it and its working fine.

Yeah, that's exactly what I was talking about. I've got 4 or 5 of the 10'' of the 5 gallon bucket lid type. The ones that replace the bucket lid but is a big netpot. I'm going to install one on a big tote like you did. Don't need to keep adding more solution everyday when they start maturing by doing that.

 

[pop22]

Yeah, that's exactly what I was talking about. I've got 4 or 5 of the 10'' of the 5 gallon bucket lid type. The ones that replace the bucket lid but is a big netpot. I'm going to install one on a big tote like you did. Don't need to keep adding more solution everyday when they start maturing by doing that.

Yes that's right. I change my res every 7-10 days. I add 3 gallons of straight water yesterday. I bought cheap submersible pump to pump out the tanks thru the drain tube. then i use it to pump the new batch of water and nute in. Saves a lots of work and mess. I keep an extra res with water that I ph and run the bubblers in. I just mix in the nutes right before i pump into the reservoirs.