[twistedup]

dial ur light back for a few days, also you could foliar with kelp

extract but go easy with it, good luck ,nice grow.

anybody else have any thoughts

[melonfarmer]

I’ll hit them with some light fish and kelp in a day or two, I just did an IPM spray today.

The lights are 730w but only on 30% atm and they are hung high. They did come from under flourescents so maybe that could be contributing.

Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll let you know how I go.

[simeon]

Would breaking up the root ball help at all? That might encourage them to spread out in the new space and maintain the proper moisture in the root zone, since it’s not a compact ball of roots and hard to moisten substrate.

[melonfarmer]

Hey, thanks for the reply. In theory I agree with you, but since they’ve been in fabric pots since clones the roots are fully branched out and not wrapping around at all. So I’m not sure if I can break it up much more. I’ll try dig up some photos to show you what I mean.

[melonfarmer]

Plastic vs fabric. About the same size and age.

You may already know this but for anyone else reading, the ramen noodle roots look good but the root tip is where all the action is and fabric pots air prune and create branching roots.

In the case of the plastic potted plants I was able to break up the root ball but the fabric pot plant was like a dense sponge.

[simeon]

Ah, my bad, I just assumed they had been in plastic pots previously.

[melonfarmer]

All good brother. It was a good suggestion.

[simeon]

Oddly enough I just listened to a video from Harley Smith on propagation… and in it he address accelerating root growth. Apparently a foliar spray of 5 parts humic acid and 2 parts kelp extract with a little wetting agent causes exponential root growth. Can be used as a root drench as well. Thought it was worth sharing given the timing of this thread.

He was speaking more in terms of germination and cloning but I don’t see how it wouldn’t be a worth while practice as part of a transplant regimen. Definitely going to try it myself.

[melonfarmer]

Hell yeah, I’ll try that. I reckon if I can get the roots to spread out more then things above ground will fall into place.

[flowerpower]

Of course transplanting earlier would help. First lets try to acclimate your girls by starting them off with your light dialed down, (around 600 PPFD). Slowly turn em up in about 200 PPFD increments over a two week period.

You may also prune your roots, and loosen them up a little. Sprinkle them with some mycorrhizae. I use “Great White”, or “Mycos”.

I seldom use foliar sprays, but when I do I use thrive from build a soil. This is already formulated with kelp, and fish stuff.

Last but not least, give ’em some recharge. I often water in with Aloe to add a rooting hormone, and increase the plants resistance to disease. If you use aloe make sure the Aloe Vera you harvest is from a sexually nature plant.

Smaller plants get the Aloe, bigger plants get the recharge.

Good luck, I hope I have been helpful.

[melonfarmer]

Thanks very much. The lights are low and I soaked the bed with aloe before transplant. I hit it with a little Super Thrive I had kicking around and I think it’s starting to get better. Not sure if that’s because of the Super Thrive or just growing into the bed. Greatly helpful. Thanks.