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Transplanting autos?

Much more difficult to transplant I do it as early as possible! I don’t mean it’s hard to do,the plants just don’t respond well to it!
stressed out and shocked is what I mean. Luck
 
If you have really good hands, and can remove your plant from the first cup without disturbing the root ball, you can have the benefit of a smaller vessel for your seedling without getting rootbound when it's time. But if you stress your plant, you will make it stop growing for a while, which means lower yield.

For soil, I like to set my sprout in a jiffy pellet in Happy Frog in a disposable container. I like the Korma and Vindaloo Sauce containers from Costco, you can see when the roots are appearing at the sides of the container, and know exactly when your plant is ready for a bigger pot, and you can VERY CAREFULLY slice down the sides of the cup with a utility knife and gently peel the cup away, leaving your root ball like a perfectly formed cranberry sauce out of a can, and then pot.

Or you could start them in a jiffy cup and then when it's ready, set the whole thing in the bigger pot of soil.
 
I transplant auto's- timing is important- they should be transplanted when they are at 4-5 nodes and 1 week before the flowering stretch begins (they must be healthy and actively growing)- wait too long and they become root bound- too soon and they tend to be stressed and use valuable time to recover.

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The last few I have done - I used 1 gal fabric bags for better horizontal root growth.
 
It depends on how it's transplanted and when. I transplanted mine and it flourished like crazy. It loved it. And shot to the sky when I did it. Just have to be very careful.
 
I started mine in solo cups hope it takes to the transplant
what would happen if i transplanted it now while it is still small?
 
Transplant it now. Be as careful as possible. Put it in at least 5 gallons. It will love u for it. Take something not sharp and gently lessen around the edge of the soil. Then tip upside and tap the bottom till it slides out then gently put it into it's new home. Add water and let rest for a couple days. It will flourish
 
Maybe give it a couple days to really get it's roots going good so the soil stays together. Yeah I would say when your true leaves come out would be a good time. When u do transplant it have the soil damp but not soaked. It will help hold it together
 
The reason people say not to transplant autos is bc they take time to recover and the life doesn't slow down because it recovering. The plant will still die on the same day even tho it stopped growing to recover. Meaning less time to grow buds and height. But as long as ur careful it won't hurt it.
 
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This is my first auto grow and my first grow ever. Biggest thing I have learned is always start it in its final pot. I started in a 2 gallon and I am pretty sure I stunted the growth a little but man u should see all the bid this thing already has and I'm a month away from harvesting. And research ALOT. It rly helped me. I knew how to fix what was wrong before it happened and I can effectively combat whatever happens easier.
 
ToxicGrower is right, but I think you could go a little longer before you transplant, like until the plant above the cup is about the size of the cup itself, which may take you 1 or 2 weeks depending on how well you treat all other conditions, like not overwatering, checking your pH, etc. That way, your roots have chance to grow big strong enough to hold the dirt ball together in a healthy chunk, and might not even notice that the cup they are in has been quietly slipped away and replaced by fresh, spacious, perfectly moistened soil.

It's not that autos don't like being transplanted, it's that they don't like being stressed.(by anything) because it makes them slow down when they facing a deadline.

Planting a teeny tiny seedling in a giant pot causes them to get overwatered and stressed.
Transplanting a premature, weak root ball damages the roots and causes stress.
Becoming rootbound in a small container causes stress.

The trick with autos is to eliminate stress, and make conditions optimal for the little guy through all of her phases, and not cause any hold ups in development. With a photoperiod in veg, you can make all the mistakes in the world, and if your plant doesn't die, and you have time to help it recover, you can grow indefinitely. But not so with autos.
 
I had mine in a big pot from the beginning. What I did to not over water was made a circle of water around the plant and o my enough to get the tip couple inches wet. And as the plant got bigger I added more water to the circle. I never directly poured onto the plant or even very close to it. I still do it in just a circle and around it but now I use about a half gallon a watering. I never one time overwatered. You just gotta have a sense for exactly how much water your putting related to how much root there is.
 
Speaking of not stressing autos, this little cutie is 2 1/2 weeks old, and I've spilled her twice. Somehow, she's not dead, but she is only starting to show her 2nd node. If she makes it to flower, I doubt her roots will reach the sides of the jiffy cup. She's not even taller than the sides of the cup. If she yields anything, I may press it in a book and frame it in a shadow-box.
 

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