Hello Everyone,
Tonight I performed some cannabis transplants.
A few days ago I was reading a cannabis post published by 
At all stages of growth, complacency is never good, and this applies to all forms of gardening.
Feeling a bit tired and a day behind schedule with my transplants, I decided to just buckle down and get it done.
The plants dictate this scheduling. It's never a perfect schedule, which is more experience and intuitive based for many gardeners.
Let's have a look at the process I performed tonight.
I could tell just by looking at these plants that they are ready for the needed transplants.
A good indicator is when roots start popping out of the bottom of these seedling cups. They are probably one of the best purchases for cannabis I've ever made, and in the photos below, you will see why.
In terms of complacency, I could probably go a few more days in these cups, but why wait for them to start bounding up? I prefer to take care of this as early as possible.
These I feel are even more crucial to hurry up and transplant, especially with how shallow these seed starters are. The tap root usually bottoms out real quick, and failure to transplant in a timely fashion can result in all kinds of issues, or losing the seedling altogether.
Still waiting on some seeds to pop here, I know for certain one more is on the way, and hope to get at least a couple more, but if not.. That's ok, we should be fine with the current amount of plants in the small grow tent.
All set up with my bucket of super soil.
The soil in this bucket is much more nutrient rich, and not suitable for seedlings. I won't be using this for the babies, just the two bigger plants. For the seedlings I use the Pro Mix with no futuremind nutrition added.
This is why I love these little starter cups. It's easy to rip the bottom off and not disturb the roots. It's also easier if I don't get complacent and allow too many roots to shoot through the bottom. I would say this is perfect time for transplant.
It's also the perfect time for a topping in my opinion.
I utilize the tweezers to extract these seedlings. The tweezers work really well for this, utilizing the blunt end to uproot and avoid disturbing of the root system.
Nothing is root bound, perfect timing.
I utilize a spray bottle to slowly dampen the soil.
Now the process is complete and all of the plants are in the tent.
The way I place the starter cups in the soil like this, works out very nicely, allowing for a little extra height for tap root growth in these small planters. These will be transplanted one more time in the future into bigger planters.
A beginner with indoor gardening may wonder why that fan is facing the opposite direction. The reason is because we don't want the air flow to be too intense. Placing the fan in the opposite direction, allows for the air to ricochet of the walls of the tent, giving the plants constant air flow, and there is also an inlet fan pulling air from outside of the tent. So everything is well ventilated and these plants will develop nice strong stalks as a result.
That will do it for today.
What do you all think of my process for cannabis transplants? I would love to see your thoughts in the comment section below.
Thank you for stopping by, have a great day! -
