JBrandt

Just wanna know if any of you have opinions or tips with Peat pots. Right now I have 5 Chronic plants that are 15 days old.

I will be repotting them soon and I haven't decided if I wanna slide them out of the pots or just try sticking them in the soil.

Any helpful advice is appreciated.

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JohnnyTruant

I'd suggest letting your plants each grow a nice root mass. Then transplant them to nice-sized pots with good drainage. I was given two plants that were in peat pots, and for the most part they did what they needed to do. However, I started growing wary about using them after feeling the bottoms. The bottoms seemed wet-ish and didn't provide proper drainage. I imagine if I wasn't as disciplined about watering as I am that the plants could have fallen victim to root rot. I still have one of those plants in a peat pot, which I'm going to change tomorrow since I think the root system will allow for easy transplanting.

The fact is, any containing device will work perfectly as long as it isn't made from some toxic chemicals as has proper drainage in place. Drainage is HUGE, base your decisions greatly upon this.

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waycoolric

....on the kinda' grower your are.

If you're not high, kinda' anal, meticulous, patient and good with your hands, remove the peat pots and your sweeties will do just a bit better in the begining, and the stem might be just a might stronger as the base will dry out a little faster.

Having siad that....if you're like me, stoned, kinda' whatever, in a hurry to get some "chet" and kinda' clumsy, leave the peat pots on, they work just fine.

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johnny-0

For me its a 20 oz. solo cup.Works great everytime and when its time to transplant-The girls just slide out with no problems.

afterburner

I would cut them off when it comes transplant time, if they dont easily slide off... but you might want to wait a bit so they've got a bigger rootball....

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g13laze

I would imagine they would just slow growth a little bit....

so that means I'd take it out

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JohnnyTruant

As i said in my previous post, I still have one of my bullriders chillin' in a peat pot. I've noticed the past couple of days that she is stressed: the leaves are curling down and she just doesn't look vigorous. This is what was happening to my other bullrider right before I transplanted and she has been doing much better. She is also flowering at a quicker rate than the peat potted lady. I'm pretty sure it's being caused by poor drainage and possible root bounding.

I say all this to show how poor drainage can really hamper the plant's development. This really can be a problem with these pots since they drain through the large pores peat pots contain, rather than through nice-sized drainage holes.

And I think these pots are more useful to the disciplined grower rather than the lazy grower. These pots seem to start with one problem, and then more occur quickly afterwards. The lazy grower is more likely to not intervene, allowing for further problems.

And Johnny, you ain't the only johnny who likes those solo cups, they do the trick quite nicely.

Truant

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JBrandt

Thanks everyone.

I am going to take them out of the peat pots. I will also wait a little while for them to develop more roots before I transplant.

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Criard

I concurr! I was using the peat pots. since they're so flimsy you can easily flex it and slide out your soil structure in tact. wet soil works very well for transplanting, as you don't have as much dry soil falling everywhere.

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penguin

Peat pots have excellent drainage. The water just soaks right through. If anything, peat pots allow the soil to dry out too fast.

There is no need to remove the peat pot. The roots just grow right through. When transplanting, just pop into soil in a larger pot.

I grow my in hydro, but I use peat pots for a lot of other plants.


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