2nd time I've had this problem post transplant with AC infinity bags what am I doing wrong

[SchwiftyGrower]

Don't transplant a geotextile bag inside a bigger pots, roots will hardly make it trough geotextile ...

100%, I use these 1 gallon bags but I always cut them off and uppot to 3 gallons. Never trusted to plant theee bags back inside of soil. Never made sense to me, too much restriction

 

[simonkay]

I usually go from solo to 1 gal nursery then to 5 gal so 2 transplants per plant. I always sprinkle mikorhizza on the root ball and in the hole. Haven't seen any negative effects except one. It drooped a bit for a day and was off to the races. Nothing to it really. Some of the myko powders are pretty pricey and maybe justifiably so but I've had satisfactory results with the brand mykobliss and it's considerably cheaper.

Thank you, I have great white myco but alas nothing has stopped the shock or droop from dropping these pots in.
I'm going to email ac infinity today and ask what I'm doing wrong but more I think about it the roots won't stretch out the 1gal fabric straight away so must cause some lost energy and time before they adequately stretch into the 3gal.

Wondering if burying half the 1gals into the 3gals for a few days would help

 

[simonkay]

Don't transplant a geotextile bag inside a bigger pots, roots will hardly make it trough geotextile ...

Seems to be the case, only seen small roots reach out and I have to assume it takes energy to push through a bit like dense soil

 

[simonkay]

100%, I use these 1 gallon bags but I always cut them off and uppot to 3 gallons. Never trusted to plant theee bags back inside of soil. Never made sense to me, too much restriction

Plus they don't bio degrade as stated and I'm using them again so I think all you guys are right it's just better to cut away and transplant as normal. I feel like it becomes a barrier blocking it from new soil for the 1st week post transplant.

 

[Rooke]

Heya farmer, I’m a soil grower and I’ve only used plastic pots for quite some time. I have a friend that used cloth bags to grow in and he has MS. He asked me to help him transplant his plants awhile ago and they were all root bound so much that I had to cut them off yuck! I premoisten his soil the day before using his nute mix to help them not get shocked. I always use mike on the root ball and in the mold hole then water them in evenly with ph water they did have some transplant shock for a couple of days but recovered just fine. When I use this method on my plastic pots I have zero shock .so why not try using plastic pots and nutrients at the same amount you feed them up until your final big pots then put them into cloth bags for the final pot. Just a thought cuz I care to see you succeed.

 

[LoveGrowingIt]

Get velcro transplant fabric pots

Thanks for that idea! I'm ordering some now. I've been using plastic pots and don't like them except for how easily the root ball slides out. I'm starting new plants right now, so the timing is perfect.

 

[Oldchucky]

I use a big butcher knife to go around the outside of the root ball and cut loose from the fabric. Then squeeze the bag like a push-up and dump it out. I always fluff the roots up a little bit anyway so a little trauma on the way out doesn’t seem to hurt. or cut up with scissors. Cheap 1 gallon fabric pots cost less than two bucks each.

 

[simonkay]

Heya farmer, I’m a soil grower and I’ve only used plastic pots for quite some time. I have a friend that used cloth bags to grow in and he has MS. He asked me to help him transplant his plants awhile ago and they were all root bound so much that I had to cut them off yuck! I premoisten his soil the day before using his nute mix to help them not get shocked. I always use mike on the root ball and in the mold hole then water them in evenly with ph water they did have some transplant shock for a couple of days but recovered just fine. When I use this method on my plastic pots I have zero shock .so why not try using plastic pots and nutrients at the same amount you feed them up until your final big pots then put them into cloth bags for the final pot. Just a thought cuz I care to see you succeed.

I hear ya bro, I wanted to benefit from the air circulation in fabric pots to help the roots , but if they continue to give me issues I will just switch to plastic like you said. Right now I still have 50 of these fabric 1gals so gonna figure it out in the meantime

 

[SchwiftyGrower]

Plus they don't bio degrade as stated and I'm using them again so I think all you guys are right it's just better to cut away and transplant as normal. I feel like it becomes a barrier blocking it from new soil for the 1st week post transplant.

I feel their intentions behind these were for bushes/trees. Something you can start small and plant directly to the ground. It will biodegrade over time, but the time for is cannabis growers, not enough time will pass to break it down. It’s best for our situations just to remove and plant into fresh soil.

 

[simonkay]

So AC infinity reached back & this is what they said.
I believe I didn't wet the new soil enough then tried to compensate by overwaterring a couple days later which could of caused root rot. Will have to let it bounce back and keep in veg longer, I will be cutting bags from now just to make it easier.
Thank you all for feedback

 

[LoveGrowingIt]

if they continue to give me issues I will just switch to plastic

I don't recommend giving up on fabric pots. I don't like plastic pots for cannabis. Some folks make them work, but I've had much better results using fabric pots.

I do recommend stopping using that two-pot method. Your plants' roots appear to be very root bound. Thus, they are unable to provide what the plant needs. There's a relationship between root mass and plant mass.