Too Many Plants Update

[Mongor]

Hello all, thanks again for all your advice about my mistake of putting 4-6 seeds in each pot. They are 5inches tall now.

Last night, I tried to see if I could seperate the plants, and as most of you thought, the roots are very tangled.

I had a thought (surpise) . What is the big deal if the roots intermingle. Can a female get fertalized from male roots only? (I will snip the male plant when it starts showing its sex) When I snip the plant, the roots should decompose and provide nutes no?

After reading an article about paperclip bending your plants so the bottoms get light, I thought what if I got a large enough pot and bent all the tops of the plants away from each other so they wouldn't shadow each other? To me it seems the only risk would be: Making sure there was enough nutes and water for all plants; the males were removed quickly; and the pot was wide enough to allow them all to grow bushed out without touching.

Any feedback? I know its a risk, but its a better risk than just throwing them away after 3 weeks of veg growth.

Thanks,

Me

 

[Runbyhemp]

What is the big deal if the roots intermingle. Can a female get fertalized from male roots only?

No fertilization will not occur like that. That would be like trying to get a girl pregnant by rubbing my ear off her foot Someone needs to learn the birds and bees of marijuana growing.

If the roots get too intertangled, there is no seperating them, so you have to cut it down at ground level. This means that the root ball is left to rot in the ground, which can result in a whole host of problems.

 

[DankCloset]

what it means is that your going to spend the next 60-70 days picking the nuts off a male plant to keep it from fertilizing the female and not killing it because of your root rot issue. also your probably going to have to use lst to tie the plant over