It is difficult to recommend any tips as you apparently grow in such an unusual manner. No way to compare or recommend when no one has any experience with your very different methods. Especially when compared to normal growing practices that most of us use. No one else air layers, no one uses those strange containers or the unusual lights, etc.

From the size of the plant in the photo it would seem to be of transplant size although there is nothing for scale and it is quite leggy with very long internode spaces, especially for what is supposed to be a dwarf. But I have no way of knowing what the double pot is for, the condition of the roots, the age of the plant, or the growing medium. Can't even tell from the photo if it has a viable growth tip.

You might have more luck with info over on the Growing Under Lights forum here. The type of plant makes little difference when the growing methods are so unique.

Dave

Yeah, it's tough, going by a photo, to advise when to transplant having little experience with those methods. I would just say that, assuming you mean transplanting outside, when it has sufficient roots to hold its own under the bright sunlight, then it will be ready. However, don't forget that it will need to be hardened off before transplanting.

If you mean transplanting into another container for indoor growing, then it's ready when the roots have filled the pot, but not become detrimentally root bound.

I say transplant it right now if you are going into the ground or final container -you are in zone 7--, and as mentioned by rgreen be sure it is hardened off if it isn't already. I was tucking tips into my cage exactly 7 days ago when I broke this tip with flowers off. I just stuck it in a yogurt cup that was lunch and left it in a shady place and just remembered it when I saw this bumped post. So it had flowers and they didn't die, now to see if it actually could set a fruit after getting the guillotine. Tomatoes have an amazing preservation of life force. I'm potting it up and putting it in full sun tomorrow if I find a few spare seconds to mix up some potting medium.

I should have put this in some soil for starters to get a jump on final rooting, but truthfully it was only an afterthought and would have been tossed, just that breaking off flowers saddens me so I had put it in the yogurt cup to preserve the break from drying out expecting to make the soil later (but forgot), and yes the aluminum foil from my tomato, cheese & mayo sandwich. Anyway, Voilá! This one is gonna get the brunt of full sun mañana in soil, ready or not. I figure it is already hardened enough since it sat the whole time on the porch in that old yogurt cup. Roots look pretty in water I have to admit more than expected, but who knows how it will develop in the next home. Upon transplant I will remove the lower two leaves (petioles), to get the depth I want. But I'll leave the flowers for the heck of it ... just out of curiosity so no great expectations here.

Shared this to give you another perspective, since I normally would not root in water, but I simply forgot ... must have been all the time I spend online these days :-)!

Cheers

PC

Transplanted just now . Thank you all for the help. I didn't have it in my dedicated Grow space. It has two growth tips.

> It is difficult to recommend any tips as you apparently grow in such an unusual manner

Haha, I'm glad it's not just me. sometimes i wonder if BetaPonics is running some plant experiments for nasa.

i suppose a good time to tell when a plant needs to be transplanted is look for roots trying to leave the pots.. if you know what i mean ;)

I was wrong the plant is still alive. I get most of my methods from pot growers. Thank you for the compliment. I am trying to get experience with outdoor plants. I really want my backyard to be well planted.

I grow most indoors and decided to try one outdoors. I have seen cannabis growers use air layering because the plant doesn't count as part of the legal limits. My indoor plants, I use cannabis growers methods, from the fertilizer to the planters.