I have a 5g air pot iam going to definitely get some fabric pots
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Air pots are good too but can be hard to transplant in and out of. The same is true of fabric pots if you don’t get the ones with the velcro on the side. I like going a few transplants because it’s easier to manage a small plant in a small pot where the soil can go through a wet dry cycle in 3ish days. It is much easier to over water in a big pot. It also helps build better root structure faster, but again if you get it all right a big pot will do the same.
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Fancy. The air pots I tried were solid. where did you find those, I might have to try them.
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Amazon came as a 1g and 5g
I keep looking at my plant to transplant it but I’m afraid ill stress it out
If you follow a good transplant protocol transplant shock is almost non existent. if you don’t drastically change anything or break main roots(the little fuzzy roots can take a little breakage) the plant will hardly notice. It might be easier if you let the roots fill in a little first though. That little girl has very little roots hold the soil and there is a good chance they will break. If you do decide to transplant then I would dig the root ball out rather than trying to manage a loose 1 gal ball of dirt, but I see no reason not to wait till she fills in that pot a little. Then it’s a walk in the park.
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I think maybe 2 more weeks than transplant
Welcome to the forum! I would definitely add soil, create a “mound” to encase the stalk, up to the first pair of ROUND leaves (cotyledons).
Enjoy growing, but beware, its addictive.
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Without delay…today. What you have there appears to be very shallow with nowhere for the roots to down.
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Maybe not that long, You can usually see the roots when they fill in the pot. It also worth noting that she will continue to stretch until she gets a good light whether you transplant now or later.
Just curious @merlin44 whats your reasoning here. When roots find open air in one place the plant puts out roots elsewhere creating an expansive network of roots throughput the medium instead of just growing down. So what is the urgency with transplanting before the media is colonized with roots which will also provide a home for the microbes we want to stimulate in an organic grow. I don’t mean to argue. I have seen your a competent grow so I would love to hear the other side of the debate.
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The initial roots go down before spreading. The roots hit bottom of my solo cups several days before they are visible on the sides.
It just appeared to me like the OP’s plant was in about 2" of soil (depth wise). If that is incorrect, then I fully stand corrected.
edit: I see now, I totally misinterpreted the pot. The bumps sort of threw me. I had never seen pots like that, thus the mistake. @Gl1tch
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it’s a 1 gal pot is it not? @KayJet
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I’m still trying to figure the lighting out as well as everything …I try not to over think it
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yes its a 1g pot
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I will revise my previous advice (now that I have my information straight 
). You can wait a while but those bumps will represent a potential issue getting the plant out without root damage if the plant gets much larger.
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yup, been there done that. That’s why I was thinking clam shell might be nice. If you let the medium dry a little first it will make a mess but most of the dirt falls off the bumps and leaves the roots dangling as you get the pot off.
it has these knobby thingys i can screw off I figured if i fill my other pot to a certain amount soil. I should be good hopefully Ill do it when I get home as I’ll be goin to work and dont want to rush it 
If the OP has skills with tools, it might be worth the effort to go ahead let then it grow and get a good root ball. Then use tools to split the pot.
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I’m sorry what is clam shell and OP 
Nevermind original poster
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