Pot size for outdoor?

Gdub51

Gdub51

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Certainly, shorter than in the ground. That's not possible, so these work best for my application. Besides what are you doing with all your leftovers? Even my first grow in 12 gallon my 5 produced 65 oz. of flowers. So I have extra to experiment with extracts to increase the contents of useful ingredients. It was the shape of the roots exposed after harvest when plants were removed that lead me to the taller planters. They need as much height as you can live with in your application but small enough to move around if need be. With those restrictions and the added benefit of being able to move plants to increase solar exposure and decrease wind damage the balance seems just right for my situation. I'd love to see the root shape of a plant grown in one of those giant black bags (5' diameter about 15" high) I hope there's a hole in the bottom otherwise that plant is winding it's restricted roots into a ball. A big ball yes but still restricted from going down for the cool enriched soil nature taught it would be there. If anyone wants to have some of my leftover grow please contact me. I'd love to share local grow examples with local growers. Hey, maybe I should try to start a growers union of local growers. We could share so much more by being close enough to go and look at somebodies in-explainable troubles with others to form an advisory board to figure it out and correct it before it does too much damage. The outdoor game is all about dealing with the challenges mother nature throws at you with bugs, diseases and nasty weather while taking advantage of all the bounty outdoor can deliver to a plant in the way of FULL spectrum, pegging the light meter photo-metric fuel, loaded Mycorrhizae active soil, perfectly timed lighting and usually temperate climate though quite dry. Then deal with the bugs, diseases and all that mother nature throws at you to strike a balance. Keep in touch Booger mama, (I wanted to contract that to BM but it just didn't look right) seems our approach is close in environments that share much except elevation (mine about 850') and longitude and 33.5237° N. Distance from ocean; about 1 1/2 miles. I'd love to hear from other growers in South Orange County CA. If I didn't mention earlier my grow is White Widow and Gorilla Bomb.
 
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Joeybliss

Joeybliss

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Booger mama said:
Okay I am growing Harlequin & Dance World CBD Outdoors. I started with feminized seeds. The Harlequin should get 6- 7 ft tall, the Dance World 3 - 4 ft. My husband thinks we're going to need at least 30 gallon grow bags for the Harlequin. I think this is overkill! I've only grown a total of 6 plants in my life but I've never used a pot larger then 15 gallon. I'm using the soft nonwoven grow bags. What size should I order?
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I use 7 gallons 10 gallons and 20 gallons it all depends on varietals and if I started the plant inside in winter ti get big plants to veg out from may to harvest. But short answer is 7 galyworks fine for 5 foot plants that u can manage 10 gallons aswell once u hit that 20 gallon plus mark it’s different. It usually no till and I’ve grown a Ice cream cake x the white that I started indoor in February put her out side mid may light timer set to exact sunlight outdoors so no early flower the reveg. And that girl got 12 foot and she was multi topped she just kept grow branches on branches. Had to built a scaffolding outta bamboo to support her lol. She was to big I had to climb I. There kick off bud worms spray BT 2x a week and the defol made some amazing FPJ and compost, but I will never grow em that big again to much problem I like more plants that are my height or shorter. I can really inspect them daily and see and issue and IPM is much easier. This is just my Opinion
 
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weedly1

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Joeybliss said:
I use 7 gallons 10 gallons and 20 gallons it all depends on varietals and if I started the plant inside in winter ti get big plants to veg out from may to harvest. But short answer is 7 galyworks fine for 5 foot plants that u can manage 10 gallons aswell once u hit that 20 gallon plus mark it’s different. It usually no till and I’ve grown a Ice cream cake x the white that I started indoor in February put her out side mid may light timer set to exact sunlight outdoors so no early flower the reveg. And that girl got 12 foot and she was multi topped she just kept grow branches on branches. Had to built a scaffolding outta bamboo to support her lol. She was to big I had to climb I. There kick off bud worms spray BT 2x a week and the defol made some amazing FPJ and compost, but I will never grow em that big again to much problem I like more plants that are my height or shorter. I can really inspect them daily and see and issue and IPM is much easier. This is just my Opinion
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What about inside in grow bags?
without grow bags have 7 feet to lights.
I tried 15 gallon
only longer growing strain filled pot fully with root with quick finisher only used 1/3 looks like.
veg 5-6 weeks, organic-gia green worm castings, lots micolife or I try anyways so is the bigger pots still better? Weed was smoke without any cure & strong AF using SCROG
only issue one got too big lol
so maybe 10 or even 7 gallon
Any help would be great as I have to order pots soon, thanks
 
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Racky

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I use 5 Gallon pails with holes drilled all through them. 40% Happy Frog, 40% Ocean forest, 20 % perlite, clay stones on top of soil. I only water from the bottom and start feeding nutes in late veg, change to bloom nutes during flower. Yields about 4 to 6 ounces of dense buds. 5 gallon pails are easy to move around if need to. Yields using same method in the ground is about 2lbs.
 
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