Pot Size
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two2brains
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5 1/2" square pots
JAMES HOOKER
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I use #7 smart pots.Last harvest was 15zzzz for six plants.Casey Jones
Bobby Fuse
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How big is the tent? how many plants? The bigger the better but from what I have read 5 gallon is about the best any bigger and its a waste...
ink the world
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Too many variables/unknowns to give a real solid answer...
Tent size?
lighting amount?
strains?
veg and flowering length?
style of grow (SOG, from seed, from clone?)
Rule of thumb is to use the biggest pots you can fit.....dont listen to people tat tell you container size doesnt matter, thats an untruth. Ive run clones from the same mother in different sized pots. The yield was bigger as the post got bigger. ...I now use 5 gallon smart pots. Love 'em
Tent size?
lighting amount?
strains?
veg and flowering length?
style of grow (SOG, from seed, from clone?)
Rule of thumb is to use the biggest pots you can fit.....dont listen to people tat tell you container size doesnt matter, thats an untruth. Ive run clones from the same mother in different sized pots. The yield was bigger as the post got bigger. ...I now use 5 gallon smart pots. Love 'em
Robert Paulson
Active Member
Use Smart Pots aand you never have to worry about getting root bound. trust me they are fucking awesome!
Robert Paulson
Active Member
Excellent advice
Spicy8305
Active Member
I've got 12--- 3'-4' Jillybeans in 2.5 gallon pots under a 1000 watt hps fit into roughly a 3'x5' area (but I actually have a 7'x7' space for growing under my cal king loft bed-- haha) they all get good light with the furthest plant being about 32" from center......if I had thought it out better I would have gone with a 5 Gallon Square pot which takes up about as much room [horizontally] as my 2.5 gallon pots.
Robert Paulson
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i bet if you look at the stalks of your plants you will see signs of them being rootbound.
two2brains
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36 5 1/2" square pots fit nice in a 3x3
Robert Paulson
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What and just grow spears and hope the canopy stays even? what a pain in the ass that would be to water!
HEY SULLCHONG, How many plants were you planning on growing anyhow?
Spicy8305
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I harvested 2 plants recently and didn't notice any problems when I dumped the pots, the yields look decent so far so I'm not too worried....only 9 days left anyhow.
Also, as I said I'd rather have had the 5gal square pots
Robert Paulson
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Just because you didn't notice any problems does not mean that they were not root bounded, reducing your yield and growth. the base of the stalks of your plants will tell you if your plants were root bound at all.
Robert Paulson
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sorry you felt like you were defending yourself, i wasn't trying to attack you, i was just sharing some info with you and trying to teach you something.
i was thinking around 20-25
Obviously it depends, but i'd suggest a gallon per foot of height and 2/2 space. If you intend 2 foot plants to cover a 2/2 space each do 2 gallons(a foot of soil in the buckets not counted). If you intend for them to be 5 feet and cover a 2x2 space do 5 gallons. If you intend for them to be 3 feet and cover a 2/2 space each do 3 gallons. Plants a little smaller than 2x2 feet such as a sea of green 1x1 foot and you can go with a smaller bucket. Plants a little bigger than 2x2 feet and go with a bigger bucket. I'm suggesting this as the height you expect when you end flowering. Don't let a plant in a 3 gallon bucket reach 3 feet before flowering or else they'll be root bound before they finish flowering... you'd want to go with a 5 gallon pot because they'd finish at about 4-5 feet.
kevin murphy
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how much you think mine will yeild in 15 litre pots mixture of plants and only best nutrients i could get...take a peek if want..someone said 9lbs for the lot is that possible..
Robert Paulson
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....well that changes things.