Can 2 plants survive and thrive in the same pot?

Great point....sometimes less is more!
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fdd2blk said:

i grew 4 in a 5 gallon container outside 1 year. it worked fine but i think growth is limited. i could have grown 1 and got the same yield. good for different strains though. i think a plant is like a goldfish. it will grow to the size of it's container.

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ok , question...4x4 grow 16sq i can fit 16 approx 2 gallon pots......problem,i have 32 seedlings all sprouted ready to go.....should i plant in 1 gallon pots to get all started then wait for sexing or will it be to late......all seeds are from a nice lb. of killer bag seed...anyway just asking for any input.

i have a 3x3. i put 20+ plus plants in, flowering at 6-10inches, in 1 gallon pots. 600w HPS.

Oldfart said:

I was wondering, I have one big planter that I would love to grow 2 plants in. The planter is 12 inches wide by 10 inches deep and has pleanty of drainage. After I start them in the smaller planter can I transplant them into the same planter and still reap a good harvest (providing they are both female but the feminized seeds say they should be) but worst case scenario i should be able to cut one ont and have the other live RIGHT? Best Case scenario both female, WILL the BOTH Thrive in the same planter all else being equal (great lighting, conditions etc...)

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On my first grow I was limited in space and had to veg and flower in the same pot! I started off with 5 in vegging and all was good! Don't get me wrong, this was a huge pot (not sure of dimensions). When I went into flowering, the only problem (which wasn't even a big deal) was that I encountered 2 males in my batch. I caught them early enough that I would be O.K. I simply just pulled the males out from the bottom of the stem! My 3 females continued to thrive and finished flowering with a nice little harvest!

I remember people saying that the plants would kill each other because they would fight for food and things like that. This may be true, but in my case it was not. After harvest I dumped out the soil to examine the roots. All 3 plants were entangled like crazy, but they still all thrived and budded great. I am not sure why this is, but definitely worked for me! I now only plant 1 in each pot just to make sure I don't encounter any future problems, but if 5 could survive together, then I would think 2 could as well. Good luck with your grow!

thanks fdd....will the plants have any trouble yielding any more or less......and leaving until harvest.....just bag seed maybe il try it and see what happens...400hps and 48" flours along each wall....transplant and let them rip or is that me being ripped???????...thanks guys...sorry oldfart kind of got off the subject of 2 plants in one bucket,but that is what i like about this site...everyone seems to have helpfull input where available <>thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I started using the bending technique and bent them away from eachother by strting at the soil line and pressing them away from each other every other day for a couple of days and they started growing UP again so I will tie a string to the stem and pull them apart slightly every so often. When I am done they should look like a big letter U. I have also trained my lights to cause them to grow apart instead of UP. Heres a LOOK

very healthy.

very,very nice...looking good

looks good man. keep us posted.

Well the bending seems to be workin they were 6 inches apart at the top they are now 12 and AGAIN beginning to grow UP (following the strongest light.) I will allow this for another few days or a node whichever comes first they are at only 3 weeks now and I think in one more im going to flower because if 1 gallon to a foot of growth hold true and they are each rooted in 2 gallons of soil then If I wait till 8 inches tall to start to flower then they should go to 2 feet by the end. AM I RIGHT?

Here's 3 weeks old and bending.

i was kinda thinking, could u maybe, since that pot is huge, make some sorta wall between each plant keeping the roots from tagleing? so that u would water the plants individually rather than all together kinda making it like seperate pots in one?

At this point NO, If I had wanted to while transplanting from the starter pot yes. NOw how bout that for 3 weeks though , another week im gonna force flower.... OPinions