no i used to use two gallon round pots, now i use 1.5gal white square pots. #1 i went from being able to fit 20-22 plants to 48 solid. #2 those 1.5gal are big enough to handle 2 weeks veg and 8 weeks flower without getting rootbound.
generally i transfer my clones to 4x4 inch square pots for two weeks of pre veg, then i transfer them to the 1.5 square pots, let them veg for two more weeks, then put them out to flower in the same pot. IMO pot size is very important to a certian extent. ive seen a guy grow a nice ass lolipop(i think about 10-12 inches) in a dixie cup. i think it was this guy named MADAZZ.
if i figure out how a strain grows roots, usually after one or two cycles, i tailor my pot size to it. now in this case with the NL and BLUE VENOM, which ive been working with for about a year, the 1.5gal are more then enough. plus it seems that in the white square pots the roots dont circle, they go out and down, which is good. remember this: too small will have the roots rootbound, too big and you waste nutes saturating a big ass pot in which the roots might not grow enough to get to take advantage of, always pot up(i go from 3oz cup for clones, 4x4 inch then to the 1.5gal or7x7(same thing). but in my opinion, unless you are vegging for like 4,5, or 6 weeks that big 5 gal pot "may" be too big. a plant, for the most part, vegging for two maybe three weeks probably wont have enough roots to take advantage of a 5gal pot. if i flower one of my mothers(which i usually cut from for about two months)i only use a three gallon pot, feeding four to five liters at a time and it keeps up with the others at every three days needing nutes. so no those 5gal pots are not too big if you veg accordingly, but remember bigger pots dont neccesarily mean bigger plants, unless you what .....veg accordingly. because if i'm right most of your root formation is in the veg stage, and not as much in the flower stage. thats why i pre veg , and veg in different sizes. kinda letting the plant form roots at different levels. look at it like this, i dont know how old you are, but when you were 15 if someone gave you a five bedroom house it would have been too much for you. a one bedroom or an efficiency would have been awesome, but now that you are older i'm sure five bedrooms would probably be a perfect fit, get it.
how long are you letting your clones go, and how long are you vegging? because the pots you are using now may be just fine. next time you transfer your clones, or transfer your vegged plants take notice on how much roots your getting with the time you are allowing them. you may want to add another week, or start in something smaller or bigger, its your own personal recipe.it just takes time, on a side note thats why i reccomend to people when they start, to find out what they are looking for in their smoke, and get maybe one or two strains and just concentrate on those for about six months, and learn them. instead of getting 5,6, or 7 different strains(unless you are pretty well versed). cause then you potentially have 5,6, or 7 different personalities, sensitivities, absorbtion rates, or what ever else to deal with. not saying thats what you are doing, thats just what i tell folks. but yea how long are you vegging bro? give me your rundown from cutting the clone to putting it out to flower. times and pot size only, not the feeding routine. just curious.
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