Do I really have to plant seeds in smaller pots first?

My seeds just cracked and are showing taproot so i was wondering if i can plant them in their big pots now or should i plant them in smaller cups first? Just wondering because it would be much easier for me if I could plant them in their big pots straight away.
Also how deep?

THANKS

yes........just do it. 1/2 inch is about right.
when ya transplant, ya get a better rootball, and a lot more growth, imo

I never transplanted before I tried it last run.

I never will again either, straight into the big pot for me. Id rather my plants can put down roots non-stop than transplant shock 2-3 times.

Hope this helps.

The disadvantages to going to a large pot from the start are fertilizer buildup in the unused areas and moisture retention. With adequate flushing the fertilizer buildup can be avoided and with adequate air circulation/humidity control the water retention can be avoided.

I just use styrofoam cups and after about 2 1/2 weeks of growing I rip the cup carefully keeping the soil around the roots and transplant the to 2 gallon pots... It's a lot easier with styrofoam cups...

The main reason for starting in smaller containers is to avoid over watering (the most common cause of plant death among new growers). Transplant shock is rarely a issue if care is taken while removing the plant from its original container and placing the root-ball at the same depth in the new one. If conditions are optimal with adequate moisture,light and air movement transplant shock is minimal at worst. I've started plants from seed and done both and have yet to see anything resembling anything I would qualify as transplant shock. When starting plants and selecting phenotypes of any particular cultivar, I use small styro-cups to start with simply because I can crowd many plants under a small area and cull out the less hardy/undesirable plants without taking up valuable real estate under the lights.

When I grew in soil I always started my seedlings in the final pot. The goal indoors is to replicate nature and in nature plants dont get transplanted.

EagleJo said:

My seeds just cracked and are showing taproot so i was wondering if i can plant them in their big pots now or should i plant them in smaller cups first? Just wondering because it would be much easier for me if I could plant them in their big pots straight away.
Also how deep?

THANKS

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I grow via Hydroponics but my system is similar. I take cuttings and root them in my home made "Power Clone" machine to which they stay there for 1-2 weeks. I then plant the rooted "clones" into the pot they'll spend the balance of their life in. They Vegetate for 3-4 weeks, get introduced to HID lighting and then grow there until they get +/- 24" tall and then I move this pot (growth pot of a 2 bucket system, Ebb & Grow) into the flowering room. The plants basically start and finish in the same pot saving any form of delay in growth due to shock from transplanting. Due to the fact that I am using clones and flowering them at an earlier time than "natural" , the 2.5 gallon pots are more than adequate for massive root growth and find the root ball to be twofold: 1 at the Hydroton, main mass and 1 down into the reservoir bucket, to which the plants drink at will. Hope this helps.
Oh yea, in a natural setting, seeds are starting and finishing in an "unlimited" sized pot, IE the Mother Earth and UN-limited soil depth and width...

bigv1976 said:

When I grew in soil I always started my seedlings in the final pot. The goal indoors is to replicate nature and in nature plants dont get transplanted.

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lol and plants dont grow under HID lights indoors in nature.grow your plants outside if you want to replicate nature.

i think ideally you should put your seedlings into small pots and leave them in there for a few weeks,then transplant into final pots.

Less transplanting is better,when you can control build up and lock out. I prefer starting in a smaller container for space resons only, With seeds and clones, it's a two or three day process to clone everything, we make buches, when we plant germs, same thing, lots of them. I like to grow both, under florecent lights for a while, and can pack more under them this way on shelfs. But for small groups, by all means put them to bed in the pot they are going to bloom in. Just make shure the salts from your nutes don't get out of control.

Well finally I've got a perfect place to have knowledge about the plants all the things I think I'd got here because Everyone's seems like so experienced actually I've moved to Bozeman City recently and It's in the main city so that's why I don't get the little nature around the house so Now I wanna plant something at my house's lawn so please guys suggest me for this purpose what should I do?