pot upgrade time?

I have had my seedlings in 16 oz plastic cups for about 2 weeks now - all have upwards of ten leaves

I am wondering how long they can be kept in 16 oz w/o stunting their growth, for what its worth, they are already suffering from various nutrient defs from the crappy MG organic soil... (don't use this). I should be able to get the nutrient situation under control today, but, how big can a plant get in a 16 oz cup under ideal conditions?

- this is important because the next step is to upgrade my grow area to accommodate 3 gallon pots, so I need to know for budget reasons... but the seedlings are more important than the budget so I would like a conservative/paranoid answer please

the optimum grow is achieved with a gallon of soil per foot plant, so if you growing a 3ft plant you will need 3gallons soil to max it out. that the official formal of thumb if you like it that way

so 16 oz to gallon = 0.125 gallon * 1 foot = 1.5 inches? So I am maxed out at 1.5 inches in a 16 ounce cup? Is that really true?

yo harper

Sounds like they are already stunted. I would get into 3 gallon containers asap... make sure you pH your water.

the worst thing that can happen is your tap root hitting the bottom of your container.. probably won't happenin a 16 oz cup.

if you are going to risk growing you should make sure your plants are healthy...

cheers
gk

just ordered 4x4x8 grow tent, wish me luck in my transplant

good luck bro..get us some pics to look at...