To repot or not to repot????

Growing in soil or coco. What is everyone's take on their experience with starting photo plants in their final container vs starting in small containers and potting up to a bigger container. I have been starting in the final container but was interested in the potting up idea. Definitely thinking about it for my outdoor photos this summer. I successfull rooted my favorite plant in my indoor grow in a rapid rooter and put in a solo cup with coco so I will be potting that in a 3 gal bag with coco in a week or two. Although I have had great results starting seeds in the coco 3 gal.

My vote is final container to begin with, but this is one of those topics that's highly debatable on here, lol.

PadawanWarrior said:

My vote is final container to begin with, but this is one of those topics that's highly debatable on here, lol.
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I agree. In my indoor grows with same strains one repotted and one started in final container.....the repotted one was always alot smaller. Could be my repotting skills???

I vote for uppotting unless autos.
FF

my first plants i went up in pot sizes gradually. but my second plants were planted in their final pots. 2 things ive noticed. 1) i water a lot less now because the roots can go wherever they want in final pots rather than making a compacted root ball as you go up in sizes. 2) all my plants will be flowering next week and i havent had to use one drop of nutrients yet and i can already tell these are going to be 5x more yield than my first crop.

Allows me better control over watering, checking roots, etc.
FF

FastFreddi said:

I vote for uppotting unless autos.
FF

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Hmmmm..maybe next run I will do a side x side for myself.
FF

Budbreath said:

Growing in soil or coco

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need a bigger pot if soil
coco 3 gal MAX

I've tried both methods with photo periods (I haven't grown autos yet). I use rapid rooters and found that going straight to a 5 gal pot gave me slow growth and had to be real careful about watering. Rapid rooter to solo cup, then 5 gal fabric pot is my favorite method. Easy to water and the plants got to full veg faster.

its.always.420 said:

need a bigger pot if soil
coco 3 gal MAX

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No, this is what you need if you wanna grow with the big dogs, lol.

PadawanWarrior said:

No, this is what you need if you wanna grow with the big dogs, lol.
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Looks like you could sleep in that pot!

I usually go straight from Solo Cup to final pot, but I am going from solo cup, to 1.5 gal, and then to final pot this round after seeing why you should repot at least a couple of times. This image made me understand why it is beneficial.

SheeshM said:

Looks like you could sleep in that pot!

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I know man. It a 65 gal sucker. Build A Soil sent it on accident when I made my last order, or maybe they're just trying to tell me something, lol.

PadawanWarrior said:

I know man. It a 65 gal sucker. Build A Soil sent it on accident when I made my last order, or maybe they're just trying to tell me something, lol.

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id make sure i wouldnt tell them of their mistake lol that pot is huge and would be fun to grow in

PadawanWarrior said:

No, this is what you need if you wanna grow with the big dogs, lol.
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What do you mean "no"?!? I said big pot for soil!

Nice organic you've got in the works there!

I love the lack of consensus!
I personally do one transplant from solo cup and add mycorrhizae.
My next grow will be auto though so I'll have to adjust to planting right into the final pot. The learning never ends!

Greenthumblady said:

I love the lack of consensus!
I personally do one transplant from solo cup and add mycorrhizae.
My next grow will be auto though so I'll have to adjust to planting right into the final pot. The learning never ends!

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I don't think it's so much a lack of consensus, but more that a lot of people just don't do it and haven't noticed any issues. I do look at the root structure when I harvest and it has usually filled in pretty nicely. But, after seeing the graphic I posted a few posts above, it did 'click' in my head that the roots did fill out more at the bottom of the pot like they show in the bottom right image.

I just started adding mycorrhizae when uppotting...holy shit my roots were missing out. Really starts explosive growth once established.
FF

I find square works much better than round, hence I place my grow bags inside milk crates. Works great for me, no root circling.
FF

FastFreddi said:

I just started adding mycorrhizae when uppotting...holy shit my roots were missing out. Really starts explosive growth once established.
FF

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I started this with the plants I started a few weeks ago and I agree. I'm seeing major differences in the growth rate and especially with the appearance of the roots. The roots are much thicker and fuzzier than the plants I've grown in the past.