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Originally Posted by Acesover8
So, i forgot where i heard this but, Lets say you have 2 different pots one is a lets say 3 gallon Just a regular circle pot. And, your have anouther 3 gallon pot but this one is skinny and deep.. Isnt pot #2 better..?..
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Yes it is better.
Assuming both pots are the same capacity, it's far better to go for the taller one, rather than the shorter fatter one as the plants taproot likes to go down nice and deep and then fill out with feeder roots sideways, the deeper/taller the pot the better. It doesn't restrict lateral branching either and will grow nice and bushy. Only when plants become severely pot bound does it restrict sideways branching and a deep 3 gallon pot should be fine for the 8 weeks or so it will be in flowering.
You do need the rootball to develop properly though, so start it out in a 4 inch pot for a couple of weeks until the rootball is nice and compact and then repot it into the larger deeper pot.