Pot Size

potroastV2

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A good rule of thumb is 12" of height/per gallon and to double the size of your existing pot on transplanting. Other factors involved in determining pot size are your grow room footprint size, the amount/intensity of light plants receive, where plants are in the grow cycle and if the are from seed or clones.

Grow room area size: If your grow room foot print size is small and horizontal space is at a minimum then BOG's (Bushy Older Grower) doubling potting method is a good alternative. Rather than repotting into a larger diameter pot your existing pot is set on top of another pot a few inches more in diameter. Thus giving your plants a lot more vertical root volume of soil to grow into and less horizontal volume.

Amount of light and intensity: Plants that are under low wattage lights (70-250) tend not to grow as big and as quick as plants under high wattage lights (400-100), thus one can scale back pot size slightly. Also if your plants are under a 24/0 cycle or an 18/6 cycle this will affect growth rates and repotting sizes.

Growth cycle: The average grower will find that they must repot usually every 2 weeks while in the veg cycle. Going from a 1-1.5 gallon to a 2-3 gallon in the third/fourth week of the veg cycle. From a 2-3 gallon pot to a 4-5 gallon in the 5-6 week of the veg cycle. Note it is always best to repot 1-2 weeks before you flip your lights to the 12/12 flowering cycle and to let your plants finish off in that last transplanted pot size.

Seed or clones: This will make the biggest difference between pot sizes. Since one must veg up to 4-6 week from seed to reach plant maturity. Cloned plants need not be veg as long 1-3 weeks. This will drastically reduced the pot size needed for a cloned plant.

These guide lines are by no means written in stone, all environments are different and will produce different growth/repotting rates this is just a basic outline.
 

Pumert

Well-Known Member
Ya thankyou because nowhere in the FAQs does it talk about pot size to grow height ratio

u mite wanna think about adding that
 

bustya

Member
Seed or clones: This will make the biggest difference between pot sizes. Since one must veg up to 4-6 week from seed to reach plant maturity. Cloned plants need not be veg as long 1-3 weeks. This will drastically reduced the pot size needed for a cloned plant.
I don't get it. Why do seedlings need bigger pots than clones?
 

mygirls

Medical Marijuana (MOD)
I don't get it. Why do seedlings need bigger pots than clones?
seddlings have a tap root that is bigger then clones, grows strait down and then out, clone have no tap root and their roots are more spigitti like and a lot smaller.
 

bigDAWG

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over 10,000 views and 6 posts.. lol

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brick20

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The topic starter (rollitup) says joined in 1970... lol has this site really been around that long? lol cant be
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grow space

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good post man.I say that it is good to grow in 3 gallon pots -each month for plant(plants grow to the fullest about 3-4 months)but always the bigger the better.
keep up the good work...
 

brick20

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well i use all sorts of sizes ranging from 2litter-5gallon pots its the bigger the better.

5+gallon pots even with12/12 take a long time 2 start flower
 

OregonMeds

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So my 5' tall plants in 16oz cups which I still haven't transplanted after 4 months are freaks of nature, an impossibility? I wish my camera worked...
(No I'm not kidding, a full 5' tall and bushy as fuck. Thank you ebb and flow, in FFOF)

Picture attached was from over a month ago when my camera did still work.
 

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Boneman

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over 10,000 views and 6 posts.. lol

The topic starter (rollitup) says joined in 1970... lol has this site really been around that long? lol cant be
Rollitup is the head honcho of this site. He can have whatever he wants in his avatar and signature...hell, he can have anything he wants :hump:

This thread is from 2006
 

iiilostdune

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over 10,000 views and 6 posts.. lol

The topic starter (rollitup) says joined in 1970... lol has this site really been around that long? lol cant be
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ww420

Member
Hey guys what happens if say you are using 6 inch square pots and you don't transplant, what will happen to the plants?
 
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