1 gallon pots & root bound?

[proheto8008]

Negative on the Big Bud Transplant,look at my avatar,that was a Big Bud grown in soil using 3 gallon pots,the cola was as long as my forearm,im doing Big Bud & Top 44 in 1 gallon pots this time round,last round i used 3 gallon pots on everything & grew 4 footers & coulda went up to 5 or 6 ft,it's all in the watering.

Keep this in mind,hydro is a faster way to grow over soil,a big part of the reason for faster growth is increased oxygen delievery to the root system,with smaller pots you get to water more often,this brings in new fresh oxygen every time you water,as long as you keep up on the watering you'll be fine & you should experience healthier plants & possibly faster growth.

Smaller pots also eleminate the chance of overwatering once the plants are a foot tall,any over feding problems can be corrected very fast with a simple flush & the soil will be dry in a day or two & ready to get back on track with the grow.

Dont get caught up on pot size,the soil is the medium for water & nutrient delievery,thats it,nothing more,keep them watered & fed properly with a quality fert that has enough micro nutes & pot size is irrelevant.

Check out a thread that FDD2BLK wrote titled "It's all bullshit",reading that thread taught me alot.

Im guessing you like to grow for yield? I know big bud is a huge yielder. But ive neger heard of top 44. What kind of plant/yielder is top 44? Also what kind of bud is big bud. Is it still that 90-100 a quarter type weed or is it more of a middy looking bud?

 

[panhead]

Im guessing you like to grow for yield? I know big bud is a huge yielder. But ive neger heard of top 44. What kind of plant/yielder is top 44? Also what kind of bud is big bud. Is it still that 90-100 a quarter type weed or is it more of a middy looking bud?

I grow for quality,taste & stone,as well as yeild.

I dont go in for the whole Crips,Dro,Mids,Shwag kinda stuff,its all stupidity to me & 100% meaningless as to the quality of the smoke,Big Bud is a mostly Indica strain as is Top 44 but the Top 44 is a faster finisher,i grow a few other strains that most kids would call Cronic or Crips (Skunk & Critically Smashed) & both Big Bud or Top 44 are equaly as good of weed & look just as frosty as well .

I would not pay $90 to $100 a quarter for any weed on earth & most adults where im from will not pay those prices either,a quarter where im from goes for $40 to $60 max,depending on quality,kids will pay more but not many adults,it wouldnt matter if it was White Widow or one of the Purples kids love to pay big money for,same prices,$100 a quarter ounce is insane for any weed.

 

[proheto8008]

I grow for quality,taste & stone,as well as yeild.

I dont go in for the whole Crips,Dro,Mids,Shwag kinda stuff,its all stupidity to me & 100% meaningless as to the quality of the smoke,Big Bud is a mostly Indica strain as is Top 44 but the Top 44 is a faster finisher,i grow a few other strains that most kids would call Cronic or Crips (Skunk & Critically Smashed) & both Big Bud or Top 44 are equaly as good of weed & look just as frosty as well .

I would not pay $90 to $100 a quarter for any weed on earth & most adults where im from will not pay those prices either,a quarter where im from goes for $40 to $60 max,depending on quality,kids will pay more but not many adults,it wouldnt matter if it was White Widow or one of the Purples kids love to pay big money for,same prices,$100 a quarter ounce is insane for any weed.

what im saying is does it have a connesuer look and taste. I dont care how much you pay for it. i just care mostly how it looks, and second how it smokes. Looks sell weed where im from. People want to have some really dank looking bud. i want to grow big bud but i think im gonna grow Serious Chronic instead, ive heard that it is a really connesuer bud and it has immense yields.

 

[Joker52]

nah, your straight unless your growing monsters. You'll just need to water more.

 

[fdd2blk]

absolutely NO SUCH THING as "rootbound".


i have a very hard time believing a plant would "strangle" itself. i want to see a plant that is suffering ill effects from being "rootbound". otherwise i don't believe it. people can tell me all day i am wrong but i will SHOW them otherwise. there is NO SUCH THING as rootbound.

 

[humble learner]

absolutely NO SUCH THING as "rootbound". View attachment 146050


i have a very hard time believing a plant would "strangle" itself. i want to see a plant that is suffering ill effects from being "rootbound". otherwise i don't believe it. people can tell me all day i am wrong but i will SHOW them otherwise. there is NO SUCH THING as rootbound. View attachment 146051 View attachment 146052

Impressive, so you're telling me that I can grow healthy mother plants in 1 gallon pots indoors and keep them in the same pots from the time it's ready to be cloned and continue to take clones off of them?

My intentions are as follows:

1) grow from seed in 1 gallon pots(all foxfarm oceanforest soil)

2) determine sex & remove all males

3) transplant to bigger pots(5gallon) and prepare for clones

4) keep same moms for multiple batches of clones





So my question is: I can remove step 3, but would it be easier to have more complications with trying to maintain mom plants in a 1gallon pot for a year?

 

[Joker52]

ya, you should be fine. I mean look at fdd's monsters.

 

[longlivemtb]

Yeah man that one foot per gallon thing is bs. As you can clearly see FDD's plants are well huge, ad they are in pretty small pots. I personally have a bunch if plants 2+ ft tall in 1 gal pots and their doing great,

 

[fdd2blk]

Impressive, so you're telling me that I can grow healthy mother plants in 1 gallon pots indoors and keep them in the same pots from the time it's ready to be cloned and continue to take clones off of them?

My intentions are as follows:

1) grow from seed in 1 gallon pots(all foxfarm oceanforest soil)

2) determine sex & remove all males

3) transplant to bigger pots(5gallon) and prepare for clones

4) keep same moms for multiple batches of clones





So my question is: I can remove step 3, but would it be easier to have more complications with trying to maintain mom plants in a 1gallon pot for a year?

i'd go maybe 3 gallons for a nice mom. just to be sure. i'm sure you can get away with a 1 gallon. i had several that vegged then flowered then revegged in the same one gallon pot. they spent about 6 months in the pots and were fine.

 

[humble learner]

i'd go maybe 3 gallons for a nice mom. just to be sure. i'm sure you can get away with a 1 gallon. i had several that vegged then flowered then revegged in the same one gallon pot. they spent about 6 months in the pots and were fine.

Right on thank you for the info, and pics

 

[panhead]

what im saying is does it have a connesuer look and taste. I dont care how much you pay for it. i just care mostly how it looks, and second how it smokes. Looks sell weed where im from.

Look man,here's the deal,people are fascinated by fancy & catchy named weed,there is no such weed as a "connasuer" weed,its all in how its grown,nothing more,dont buy into the hype created by breeders & kids.

Keep this in mind,whatever weed you think is a "connesuer" weed that has the look & taste you desire,that weed has the exact same chance of looking like regular street weed as it does looking like top flight buds,again,its all in how its grown,strain is a very small part of the picture as long as your comparing a quality strain against another quality strain,grower skill plays a much larger part.

A bud from a Big bud plant can look exactly as choice as any other exotic strain you want to grow,so can Top 44,if you grow it right it will look kick ass,smoke like a dream & taste as good as any other weed,even purple weed or any other strain,all the shit you read is hype,right down to the shit seed banks & breeders write about their weed.

Yes,the high yeild indica strains such as big bud & top 44 will look & taste as good as serious cronic.

 

[proheto8008]

Look man,here's the deal,people are fascinated by fancy & catchy named weed,there is no such weed as a "connasuer" weed,its all in how its grown,nothing more,dont buy into the hype created by breeders & kids.

Keep this in mind,whatever weed you think is a "connesuer" weed that has the look & taste you desire,that weed has the exact same chance of looking like regular street weed as it does looking like top flight buds,again,its all in how its grown,strain is a very small part of the picture as long as your comparing a quality strain against another quality strain,grower skill plays a much larger part.

A bud from a Big bud plant can look exactly as choice as any other exotic strain you want to grow,so can Top 44,if you grow it right it will look kick ass,smoke like a dream & taste as good as any other weed,even purple weed or any other strain,all the shit you read is hype,right down to the shit seed banks & breeders write about their weed.

Yes,the high yeild indica strains such as big bud & top 44 will look & taste as good as serious cronic.

thats your opinion man. There is a difference between real conesseur bud and just some weak genetics grown well. You cant tell me different because i know first hand. Im just trying to find out what kind of smoke big bud is. YOur oveer there all obnoxious tryin to school me instead of just ansering my question.

 

[panhead]

thats your opinion man. There is a difference between real conesseur bud and just some weak genetics grown well. You cant tell me different because i know first hand. Im just trying to find out what kind of smoke big bud is. YOur oveer there all obnoxious tryin to school me instead of just ansering my question.

Believe what you want to believe,infact it appears you allready have your mind made up,did you not see where i wrote "as long as your comparing a quality strain against another quality strain",meaning starting out with good stock,now your going on about "weak genetics" when that was not even refered to.

Then you accuse me of bring obnoxious when im giving you the info you asked for

What you should of asked for was people to tell you what you want to hear,you asked if big bud looked & tasted like Connesuer weed,i answered that the whole idea of a connasuer weed is pure hype,which it is, & that YES Big Bud can look,taste & smoke as good as any other good weed,were your questions not answered ?

 

[fdd2blk]

big bud sucks. it's bland and mild.

 

[howhigh123]

wat strain do u recommend ffd??

 

[fdd2blk]

i seem to be growing a shitload of hijack lately.

 

[panhead]

big bud sucks. it's bland and mild.

I dont think it sucks,i like the flavor

Gonna fill up a bowl right not ta boot

 

[howhigh123]

ok..i have another quick question...ok i know when your flowering..your plant grows like triple its height or watever..so..will i still need to transplant..or can i keep it in my 5 gallon pot all the way through??..

 

[Phinxter]

ok i gotta toss in my 2 cents ... 3 gallon pots in my opinion will sustain a monster size plant as shown by fdd all the way thru flowering and probably give you less grief imho than a 5 gallon pot which will retain way more water than a 3 gallon pot which in turn will leave you with constantly wet soil and that can lead to problems like fungus gnats , mold , and other over watering issues

 

[Chipp]

ok i gotta toss in my 2 cents ... 3 gallon pots in my opinion will sustain a monster size plant as shown by fdd all the way thru flowering and probably give you less grief imho than a 5 gallon pot which will retain way more water than a 3 gallon pot which in turn will leave you with constantly wet soil and that can lead to problems like fungus gnats , mold , and other over watering issues

I'm gonna bump this thread to follow up on this. What are some other people's opinions on this? If I wanted a plant around 4-5 feet in height, do I want this coming out of a 3 gallon pot or a 5 gallon pot? Are these fungus problems justified with a larger pot in terms of constantly wet soil?

Opinions?

Thanks