Damn you got the replies, too bad it wasn't like that on my post yesterday...
Yea FDD is an Amazing guy. He's my uncle I never had... FDD in your last photo every plant looks like bud but the small guys in front and the grass, even the tall trees on the left in the background look like bud... please tell me they are...
Chitown Cubs, Sox, Bulls that's what's up, too bad the teams make me want to

a lot but that's <3
On topic
From a lot of reading the root area should be around 5 Gal per plant. Yea a 5 Gal bucket doesn't get to be 5 Gal, but it doesn't have other plants roots to deal with and keeping around that 5 mark keeps the ferts more manageable as more plants take up what they need at differing amounts and water too.
Make sure the O2 for the roots match the water amount, pot size, and plants.
The pot size should be big enough to hold the plant stable when all that weight gets packed on... so like a 5" net pot with clay should work well, others go down to 3.5" Filthy Fletch did a great write up on a 6 spot DWC...
FDD, Filthy, and about 25 other people on here are my guys. girls too...
They so smart... cool peoples too.
