TommyHobby
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Check the link I posted earlier in the thread.... the calc gives me something like 1.2 gallons... LOL
Can any one calculate pot sizes for me
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HUSTLERBOY20
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yes i can..3 to 4 gallon pot...not the ? is should i attempt to translplant lol...hmmmm
I always have multiplied the 3 together and then divided by 231 cubic inches. 231 cubic inches is how many is in a gallon so with those measurements you are at 6.28 gallon, mine is different from Jondamon maybe cuz he is in the UK and I'm in the US but 231 is what you use here but that would be for a square pot and not round
HUSTLERBOY20
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I dont think my pot is that big...maybe it is...my eyes suck
11 wide at top
12 deep
9 wide at bottom
TommyHobby
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calculator still shows it as about 1 gallon...... why don't you just dump a gallon of milk in there and tell us if it's more or less.. lol
HUSTLERBOY20
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ill take a one gallon jug and start dumping soil into it by the gallon and see where i end up....milk yeeea dont think a pot for plants would be the best container for milk ...its 6$ a gallon you wasteful F***....lol 
,but honestly,it wont make that much difference to the plant if its 4 or 5 gallons ...I mean look at the party cup grows
HUSTLERBOY20
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yea true. Im just trying to catch up with where my plant should be as opposed to where my plant is now. its like maybe 2 feet tall outdoors and i want it like 4 so i can get a sufficient yield from it but i guess we will see when its all dry'd and said and done with...wich me luck lol
lol
To back this up with some math. The volume of a right circular cone (the shape of your pot) is (1/3)pi*h(r^2+r*R+R^2), where h is the height (measured from the center to the top), r is one radius, and R is the other radius. In your case this works out to be 4pi(5.5^2+5.5*4.5+4.5^2) = ~945.62. This is in inches^3, so divide that by 12^3 to get cubic feet = ~.55 cubic feet. There are ~7.4 gallons per cubic foot, so your pot is ~4.07 gallons. It's probably sold as a 4 gallon pot.
Edit: The value of ~7.4 gallons per cubic foot is for liquids, my mistake. For dry goods ~6.4 gallons per cubic foot, so your pot is actually ~3.52 gallons, in dirt measurements.
To back this up with some math. The volume of a right circular cone (the shape of your pot) is (1/3)pi*h(r^2+r*R+R^2), where h is the height (measured from the center to the top), r is one radius, and R is the other radius. In your case this works out to be 4pi(5.5^2+5.5*4.5+4.5^2) = ~945.62. This is in inches^3, so divide that by 12^3 to get cubic feet = ~.55 cubic feet. There are ~7.4 gallons per cubic foot, so your pot is ~4.07 gallons. It's probably sold as a 4 gallon pot.
Edit: The value of ~7.4 gallons per cubic foot is for liquids, my mistake. For dry goods ~6.4 gallons per cubic foot, so your pot is actually ~3.52 gallons, in dirt measurements.
TommyHobby
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well.... we had fun with this one, didn't we !
HUSTLERBOY20
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ha ha math hurts my noggin lol...so many classes i just never took
thanks again..so i need a 3 foot plant then ha ha...grow biitch grooow
thanks again..so i need a 3 foot plant then ha ha...grow biitch grooow
TommyHobby
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you can actually grow a nice 48'' plant in there.... good luck dude
btw, 48 inches = 4 ft... i know THAT for sure... LOL
btw, 48 inches = 4 ft... i know THAT for sure... LOL
HUSTLERBOY20
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I hope that's what I come out with ...i need a bigger plant
like everything else, there's going to be a genetic factor to what the roots are going to want, but in general, the larger space you give them the better growth will be. I go up to 24" in 1 gallon, then I move to 5 gallon, and usually harvest at 36-48". If had more space I'd have them in 2-3 gallons after 14-16" and they would probably grow faster, but the space keeps them in 1's till they move to flower in 5 gallons.
