Does pot size matter?

I am looking to plant two plants in one 3 gallon container but will that do for a decent yield or instead go to a 5 gallon and i am trying to keep my plants at three feet tops?

You do not want to put 2 plants in one pot, unless you have some sort of divider.

Your roots will get tangled. leafs will die, leading to your whole plant eventually dieing.

You generally want 1 gallon for every 1 Foot of height.

Messsa said:

why are you puting two plants in one pot... in my experience size mattered but 3 gal should be good

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Keeping the grow in a cabinet that is only big enough for two pot containers but i want more than two plants.

seejay said:

You do not want to put 2 plants in one pot, unless you have some sort of divider.

Your roots will get tangled. leafs will die, leading to your whole plant eventually dieing.

You generally want 1 gallon for every 1 Foot of height.

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I thought some plants were good for a sea of green meaning packed closely together. if i plant one plant in a 5 gallon will it give me a good yield plus i am only vegging for like four weeks thats why i said to plant another in the same pot to double yield.

duke23 said:

Keeping the grow in a cabinet that is only big enough for two pot containers but i want more than two plants.

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what are ur dimensions?

have u thought about a grow bed for the entire space? it would solve ure problem.

what strain are u attempting to grow in a smal area?

and yes size matters, hers one in a 3 gal pot on the far right, it was toped at the six node. the one on the far left was toped the same but in a fifteen gal

kremnon said:

what are ur dimensions?

have u thought about a grow bed for the entire space? it would solve ure problem.

what strain are u attempting to grow in a smal area?

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42-36-18 h-w-d

Whats a grow bed?

duke23 said:

42-36-18 h-w-d

Whats a grow bed?

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you would have say a box 36 x 18 x 18 filled with ur premium soil mix, on top of a burlap or felt over a layer of volcanic rock about 2",in ea corner u would have a pvc pipe al the way down to the rock layer for air flow.

kremnon said:

what are ur dimensions?

have u thought about a grow bed for the entire space? it would solve ure problem.

what strain are u attempting to grow in a smal area?

and yes size matters, hers one in a 3 gal pot on the far right, it was toped at the six node. the one on the far left was toped the same but in a fifteen gal

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righteous plants man

kremnon said:

and yes size matters, hers one in a 3 gal pot on the far right, it was toped at the six node. the one on the far left was toped the same but in a fifteen gal

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Thats a good example. I use 15gal pots and I couldnt imagine growing the same size trees in a smaller pot. The roots would just fill it right up very quickly.


Why do you want to grow more than 2 plants? You could get the same yield from 2 plants instead of 4 in the same size area. More plants does not necessarily mean bigger yields.

M Blaze said:

Thats a good example. I use 15gal pots and I couldnt imagine growing the same size trees in a smaller pot. The roots would just fill it right up very quickly.


Why do you want to grow more than 2 plants? You could get the same yield from 2 plants instead of 4 in the same size area. More plants does not necessarily mean bigger yields.

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You have a point there but you know i just figured more plants more yield for the small space i am given to grow but thnaks for examples and info.

kremnon said:

what are ur dimensions?

have u thought about a grow bed for the entire space? it would solve ure problem.

what strain are u attempting to grow in a smal area?

and yes size matters, hers one in a 3 gal pot on the far right, it was toped at the six node. the one on the far left was toped the same but in a fifteen gal

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Dude! are you sure about size of your containers? Far right LOOKS like about 1 gallon & far left LOOKS like 5 gallon.
Not trying to be a pickey-ass here, but in this case accuracy does matter, as you will get very different sized plants between a 5 and 15 gallon container. Good luck & good grow.........BB

Those are nursery pots not 5 gallon buckets so if your thinking in regards to the size of a 5 gallon bucket it will throw you. you have to know nursery size pots to make a real life size judgem,ent but his thought is clearly displayed with the picture of different sized pots

I agree with the other poster, just use some techniques to get a better yield off one plant...top her, fim her and suppercrop!

one plant per container

Peace

FilthyFletch said:

Those are nursery pots not 5 gallon buckets so if your thinking in regards to the size of a 5 gallon bucket it will throw you. you have to know nursery size pots to make a real life size judgem,ent but his thought is clearly displayed with the picture of different sized pots

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O.K. Filthy, call them buckets or nursery containers, it's only semantics, but by golly i'm pretty damn sure that the "container" on the right would have a capacity of approx. 1 gallon of soil & the one on the left would hold approx. 5 gallons of growing medium. I base my conclusions on the relative size of background items. ie: the brick in walkway, what appears to be a 5 gallon "bucket" to the left of the refrigerator, & the hanging tomato thingy. anyway.......
Good luck & good grow...........BB

Those look like outdoor plants anyway and will almost always be bigger than an indoor plant. But yea size does matter but space does to. I only mess with 1gal pots but if I had a bigger room dedicated to my plants I'd have them all in 5 gal buckets with 600 watt hps all over the fucking room. Ahhh only a couple more months

well the pots right up front are probablly one gallon pots yeah thats a 5 gallon buckert on the fridge and the pots the bigger plants are in and just about twice the height of the b ig potrs and almost twice as wide.. To me as a grower there is definately a difference in a bucket and a pot but thats just me and then when you go to larger nursery pots they get way bigger them 5 gallon buckets o i wanted to just make sure that was know as the pot the plants are in are way bigger then 5 gallons and thats easy to tell just by a quick glance at the picture. Call them what you will but your guess to size is pretty far off. The pot on the far right is an obvious 3 gallon pot and using that you can see 5 of those wopuld fill the bigger pots which are 15 gallon pots. Either way Bigger pot bigger root balll bigger yields

If your grow space is 42x36x18, wouldn`t 8 pots 9x9 inches by 12 inches deep with untopped plants give the best use of space? And you wouldn`t even have to veg for a month then, if using clones. I`m still learning too, but I assume my idea would yeild at least 1 and a half ounce, right? How much could be yeilded from one plant in a 5 gallon bucket with 42" overall height?

FastLane said:

? How much could be yeilded from one plant in a 5 gallon bucket with 42" overall height?

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I assume a 3 or 5 gallon container not bucket since they are bigger would do for me. i wonder if between a 3 or 5 would make a difference in yield plus i only plan to veg for a month to control height and its an indica sativa hybrid...

seejay said:

You do not want to put 2 plants in one pot, unless you have some sort of divider.

Your roots will get tangled. leafs will die, leading to your whole plant eventually dieing.

You generally want 1 gallon for every 1 Foot of height.

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Hey Seejay, I would question your statement regarding "double potting". The pix below show 2 of my Diesel clones sharing a container. No leaves falling off, no root tangle, (that i'm aware of!) and definitely, NOT dying! They were tubbed
6-4-09 and they 6 footers now. They ARE a little "wimpy" looking, but that's because of space issues in my grow area.
I wish you good luck & good grow.........BB

Yes the rule is one plant per pot due to fighting for food and room. it will show mostly in yield as the plants deplete the smaller area of food and steal water from each other. The yield and potency will show greatly as a single plant would have yielded much better. Unless you get into the larger 30 gallon plus containers then 2 is ok but they still crowd each other