Pot Size?

Swisher Sweet · Mar 20, 2012

This question usually leads to dissension but am looking for educated opinions. When vegging for 30-40 days I have noticed using a 5 gallon pot seams excessive. My rootmass barely uses any of the available space with the strains I grow. I have experimented with a pot as small as 2 gallons with great success without any root bound issues. Input?

Corso312 · Mar 20, 2012

what kind of light?..add some co2 and they will use that extra root space.

Swisher Sweet · Mar 20, 2012

2 400s and one 600.

Corso312 · Mar 20, 2012

why not top them and veg for an extra 2 weeks and they should fill out that 5 gallon pot..also co2 makes a big difference

209 Cali closet grower · Mar 20, 2012

I using 5 gallon grow pots(black ones), lol there really 4 gallon's though.

how big do you grow yours out?

Swisher Sweet · Mar 20, 2012

Good advice but if your schedule is locked in at 30-40 days veg doesn't it make good sense to go to 3 gallons and increase the space for more plants?

Swisher Sweet · Mar 20, 2012

209 Cali closet grower said:
I using 5 gallon grow pots(black ones), lol there really 4 gallon's though.

how big do you grow yours out?

My strains are about three feet.

209 Cali closet grower · Mar 20, 2012

well the saying is, for every month you grow add a gallon to the plant??So for you 3 gallons should work out good, for 3 months.

Gr0wGreen · Mar 21, 2012

your all wrong because it's different for everyone. i can have a 10 gallon root pot root bound in 4 weeks. use root beneficials like roots excelurator or greatwhite and your roots will triple in size. you'll see increased yields as well. the best dollar spent in a grow room is a dollar spent on beneficial bacteria and fungi.

3 months in a three gallon? that container wouldnt even hold a quart of water it would be so rootbound.

please stop getting all your facts from this website and realize the 90% of the users here talk out of their asses.

Swisher Sweet · Mar 21, 2012

Gr0wGreen said:
your all wrong because it's different for everyone. i can have a 10 gallon root pot root bound in 4 weeks. use root beneficials like roots excelurator or greatwhite and your roots will triple in size. you'll see increased yields as well. the best dollar spent in a grow room is a dollar spent on beneficial bacteria and fungi.

3 months in a three gallon? that container wouldnt even hold a quart of water it would be so rootbound.

please stop getting all your facts from this website and realize the 90% of the users here talk out of their asses.

Definitely a STRANGER! Everyone is different and yes there are many ways to chemically/organically increase your root mass and ya I like bigger yields but not at the expense of using pots that decrease my yield because I can grow more plants. I could fill a pot in two weeks if I polluted my product to the Nth degree. By the way this website is not necessarily how I glean knowledge but rather gain insight in others successes by trying different techniques/strategies. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

I hope this isn't my ass speaking!

Spell check!

Clonex · Mar 21, 2012

Gr0wGreen said:
your all wrong because it's different for everyone. i can have a 10 gallon root pot root bound in 4 weeks. use root beneficials like roots excelurator or greatwhite and your roots will triple in size. you'll see increased yields as well. the best dollar spent in a grow room is a dollar spent on beneficial bacteria and fungi.

3 months in a three gallon? that container wouldnt even hold a quart of water it would be so rootbound.

please stop getting all your facts from this website and realize the 90% of the users here talk out of their asses.

Big shot big mouth with 6 posts, Congrats :joint:

fatboyOGOF · Mar 21, 2012

Swisher Sweet said:
This question usually leads to dissension but am looking for educated opinions. When vegging for 30-40 days I have noticed using a 5 gallon pot seams excessive. My rootmass barely uses any of the available space with the strains I grow. I have experimented with a pot as small as 2 gallons with great success without any root bound issues. Input?

i repot once i place them into the flower room, so they're typically 60 days in the larger pots. when i started, i used 5 gallon buckets. after realizing how much dirt had no roots in it (all in the middle of the bucket), i went down to 3 gallon. these were perfect and much less soil to move about.

i'm now using smart pots and i'm experimenting with a 5 gallon to see how it fills out compared to the 3 gallons.

Gr0wGreen · Mar 21, 2012

Clonex said:
Big shot big mouth with 6 posts, Congrats

oh i'm sorry, i forgot that post count is directly related to how good you are at growing. yep i must be on the internet. show me you got better skills than me bro. otherwise keep circle jerking yourselves

Clonex · Mar 21, 2012

Gr0wGreen said:
oh i'm sorry, i forgot that post count is directly related to how good you are at growing. yep i must be on the internet. show me you got better skills than me bro. otherwise keep circle jerking yourselves

Nah it's just you could like "ease your way in" instead of guns blazing ,
Different size pot's work for different people with different strains in different grow areas,
I have no idea on the level of your "growing skills" are ,
But your attitude sucks,
Evening :joint:

Corso312 · Mar 21, 2012

has anyone ever made their own smart pots?..i have thought i could make my own using a heat gun and 5 gallon buckets..any thoughts?

Gr0wGreen · Mar 21, 2012

10 gal root pot - $6 why bother? i'm a firm believer in paying a little green for convenience and i keep my local hydro guys in buisness and employed

Korner420Garden · Mar 21, 2012

i like to use a small, medium and large pot. I have a tiny seedling pot until i can easily pull it out and put the whole root and soil mass into a medium pot to veg. then the same again into a 3 to 5 gallon (depending on how long i vegged) to flower. Doing this just right also eliminates transplant shock.

Swisher Sweet · Mar 21, 2012

Gr0wGreen said:
oh i'm sorry, i forgot that post count is directly related to how good you are at growing. yep i must be on the internet. show me you got better skills than me bro. otherwise keep circle jerking yourselves

I hope YOURSELVES includes me because the way it sounds is your sitten there by yourself doing the jerkin while were all getting some answers.

Swisher Sweet · Mar 21, 2012

Clonex said:
Nah it's just you could like "ease your way in" instead of guns blazing ,
Different size pot's work for different people with different strains in different grow areas,
I have no idea on the level of your "growing skills" are ,
But your attitude sucks,
Evening

Now this makes sense!

ohmy · Mar 21, 2012

I started with 3 gallon pots and will still use them for autos,but everything else now gets 18 gal totes

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