Rule of thumb for container size.

Civil.Dis0bedience

Civil.Dis0bedience

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It is one gallon per month after tranplant correct? If i transplant a plant from 1 gallon to 3 gallon, then flower, will the 3 gallon be larger enough for the full flower period? I was planning on using 5 gallon grow bags, i transplanted two plants then realized i made a dumb mistake and didnt take in consideration how tall these 5 gallon grow bags are. So now my options are too either go with 3 gallons or take apart my hole box to give the plants more height. Idk some input would be appreciated. Thanks for your help as usual.
 
I run 3 gallon pots in a 2x4 tent. I have seen 4 foot plants in cups. In a tent 3 gal. should be good. Any grow bigger than that why not go with a bigger pot?
 
I would say use the biggest you can I guess. I read somewhere one time that roots are important I dont know though could be BS.
 
you could always control the plants height to give you some room for those 5 gallon bags too. while 3 gallons would work bigger is better in this case, i see a good jump of growth once i take them from the 3 gallons to the 5 gallons. its not an instant thing but you'll notice it soon after transplant. if you wanted you could always go ahead and leave some plants in the 3 gallon and then compare them to the ones transplanted to the 5 gallon pots in a week or two after.
 
your asking what is the rule of thumb for container size ,

simple answer for that i would say is 1 gallon per foot , ( not month ) ,

you should be fine with 3 gallons ,

but if its no problem for you to go with 5 gallons then i believe that would be your best bet ,

you will have plenty of room for your roots with the 5 gallon ...
 
Spanishfly said:
When I used a 65 gallon Smartpot I found that did not work.
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65 gallon ( wow dude )

im sorry i dont understand this ,

but how can you tell with that amount ?

it seems like with 65 gallons you could grow a huge massive plant ,

dont get me wrong , ( I AM NOT DOUBTING YOU IN ANY WAY )

im a simple small grower ,

iv never grown in no more then a 5 gallon ,

so obviously 65 gallons is a little amazing for me lol ..
 
I found the roots did not actually fill that size container, so it was a bit of a waste - this year I am back to my old faithful 50 litre containers, with excellent results.
 
Spanishfly said:
- this year I am back to my old faithful 50 litre containers, with excellent results.
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what sizes are you getting out of 50L ?

50L is roughly 13 gallons right ?

im gonna do 10+ gallons outdoors next growing season

its like a day or 2 away from the beginning of fall here in N.C

im hoping to have a lot bigger plants then what i normally grow next time ...
 
First off very nice plant Spanishfly.:hump:
Growing in containers can be a little tricky when starting off to get the best results available. What I have found not just with my babies but with plants in general and I grow a vast variety here, is that by stepping the plants up a few times during the grow you can obtain a more massive rootball.
By starting out in smaller pots and allowing the roots to fill the pot using all the available soil you will develop a dense root ball. Stepping up to a bigger size (I go from germ cube to 20 oz starter pot, to one gallon, to 3 gallon and sometimes again to 5 gallon depending on flowering lengths) your roots are stimulated by placing them in the bigger pot. These too will totally engulf the new soil and use it up.
I am organic grower and use good soil to do this with, but the end result has always been a very good root system without the need to constantly feed the babies additional nutes. Here again just my two cents and the way I grow.
Happy Growing:joint:
 
canefan said:
First off very nice plant Spanishfly.:hump:
Growing in containers can be a little tricky when starting off to get the best results available. What I have found not just with my babies but with plants in general and I grow a vast variety here, is that by stepping the plants up a few times during the grow you can obtain a more massive rootball.
By starting out in smaller pots and allowing the roots to fill the pot using all the available soil you will develop a dense root ball. Stepping up to a bigger size (I go from germ cube to 20 oz starter pot, to one gallon, to 3 gallon and sometimes again to 5 gallon depending on flowering lengths) your roots are stimulated by placing them in the bigger pot. These too will totally engulf the new soil and use it up.
I am organic grower and use good soil to do this with, but the end result has always been a very good root system without the need to constantly feed the babies additional nutes. Here again just my two cents and the way I grow.
Happy Growing:joint:
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i do the same thing ,

i will start in a jiffy pellet , or a small cup

and let it build up healthy roots , then i will transplant into a bigger container and let the roots form more ,

then i will transplant one last time into the pot im going to flower in ...
 
I go from a 5 litre pot to a 50 litre pot - get 50 litres of root. Because you have then all root and NO soil you have to give the girls nutes in the last couple of weeks.

Forget that ´flushing´nonsense - that is a fiction - do tomato growers or lettuce or potato growers ´flush´ their plants??? Course they bloody don´t. Can you taste horse shit?? A definite NO.
 
yea i went with the 5 gallons, just got done transplanting them. Took me forevverrrr to transplant 24 plants into 5 gallons. def plan to convert to hydro next summer.
 
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