Smallest soil container that's feasible for SOG?

ourkansaw

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So I'm about to get started on a scrog grow that'll probably occupy most of my grow box for the next 100 days or so. However, I'm already thinking ahead to what I will be doing with this grow space going forward.

The downside of maintaining this as a scrog is I really can only have a single plant (or at most two plants) flowering at any given time. Since I like me some sativas, and I've picked one that people report sometimes going 70 to 90+ days of flowering (Dinafem Super Silver), I'm going to have pretty long gaps between harvests.

One idea I'm floating around is using 1-quart yogurt containers (something our household goes through at a high rate) for a perpetual SOG. I'm talking about these, essentially:

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I could even add the first 2 containers while my scrog is in place -- giving them a month or two lead time before harvesting the scrog -- and then add 2 more each month thereafter, giving me a 30-day gap between harvests. The source of new plants will be clones, which I'll be maintaining in a separate clone/mother chamber. I prefer to grow in soil, but might consider other mediums if something would work better here. I don't really want to get into hydro or aero or anything like that yet. I'd also like to be able to water no more than once a day, preferably every other day or so, though I might be convinced to automate the watering a little bit if more frequent watering is necessary for such a small container.

I've never tried flowering small plants, so I'm not sure how small is too small. Especially for a sativa that might need to be in that container for 100 days or so. Would a quart be too small? Yogurt is sold by weight, but I used a measuring cup to see how much water it holds, and it's about 33 or 34oz, so roughly a quart.

Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated!
 
Was thinking about doing something like this. I saw a guy was pulling 7 plants a week, 4 grams a plant. 21 grams a week ain't that bad. He was using solo cups too. Now red solo cup is the best receptical for BBQ's, tailgates, AND GROWING MARIJUANA
 
Was thinking about doing something like this. I saw a guy was pulling 7 plants a week, 4 grams a plant. 21 grams a week ain't that bad. He was using solo cups too. Now red solo cup is the best receptical for BBQ's, tailgates, AND GROWING MARIJUANA

Wow, was that with soil? I would never have guessed that a plant would survive through flowering in a 16 (or maybe even 12?) oz container without having serious problems. Though I imagine he was using an indica with a short flowering period, so it wouldn't be as ridiculous as trying to do that with a sativa like Super Silver.

Though if someone could manage solo cups, I imagine 1-quart containers are at least feasible.
 
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