starting seeds in 1 gallon pot? thanks.
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Silky Shagsalot
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yes, but i suggest starting in even smaller. i start seeds in no more than a couple cup container. takes less time to water/feed/etc...
budalushious
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You would be better off starting in a party cup or small pot. There is less chance of overwatering.
tip top toker
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I never had an issue whatsoever starting seeds in their final homes.
Silky Shagsalot
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you can do it tip top, but why waste all that feed on medium with no roots in it? to me it's a matter of being cheap, lol!!! i'm cheap!
Serapis
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To each his own, but I don't see how starting a tiny seed in a gallon container is efficient. If it were, major greenhouses supplying Lowes and the Depot would be doing it. They are all plants afterall. It takes a minute to transplant and if you do it right, the plant doesn't suffer any shock. I have shuffled enough pots to know this. Plus, how do bigger pots make it faster? Now you have 10 seedlings taking up more than 2 square feet? You have to light that space and not all of the plants will be female, some will be weak, etc... seems a perfect waste to me. I suppose those that start seeds in a one gallon container also use a 1000 watt HID on their seedlings as well? Brilliant.. 
Silky Shagsalot
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^^^lol^^^ true serapis
tip top toker
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I didn't waste any feed. By the time i was feeding them they were already making good use of their sapce, and when i have a small plant in a big pot, i don't bother watering for runoff, i just water as i feel apropriate. Furthermore, if you do water to runoff with a batch with nutrients, that water will be retained in the soils, if the roots are not drinking them it is not immediately wasted. The roots will then grow out and find this water and the nutrients.
I do(did) it for pure conveneience.
I do(did) it for pure conveneience.
medicalmaryjane
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I had mine in a 3gallon and it was outgrowing it by the time it was pre-flowering. Most people seem to flower their plants when they are much smaller but I let mine grow quite large. It was 2 feet when it got preflowers. I think it depends how large you intend to let her get when you put her in 12/12.
The peope who say it's a waste of nutes are doing thing differently than I did, I used soil with nutes and didn't use any food in the water until she was 3 months old.
mine is an outdoor plant.
The peope who say it's a waste of nutes are doing thing differently than I did, I used soil with nutes and didn't use any food in the water until she was 3 months old.
mine is an outdoor plant.
