what size buckets should i use in a greenhouse?

4saigon

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I have plans on building a greenhouse, space is not an issue, the ceilings start at around 11 feet and peaks at around 15+ so height is not an issue either. I was wondering what size containers do you think would be optimium? I will be starting from seed and have them transplanted outdoors in the greenhouse when there about 4 feet tall in late april. What do you think? how big of buckets do you think would be optimum? i want the most potential. 20 gallons? 30? 50???
 

Brick Top

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How long is your growing season? How many months overall? Will you make the very most of it? How long will you be able to veg your plants?
 

4saigon

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well i will be bringing them into the greenhouse late april. I plan on sprouting the seeds in febuary. so from seed germination and to get to a good clone size maybe another 3-4 weeks.... outdoor harvest is ussually late september- october. they will be put in the greenhouse late april... so 6-7 months from transplant into greenhouse from indoors. so it would be an additional maybe 2 months of vegging, so maybe 6 or 7 months of straight vegging... so you have a decent idea that they will need LARGE containers.. hope this helps.
 

4saigon

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thanks. well we might not pour a cement flooring in. Its cleaner and nicer, but expensive. If we don't we will take a small bobcat backhoe and dig trenches and fill them with topsoil blend. I personally think the yield will be much larger this way, easily have 70+ gallon trench holes filled with the topsoil blend.
 
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