Pot or no pot?

This spring im gonna plant some autos, about 20. I'm considering to plant the plants directly into the ground or put them in a 5 gal bucket. If I were to plant them in the ground would I feed them fertilizer the same way? FYI I'm on a budget of $300 including seeds and fertilizer.
 

chemphlegm

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Organicare=80 dollars, will take you through 2 maybe three seasons of this.
buckets provide more control and protection and options for placement/moving, purely a personal choice.
use slow release organic feed outdoors for best results. I know of no better than Organicare composted chicken shit.
 
Organicare=80 dollars, will take you through 2 maybe three seasons of this.
buckets provide more control and protection and options for placement/moving, purely a personal choice.
use slow release organic feed outdoors for best results. I know of no better than Organicare composted chicken shit.
I was watching a video about slow release fertilizer. I'm not sure which ones to buy. I don't want to have nitrogen burns.
 

chemphlegm

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be sure now, Organicare, amazon com, 80 dollars for fifty pounds, a real no brainer, follow directions on bag
indoor, in ground or out. I've never seen N burn in my rooms with that fertilizer following directions
 

SchmoeJoe

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This spring im gonna plant some autos, about 20. I'm considering to plant the plants directly into the ground or put them in a 5 gal bucket. If I were to plant them in the ground would I feed them fertilizer the same way? FYI I'm on a budget of $300 including seeds and fertilizer.
How much of that will be left for soil and amendments and/or fertilisers? I've always prefered planting in the biggest planting bed I can over using pots outside.
 

waterproof808

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With your budget, you would do better planting directly in ground and amending your native soil with some basic organic amendments or one of the numerous amendment blends.
I think you'd be pushing it trying to fill 20 decent sized pots with good soil and have enough money left over for seeds and nutrients. The benefit to pots is that you can move them when it rains and that can be extremely helpful in late flower.
 

SchmoeJoe

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With your budget, you would do better planting directly in ground and amending your native soil with some basic organic amendments or one of the numerous amendment blends.
I think you'd be pushing it trying to fill 20 decent sized pots with good soil and have enough money left over for seeds and nutrients. The benefit to pots is that you can move them when it rains and that can be extremely helpful in late flower.
Exactly where I'm coming from. You'll get a much bigger root system that way. As far the advantage of being able to move plants in late flower when they're in pots they were talking about autos so that probably wouldn't come into play.
 
Exactly where I'm coming from. You'll get a much bigger root system that way. As far the advantage of being able to move plants in late flower when they're in pots they were talking about autos so that probably wouldn't come into play.
Ya I agree. I've decided I'm just gonna put them into the ground and add some different soil and nutrients.
 
With your budget, you would do better planting directly in ground and amending your native soil with some basic organic amendments or one of the numerous amendment blends.
I think you'd be pushing it trying to fill 20 decent sized pots with good soil and have enough money left over for seeds and nutrients. The benefit to pots is that you can move them when it rains and that can be extremely helpful in late flower.
Yea just the pots alone are like 80$ for 20.
 

too larry

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OP, plastic pots can be found at most nurseries. Often for free. For autos, 3 or 5 gallons would be big enough. Sink the pots flush with the ground. Plant directly into the pots. Good luck
 
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