Are my pots big enough?

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KukoKush

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this is my first grow. I want to know if my pots are good enough to be a final pot for a 12/12 from seed. I only want my plants to be about a foot tall. I using a combo of FFOF and Fox Farms Happy Frog with 20% perlite. Not using any nutes because I added some organics to the mix. I only have 4 2700k 13 watt cfls right now, trying to convert a small bit of closet.

Any help would be appreciated.

edit: sorry for the small pics, its hard to upload via an iPad

So I remembered I had a gallon of soil so these are half gallons. (About 2 liters)
 

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BurlingtonBam

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Is that a joke? Aren't they in little plastic cups there? Definitely not enough for the roots if that's what it is.


KukoKush said:
this is my first grow. I want to know if my pots are good enough to be a final pot for a 12/12 from seed. I only want my plants to be about a foot tall. I using a combo of FFOF and Fox Farms Happy Frog with 20% perlite. Not using any nutes because I added some organics to the mix. I only have 4 2700k 13 watt cfls right now, trying to convert a small bit of closet.

Any help would be appreciated.
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KukoKush

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Lol those aren't cups. They are just some random white plastic pots I found in my closet. Maybe I should get a close up lol. But it's my babies sleep time so will have to get it tomorrow :/

edit: wait, I had a gallon of soil. These are half gallons then.

(for you metric folks that's about 2 liters)
 
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imchucky666

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KukoKush said:
this is my first grow. I want to know if my pots are good enough to be a final pot for a 12/12 from seed. I only want my plants to be about a foot tall. I using a combo of FFOF and Fox Farms Happy Frog with 20% perlite. Not using any nutes because I added some organics to the mix. I only have 4 2700k 13 watt cfls right now, trying to convert a small bit of closet.

Any help would be appreciated.

edit: sorry for the small pics, its hard to upload via an iPad

So I remembered I had a gallon of soil so these are half gallons. (About 2 liters)
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THANKYOU.
Finally someone who uses standard measurements LOL
Personally even though you only want about a foot, I would go with 2 gal. buckets just to be on the safe side so your roots don't run out of room late in the game.
2 gal. plastic buckets easy enough to get for free from the bakery at your local grocery (Kroger, Wal Mart etc.) - they use them for cake frosting.
 
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Coho

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I'd use a minimum of a gallon. Smallest I use is 3 largest 5. 3x3 tent. Mine aren't lollipopped and not autos.
 
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KukoKush

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imchucky666 said:
THANKYOU.
Finally someone who uses standard measurements LOL
Personally even though you only want about a foot, I would go with 2 gal. buckets just to be on the safe side so your roots don't run out of room late in the game.
2 gal. plastic buckets easy enough to get for free from the bakery at your local grocery (Kroger, Wal Mart etc.) - they use them for cake frosting.
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sounds like a great plan for tomorrow. Thank you for the heads up. Pretty sure they would throw it away anyhow so why not ask? :D

and as for the use of standard units, I have an app for that! I saw how many people were using it, and instead of learning what the conversions were, i just downloaded an app :D

Edit: Nevermind, I WILL learn it, in case of a zombie apocalypse. :)
 
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ItsSaturday

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KukoKush said:
this is my first grow. I want to know if my pots are good enough to be a final pot for a 12/12 from seed. I only want my plants to be about a foot tall. I using a combo of FFOF and Fox Farms Happy Frog with 20% perlite. Not using any nutes because I added some organics to the mix. I only have 4 2700k 13 watt cfls right now, trying to convert a small bit of closet.

Any help would be appreciated.

edit: sorry for the small pics, its hard to upload via an iPad

So I remembered I had a gallon of soil so these are half gallons. (About 2 liters)
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I would go with at least 1 to 2 gallons of medium per foot of desired or expected height... don't forget they stretch. If you wan't them 1 foot tall you better flower before they hit 6 inches lol.
 
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KukoKush

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ItsSaturday said:
I would go with at least 1 to 2 gallons of medium per foot of desired or expected height... don't forget they stretch. If you wan't them 1 foot tall you better flower before they hit 6 inches lol.
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Lol I'm doing 12/12 from seed so they won't get that tall. And thank you for the easy ratio guide.
 
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