Pot Size vs. Growth and Mild Leaf curling

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JimmyJames88

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Hi everyone just a quick question. Will the size of my potter affect/halt the growth of my plant? Will it stunt the growth of the plant after it a certain point.

Right now I have a several week old plant in veg, one is in a big mop bucket with holes cut and is doing great, while the other is in a standard ice cream pale.

Both are dif strains from VSB Indoor Mix (El Cheapo 30 buck seeds)

Now as for the leaves curling this is happening on the bigger plant in the mop bucket, nothing too serious looking justsome of the notches around the rim of the leaf are curling slightly upwards, is this a sign the light is too close? I use 4 CFLs 23w 6500k lights rested a few inches above my plants.
 
kidmuffin

kidmuffin

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JimmyJames88 said:
Hi everyone just a quick question. Will the size of my potter affect/halt the growth of my plant? Will it stunt the growth of the plant after it a certain point.

Right now I have a several week old plant in veg, one is in a big mop bucket with holes cut and is doing great, while the other is in a standard ice cream pale.

Both are dif strains from VSB Indoor Mix (El Cheapo 30 buck seeds)

Now as for the leaves curling this is happening on the bigger plant in the mop bucket, nothing too serious looking justsome of the notches around the rim of the leaf are curling slightly upwards, is this a sign the light is too close? I use 4 CFLs 23w 6500k lights rested a few inches above my plants.
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i began my first grow using small 6" diameter pots and every leaf on the plant began to droop a month into the grow. they became severly rootbound and their grow was stunted. i transplanted them into huge pots and their growth exploded.

drooping leaves can be a sign of rootbound. the cfls being too close shouldn't be a problem.
 
Resident Kush

Resident Kush

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just check the roots when the soil seperates from the pot. Pull the plant out of the container, tap the roots, if any soil falls off, your fine. Rootbound plants you can literally use as a punching bag. But those pots your using would be big enough for the entire cycle no problem, unless your growing monsters.
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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Once roots begin to circle a pot the plants will become stressed. Bigger pot size is always better as long as you have the room for it. From what you said you are using you should be fine though.

I don’t thing your CFL’s are causing a heat problem but that is at best a guess. Put a thermometer right by the top of the plants and check the temp and see for sure but I think it is unlikely.

Drooping leaves can be a lack of water and it can be from being root bound, both can go together since water will run through a root bound pot and run out and not be retained and then can’t be sucked up by the plant, but again with the size of containers you are using I have to tend to think that isn’t the case.

You can pull the plant out of the container and if it is root bound all the soil will come with it since it will all be wrapped up tightly by the roots but one thing you might want to try is if you normally water from the top you can instead water from the bottom, fill your fill your run through/drain/tray with water and let it sit and it will suck it up from the bottom and if there is not enough soil to retain the moisture as your plants sucks up what is taken in the soil will then suck up more and if your plants then perk you up know that you have either under watered them or they are root bound or maybe both. After that you can decide what to do.
 
Resident Kush

Resident Kush

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watering from the bottom greatly increases the chance of root damage and potential drowning, not the ,ethod of choice.
If all the soil doesnt come out of the container, you risk root damage, and you will get transplantation shock, which will stunt growth for a few days. Check the roots when the soil seperates from the pot, until then there is no root bound. If the roots are soft and soil comes off, its fine, if its hard as a rock thick and white like a roll of string, AND you notice ill effects of your plant than transplants. Otherwise its a deficiency or some sort of problem caused by you.
 
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