Outdoor pot sizes for finishing?

be ez

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• Jul 18, 2012

• #1

Ive got some plants that have been out since june first and are about 2' tall. Theyre in 3gallon pots now but what would the ideal pot size pot to transplant them into for finish by the end of september? Im using subcool super soil as far as nutes go.

 

drolove

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• Jul 18, 2012

• #2

you want about a gallon of soil for every foot of growth. i see people use 5 gallon buckets all the time without issues

 

St1cky1cky

Active Member

• Jul 18, 2012

• #3

Ive heard a gallon per month of the life of the plant. So I would probably transplant to a 5 or 10

 

drolove

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• Jul 18, 2012

• #4

yes ive heard this as well but plants grow at different rates so its hard to go by it that way. more is always better so if you can use 10 gallon i would.

 

be ez

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• Jul 18, 2012

• #5

Good stuff... for some reason my hydro shop only stocks up to 7 gallon pots but Ill definetly look for 10.

 

drolove

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• Jul 18, 2012

• #6

you can get pretty much any size you need. i see people growing in up to 100 gallon pots. the more room you give the roots the bigger the root system can grow, and the bigger the roots grow, the bigger the plant grows.

 

Kaendar

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• Jul 18, 2012

• #7

a 7 gallon pot should be sufficient.

 

St1cky1cky

Active Member

• Jul 18, 2012

• #8

drolove said:

you can get pretty much any size you need. i see people growing in up to 100 gallon pots. the more room you give the roots the bigger the root system can grow, and the bigger the roots grow, the bigger the plant grows.

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Damn, that is a big pot!! Might as well go in the ground?!?

 

drolove

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• Jul 18, 2012

• #9

lol ya you might as well. guess it still lets you move them if need be. i would use a trash can that has wheels at that point

 

thenewlink

Member

• Jul 18, 2012

• #10

i really need to know whats wrong with my plant i started using molasses aboujt 3 days ago and then left it outside not knowing that it was going to rain and the next day the leaves started getting crispy and so i would trim the bad part off the leaves that are rotting but it would only spread even the new grow on the buds started doing the same thing so i trimmed em and this is how it looks can anyone give me a clue as to whats wrong?

 

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Badmf

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• Jul 18, 2012

• #11

the Dr is tellling you right, better to have options as moving pots are hard w/o wheels. Don't forget drain holes.

 

St1cky1cky

Active Member

• Jul 18, 2012

• #12

I am showing preflowers, is it to late to transplant to a bigger pot??

 

drolove

Well-Known Member

• Jul 18, 2012

• #13

never too late for a transplant man. if you do it right there will be little to no stress. i like to water the soil down good and let it drain than just turn it upside down and pop the whole pot shaped root ball out and plant it in a bigger pot. that way there is no stress at all.