Potsize for flowering.

Also consider air pruning with drilling holes in the pot and putting landscaping fabric in the pot. You can find threads on how to make the pots if you havent already seen them.
OH and i go with 5 gallon pots.
 
I use 3 gal square pots for flowering, after about 6 weeks of vegging in a 1.5 gal pot. You can flower in one gal pots, just don't veg past 3-4 weeks. The worst thing you can do is get half way into flower and have root lock. Always consider potting up before flowering.
 
Serapis said:
I use 3 gal square pots for flowering, after about 6 weeks of vegging in a 1.5 gal pot. You can flower in one gal pots, just don't veg past 3-4 weeks. The worst thing you can do is get half way into flower and have root lock. Always consider potting up before flowering.
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This is the best advice I,ve heard yet for dirt farmers! Transplant into proven soil when your done veggin'. I don't grow in dirt anymore, but I can see a multitude of problems you will avoid if you incorporate this into your seed grow.
 
imagine the roots cant stretch out any further so as a result the roots starts wrapping around into themselves like a tangled ball of string, it means the root cant grow properly, get to food/water and also means they can remain damp resulting in them beggining to rot. not good.
 
as for pot size, i start my seedlings in little 8oz pots(this is so i can fit thim in my heated propagator), within 2 weeks there moved to 32oz pots, that lasts around another 2/3 weeks and then finally into 4 gallon pots. bigger the pot, bigger the root, bigger the plant. thats my theory anyway.
 
dura72 said:
as for pot size, i start my seedlings in little 8oz pots(this is so i can fit thim in my heated propagator), within 2 weeks there moved to 32oz pots, that lasts around another 2/3 weeks and then finally into 4 gallon pots. bigger the pot, bigger the root, bigger the plant. thats my theory anyway.
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If done properly, potplants love being transplanted as long as you keep to a proper schedule. Fresh dirt is the best dirt for a potplant. I have often heard farmers complain about weeds and what they don't like about them is they strip the soil and leave it acidic.
 
Ofc a plant will EAT everything int he soil , so if you keep it in that soil , well , its nice that your giving it some N/P/K but its just eating that to survive and not having its basic food in the soil

thats why its good to change soil's , new none touched stuff! :)
 
You don't need to up-size it you feed and water correctly. Check out a picture from Fdd's outdoor:

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I personally use 5 gallons for flowering. I veg in 1 gallon.
 
phyzix said:
You don't need to up-size it you feed and water correctly. Check out a picture from Fdd's outdoor:

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I personally use 5 gallons for flowering. I veg in 1 gallon.
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This is true you don't always need bigger pots however you risk getting root bound growth can slow...unless you know what your doing like fdd I would suggest following the basic rule 1gal soil to every foot...and yeah awesome pic thanks for sharing
 
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