What Size Hole For 1.5 Cubic Feet potting soil?

Just woundering if any one has experiance with digging a hole to fit 1.5 cubic feet of soil? Im thinking 3 feet wide by 2 feet deep. Is it better to go deep or wide?

How big of a hole for 1.5 cubic feet? I'm thinking right around 1.5 cubic feet....

it would be 18" by 18" by 18".9 gallons of soil is 1.5 cubic feet as well.

1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 or 2ftx2ftx9in deep.

chongsbuddy said:

it would be 18" by 18" by 18".9 gallons of soil is 1.5 cubic feet as well.

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7.5 gallons per cubic foot

mjizzle said:

Just woundering if any one has experiance with digging a hole to fit 1.5 cubic feet of soil? Im thinking 3 feet wide by 2 feet deep. Is it better to go deep or wide?

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IMHO I would go wide two feet deep you can reach your goals with a little tlc. Check out my threads they are all small wholes with pound plants.keepem green dirrtyd

its actually 9.6 gallons of dry soil,or 11.2 gallons of dry soil

wider is better

Adding to all the math above, potting soil is dry and fluffy. When you add water, it's going to re-consolidate and shrink 25-35% or more. Don't be surprised if the optimum hole size requires more than 1.5 cu. ft. of soil....sorry!

chongsbuddy said:

wider is better

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i dnt think its thaty cut n dry

look at any pics of successful big plant grows,the pot or smart pot is always wider than tall,usually abou 18" high and36" wide

Probably looking at needing at least 2 of those 1.5 cu ft bags to fill a hole that size. Maybe even more.

chongsbuddy said:

look at any pics of successful big plant grows,the pot or smart pot is always wider than tall,usually abou 18" high and36" wide

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im not saying that. im sayin theres more to it than just that, ppl have had great success growing in wide pots, and have had great success growing in deep pots. all im sayin is it not just as simple as, widers better and thats that, theres a lot more to it,

but when you can only go so much becuase you only want to use one bag... the question is what would you do go wider or go deeper. will the roots grow wider to get the nutrients.

id go wider with a bottomless pot or bag so the roots can still penetrate the ground

mjizzle said:

but when you can only go so much becuase you only want to use one bag... the question is what would you do go wider or go deeper. will the roots grow wider to get the nutrients.

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the roots will find ther way regardless, and root grow wide to get nutrient? no, roots grow any direction in search of water, ur soil dries. and the roots go in search good moist soil, now say ur growing in the ground. depending on where u are, ur plant or any plant really, may collect its best water content no more than a foot from the surface,or have to go deep in search of good soil, growing shouldnt be as strict and guidelined as much as eveyone makes it, be open minded,

Go figure it out............experience is the best teacher.