outdoor growing! pots vs ground?

[chunkymonkey]

alright so i have 24 plants in styrofoam cups right now, they're about a inch tall right now but they've only recently grown and have just been through a traumatizing transplant from a big pot, ok now me and a few friends have this field we're going to plant at, anyone have any good ideas? i was wondering, since i hear that the quality of weed goes down when you plant them close together in the ground(roots get tangled) should i plant it in the ground or in like 5gallon buckets? i want to get big yields out of these plants so i dont know what to do, i would say the area we are going to plant it in is about 12ft X 18ft, i was thinking i should plant some of the bigger ones in the ground and the runts in the 5 gallon buckets, so can someone give me some light on my problem? can i plant them all in the ground? how far apart should they be from eachother? how much wiill i produce once they start budding in a few months (sept/oct?)

ok now for another big line of questions hah

should i build a transparant shed of some sort? i was thinking about doing a wood frame and covering it with chicken wire and translucent plastic wrapping, should i do this? or what should i do?!!? give me some ideas, this is my first grow and im hoping to get as much bud as i can out of the 24 plants that have sprouted, ill be sure to get a pic on here soon, maybe a few days of my set up and plants

[Ace7644]

yeah id just keep them in the 5 gallon buckets if you have that many plants in that amount or space but make sure you burry the buckets so they arnt sticking out of the ground becuase people could see them, as for the shed, too much unwanted attention would come from that man so i say forget it

[fighters2]

you should go with the 5 gl. buckets and if u can tell/see roots are tryin to reach further id transplant in the ground. you can get more yeild if the roots have more space.

[topyboy77]

HI.I seeded my plants indoor on 1-st may and moved them outdoor on 5 june the soil's PH is between 5.0-6.0. I tried to lift this PH with (CaCO.3).Then I fertilised the soil with (NH.4NO.3)-(3 kilogrammes per 100 M2).
Do you have any idea what amount of (NH.4NO.3) I shoued put in thes 100M2 and how often.I woued also want to know what amount of phosphorus per 100M2 I should put when the flowering period comes and when exaltly to start fertilising my plants with it and how often.Is it harmful for my plants to fertilise them with(CaCO.3) when I have put them outdoors?
it is good for my plants to fertilise them with the my nutrients(I have picture of them in my album-HESI) by spraying them on the leaves? THANKS !
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[tetrahydrocanna]

Originally Posted by chunkymonkey

alright so i have 24 plants in styrofoam cups right now,

plant them into the ground....trust me..

[gonnagrow]

I agree in the ground as well. Bigger bucket = bigger yield . . . the earth = the biggest bucket lol.

Gg

[IGotTheCottons]

See the above 2 posts? Listen to them! They know what they're talkin about. Just give them some space. For the most part, roots go down, so if you space them out enough, you won't have a problem with the roots getting tangled.