I've read to only use 1 gallon pots or less then saw someone pullin a pound off a 10 gallon container. I personally want to use 7 gallon smart pots as my finishing pot but wanted to know what you guys thought?
Ive pulled over a lb off a 15 gallon, which was still probably to big. My friend just claimed to get a lb from 7gallon, i believe it.
Good to see people having success with larger pots. There seems to be soooo many different opinions on how to use coco. Every site has different opinions. My current run is with 3 gallon smart pots and things are going great! I did about a 6 week veg without training and on my 3rd week of flower. I see the roots growing through the pot alot so I want to go with a bigger pot next run plus more veg time and more training. I've just read that using a bigger pot is a waste. Then other threads ive read suggests a bigger pot allowing to to miss a day or two of watering vs the daily watering I'm doing right now.
Really just depends on how you want to grow..small pots are great when watered several times a day with hydro like results and large pots work well if you dont want to water as frequently
Thanks for the input Tizzy. I'd like to water more heavily less frequently but my main drive for the bigger pots was the bigger roots bigger fruits idea. I feel with the smaller pots there's a ton of root mass with little room and a bigger pot might help the roots breath more. Im a big believer in o2 to the root zone. Thats why im going with smart pots and also mix in perlite with the coco. Great results so far with just 3 gallon pots but like I said, I used a shorter veg time and little to no training. Plan to use alot of training with less plants and more veg time along with bigger pots.
3 gal or less- too small for roots, thus too small for canopy 5 gal - not too much room to be expected to fill in a short cycle, but not too little that it gets filled easily. 7 gal or bigger - hard space to fill unless you veg for a long time if you are UNSURE just go with five. if you have a small grow go with 3. if you are planning to long-term veg monster plants, go with 7. if you are using autofem seeds, look for a smaller, but taller container, as the autofems will begin flowering when the root shoot hits the bottom of the container. you can also use a second container with no bottom, like a tall styrofoam cup, to jack the plant up another 4-8 inches over the container. so, this 5 gallon 15.5" tall bag would be GREAT for autofems http://htgsupply.com/Product-5-Gallon-Grow-Bags, or this 3 gallon 13.5" tall bag with a styrofoam cup ontop raising the plant another 2-4inches would be great for smaller, faster growing autofems. http://htgsupply.com/Product-3-Gallon-Grow-Bags whereas this 10 gallon 14.5" tall bag would be better for a photoperiod plant that is vegged for 6-8 weeks under high powered veg lighting. http://htgsupply.com/Product-10-Gallon-Grow-Bags
pulling off a pound from a 10 gallon pot is harder than using a 20 gallon pot. to pull a pound from a ten gallon you would have to veg a little longer, lst, top, fim, scrog etc. with a 20 gallon you can just top lightly about every 4 feedings. after 2 and a half weeks you'll have that perfect upside down pyramid shape
These are 15 gal pots and I'm averaging a lb or more vs 8 oz's in a 3-5 gallon pot. I wouldn't waste my time adding Perilite tho maybe knat nix to keep the knats down. Sorry coco is another medium in itself and needs nothing to keep it areated expecially how fast it sucks nutes up
Nice! How are you providing support? I didn't see bamboo stakes in the pic. Those things are nba players lol
I pull 1.75 to 2.5 per plant, low plant count, 10 gal pots in str8 botanicare cocogro mixed with perilite, 12 lights per 5 plants. Harvest every 6 days 1 plant, with 24 plant total in the building. Caged out with 6 foot by 6 foot bamboo.