Jennygrows2
Member
Hi you guys,
I'm not new to growing but new to soilless medium. I've done some looking around for info on how much soil to use but it's never specific... I'm looking for gallons per square foot for growing indoors. For instance if someone was using nine 5 gallon pots in a 4x4 that would be 45 gallons/16ft = 2.8 gallons per foot, but I come up with different figures looking at different people's grows.
I'm also used to doing ebb/flow so I don't know a lot on the effect of a plant being root bound. Is the goal to have enough media so the plant never get's root bound, or just enough that it get's root bound in the final weeks of flowering?
If I start rooted clones in 3 gallon pots for a 1-2 week veg and transplant to 5 gallon pots going into 12/12 would that be a good plan? The footprint will vary between 15"x15" and 17"x17" per plant, so for the sake of argument assume all my plants will get 16"x16" grow space. I could start in 1 gallon pots, transplant to 3 and then 5, but I'd like to cut out the first pot if possible.
So that's basically three questions, if anyone can help that would be great.
Thanks!
I'm not new to growing but new to soilless medium. I've done some looking around for info on how much soil to use but it's never specific... I'm looking for gallons per square foot for growing indoors. For instance if someone was using nine 5 gallon pots in a 4x4 that would be 45 gallons/16ft = 2.8 gallons per foot, but I come up with different figures looking at different people's grows.
I'm also used to doing ebb/flow so I don't know a lot on the effect of a plant being root bound. Is the goal to have enough media so the plant never get's root bound, or just enough that it get's root bound in the final weeks of flowering?
If I start rooted clones in 3 gallon pots for a 1-2 week veg and transplant to 5 gallon pots going into 12/12 would that be a good plan? The footprint will vary between 15"x15" and 17"x17" per plant, so for the sake of argument assume all my plants will get 16"x16" grow space. I could start in 1 gallon pots, transplant to 3 and then 5, but I'd like to cut out the first pot if possible.
So that's basically three questions, if anyone can help that would be great.
Thanks!