Fabric pot vs Plastic vs ??? Sizes?
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PrometheanLeaf
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Grow area size?
PrometheanLeaf
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Grow medium? Soil coco dwc ect
Soil
PrometheanLeaf
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What kind of soil will you be using, and will you be using supplimental nutrients?
Budzbuddha
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You need a 5-6 foot tall pot .........
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Budzbuddha
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3/5/7 typical sizes .... Home Depot / Lowe’s buckets also.
Airpots
Grow bags
Food grade buckets ( I get mine at donut store - they toss them sometimes )
Firehouse subs sell red buckets with lid for like $2 ( donation for fireman fund ) ... make excellent DWC
Walmart resusable blue bags work like smart pots
many options ...
Airpots
Grow bags
Food grade buckets ( I get mine at donut store - they toss them sometimes )
Firehouse subs sell red buckets with lid for like $2 ( donation for fireman fund ) ... make excellent DWC
Walmart resusable blue bags work like smart pots
many options ...
mustbetribbin
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If you want a large plant with large fan leaves, then you would be better off growing in something like an 18gal plastic storage container, then just make a hole on the side about an inch or 2 above the bottom, I put some plastic water sprinkler/plumbing connectors on mine, they just screw together and then I put a water hose gasket around the connector on the inside and just tighten them up.
If your growing in soil and want to grow a large healthy plant, it's best to go wide and somewhat deep, I'm using 27gal containers right now, and I'm wanting to DIY some painted wooden containers that would utilise double layer 6mil plastic sheeting inside, this way I could efficiently push my container size past 35gal in the 5x6 space I'm using, I haven't got around to building one just yet, but I do think it's a good idea if it's built well enough and can be tested to be leak proof beforehand, nice wide/deep heavy duty containers aren't easy to come by necessarily, so this may also be an option for someone who is able to do a little wooden design and what have you.
But what I have found is it's easier to keep a plant alive in mediocre soil in a larger container, than it is to grow a plant in super healthy rich soil and w/ too small of a container, especially if the main goal is for the plant to produce fully ripened fruit or flowers, that also includes allowing the plant to sprawl in order to exhibit the full characteristics and size that it is capable of expressing within its gene pool, a plant will tell you by the size of the leaves that it puts on that it likes the container that it's growing in, if you want large outdoor like grown fan leaves growing on your plant, you'll want to go with a sizable container, I'd say 25gal on upwards.
Even a 25gal runs out of space if the plant is allowed long enough period of vegative growth.
One issue with large containers is humidity, I've had to start covering the soil of my containers lately to hold in the moisture, and roots have begun to stick out from the top of the soil underneath the plastic, but this has been working for me lately I haven't had to worry about watering as often by using this method, because of less evaporation from a larger sized overall area of soil.
So just be aware larger total area of exposed soil will raise humidity levels to the growing area and may need to take extra measures as I have discovered in order to keep things more easily manageable.
Cheers.
Edit: I just wanted to be sure to also mention, with my current setup I'm geared towards mothering plants to make clones from, that's why I've decided upon the larger containers, plus when I get enough clones, send each mother into flower afterwards, but yes I do realize if i was just trying to get a few decent plants and harvestable buds within a decent time frame and tighter space, then maybe like 15gal would be also doable and more efficient, however I am also trying to keep my genetics to make seeds + breed with, so my concern was adequate environment and space first and foremost, the large wide container simulates actual Earth more than other containers do, least that's my theory on it. Thanks
If your growing in soil and want to grow a large healthy plant, it's best to go wide and somewhat deep, I'm using 27gal containers right now, and I'm wanting to DIY some painted wooden containers that would utilise double layer 6mil plastic sheeting inside, this way I could efficiently push my container size past 35gal in the 5x6 space I'm using, I haven't got around to building one just yet, but I do think it's a good idea if it's built well enough and can be tested to be leak proof beforehand, nice wide/deep heavy duty containers aren't easy to come by necessarily, so this may also be an option for someone who is able to do a little wooden design and what have you.
But what I have found is it's easier to keep a plant alive in mediocre soil in a larger container, than it is to grow a plant in super healthy rich soil and w/ too small of a container, especially if the main goal is for the plant to produce fully ripened fruit or flowers, that also includes allowing the plant to sprawl in order to exhibit the full characteristics and size that it is capable of expressing within its gene pool, a plant will tell you by the size of the leaves that it puts on that it likes the container that it's growing in, if you want large outdoor like grown fan leaves growing on your plant, you'll want to go with a sizable container, I'd say 25gal on upwards.
Even a 25gal runs out of space if the plant is allowed long enough period of vegative growth.
One issue with large containers is humidity, I've had to start covering the soil of my containers lately to hold in the moisture, and roots have begun to stick out from the top of the soil underneath the plastic, but this has been working for me lately I haven't had to worry about watering as often by using this method, because of less evaporation from a larger sized overall area of soil.
So just be aware larger total area of exposed soil will raise humidity levels to the growing area and may need to take extra measures as I have discovered in order to keep things more easily manageable.
Cheers.
Edit: I just wanted to be sure to also mention, with my current setup I'm geared towards mothering plants to make clones from, that's why I've decided upon the larger containers, plus when I get enough clones, send each mother into flower afterwards, but yes I do realize if i was just trying to get a few decent plants and harvestable buds within a decent time frame and tighter space, then maybe like 15gal would be also doable and more efficient, however I am also trying to keep my genetics to make seeds + breed with, so my concern was adequate environment and space first and foremost, the large wide container simulates actual Earth more than other containers do, least that's my theory on it. Thanks
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tiltswitch
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Just transplant them to a bigger pot whichever you choose, some prefer before some after a feed.if very root bound you can slash the roots with a clean blade to promote root mass in the new pot
That won't hurt them???
tiltswitch
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No it wont hurt them but you only need to do it when they are really pot bound , slash them that is, you don't have to do it they will be fine your just speeding up the growth when you do.