Deep or Wide Pots?

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A.k.a

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Six feeds a day??


Is there a bunch of super cropping on that beast or are the swollen spots natural??
 
go go kid

go go kid

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i se tree pots, tall pots as the plant sends down a tap root that requires a depth of soil, i use wider pots when i top up or the plants blow overin the wind outside. but i use tall pots tree pots when in growing in the tent as you have more space to turn the pots round when it comes to insoecting the plants
 
mudballs

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canadian said:
I read in last month HighTimes that the wider the Pot/growing bag is the more you yield you can make. If the roots stretch out wider and make a bigger network of roots the branches will stretch out as far as the root network goes. In one example with help from FIMing a person was able to get 10 pounds from 12 plants using the wider/shallower growing medium. I read it in HighTimes so i believe it has atleast some truth to it, but I'm no expert :s
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Jorge Cervantes is vocal often about only needing 18" deep soil for outdoor...indoor yeah we're boned and gotta make due within constraints...his gardens are shallow but wide beds
 
Southernontariogrower

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Waiakeauka said:
I am planning on using 10 gallon pots and found out that they have both deep or wide pots. Which type of pot would give me the greatest yield? The shallow but wide type or the narrow but long type?
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10g is 10g square makes no difference round makes no difference, what pot is on does. Eg. Soil roots will go through pot, deck you get root spaghetti. Cement dont know yet?
 
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55OG

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Waiakeauka said:
I am planning on using 10 gallon pots and found out that they have both deep or wide pots. Which type of pot would give me the greatest yield? The shallow but wide type or the narrow but long type?
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I think it all depends if you want shorter bushier plants then shorter pots mine are 5 gallon grow pots I cut down to be close to 3.5 gallon pots. My tent is just over 5 feet tall so I have to keep the height of plants shorter.
 
curious2garden

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55OG said:
I think it all depends if you want shorter bushier plants then shorter pots mine are 5 gallon grow pots I cut down to be close to 3.5 gallon pots. My tent is just over 5 feet tall so I have to keep the height of plants shorter.
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Wait, srsly, did you just say that the shape of your roots have an influence on the shape of your canopy?
 
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DoobieDoobs

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Northwood says that its better to have wider pots rather than deeper, something like that I remember.

edit: I mean I guess for a 10 - 20 gallon pot doesn't make that much difference. When I read that, he was talking about a 100 gallon bed.
 
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PadawanWarrior

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curious2garden said:
Wait, srsly, did you just say that the shape of your roots have an influence on the shape of your canopy?
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And if you put them in a rectangle planter box, they will grow into rectangles.

JK, but there is something to that. Wider pots grow wider plants untrained. At least in organic soil. Sure you can train a plant to be wide, but I'm talking untrained plants. I've noticed it myself. When I transplant the plant doesn't look like it's growing a whole lot at first since it focuses on the roots, but as soon as it reaches the sides it takes off and fills out the new pot. It first grows wider mostly, then taller. I don't know about coco though.
 
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