Pot shape: deep or wide?

[obijohn]

That's what SHE said!

Anyway, getting ready to transplant from 2 gallon containers to 7. I have both options in the pics, does it matter? For context, I was having trouble in the 2 gallon pots with the bottom being heavy with moisture and top half dry, flirting with overwatering. I did get plastic deals with holes to set them on that raise the pots off the ground. I'll add photos in a few minutes..
Apparently I need to resize them

 

[Hollatchaboy]

That's what SHE said!

Anyway, getting ready to transplant from 2 gallon containers to 7. I have both options in the pics, does it matter? For context, I was having trouble in the 2 gallon pots with the bottom being heavy with moisture and top half dry, flirting with overwatering. I did get plastic deals with holes to set them on that raise the pots off the ground. I'll add photos in a few minutes..
Apparently I need to resize them

Wide for the win.

 

[obijohn]

Added pics. I always thought cannabis liked deep roots, but also that it doesn't matter, they go wherever

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Added pics. I always thought cannabis liked deep roots, but also that it doesn't matter, they go wherever

Deep is good to a point, but roots like to branch out horizontally too. Think of a soil bed.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

My ladies likes it deep, but my plants like it wide.

 

[xtsho]

I've used both styles and never noticed any difference with plant growth. If you're outside the wider pots don't fall over as easy as the deeper narrower ones.

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

Pyramid ... J/K... from another thread.

 

[xtsho]

Pyramid ... J/K... from another thread.

 

[calvin.m16]

Wide for me. I use 10 gallon pots but only fill them with around 1 cu/ft of coco. A wider root base seems better for aeration. I transplant from 3" pots to 2 gal then set the 2 gallon into a 10 gallon and fill until its at the top of the coco from the 2 gal..

 

[ProPheT 216]

I think deep for auto wide for photo

 

[Wizzlebiz]

I think deep for auto wide for photo

Elaborate

 

[Grojak]

I started with tall 5 gallons, because that’s what the shop I went to had, switched to wide 5’s and 7’s, never went back.

My bro science tells me that taller pots will get root bound quicker than wider pots.

 

[Horselover fat]

Wide, but within reason.

 

[Rocket Soul]

It depends on what you want regarding absorbing and retaining water.
The wider the bottom, the more you have to water to get run off: more water retainined. The more narrow the bottom section is (or if you have a wide pot with "spikes" in the bottom) the less of water the substrate will absorb and retain. This due to the perched water table found in the bottom of the pot. We did tests on a medium wide pot adding a 10 cm, substrate filled tailpipe: it could absorb 2/3ds of the water the regular shaped pot could. This helps if you want big pot size but more frequent watering.