shinedog
Active Member
So, I've been running soil for some time now. I typically use 5 gallon buckets for each of my plants. Traditionally, I let each plant veg for a few weeks before moving them into flowering. Recently, I've decided to try more of a SOG method with soil. I'm taking my clones, rooting them and within a matter of days they are moved into flowering.
Since I only had my 5 gallon pots to begin with I started in this manner. From what I can tell my 5 gallon pots are going to end up being larger plants than my 1 gallon plants. However, I can get a lot more 1 gallon plants under the lights as opposed to 5 gallon pots. For obvious reasons. I imagine the reason for my 5 gallon plants growing larger is due to the area they have to develop roots. Understanding this would probably be the case I've been looking for a solution. It stands to reason that my issue is not vertical space as much as floor space, so I need pots that still have more area for roots to grow but actually have a small diameter (tall skinny pots). In my search I came across this site for pots.
http://www.stuewe.com/products/treepots.html.
Am i correct in my assumption that a larger pot volume wise should allow the plant to grow larger, hence bigger buds? Also, would it stand to reason that a smaller diameter plant would allow me to run my plants closer together in more of a SOG format? Has anyone else tried this technique with success? Does anyone else have a better supplier for pots of this type?
Thanks in advance for any info
Since I only had my 5 gallon pots to begin with I started in this manner. From what I can tell my 5 gallon pots are going to end up being larger plants than my 1 gallon plants. However, I can get a lot more 1 gallon plants under the lights as opposed to 5 gallon pots. For obvious reasons. I imagine the reason for my 5 gallon plants growing larger is due to the area they have to develop roots. Understanding this would probably be the case I've been looking for a solution. It stands to reason that my issue is not vertical space as much as floor space, so I need pots that still have more area for roots to grow but actually have a small diameter (tall skinny pots). In my search I came across this site for pots.
http://www.stuewe.com/products/treepots.html.
Am i correct in my assumption that a larger pot volume wise should allow the plant to grow larger, hence bigger buds? Also, would it stand to reason that a smaller diameter plant would allow me to run my plants closer together in more of a SOG format? Has anyone else tried this technique with success? Does anyone else have a better supplier for pots of this type?
Thanks in advance for any info