Waiakeauka
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Which would you use for your outdoor grow, 20 gallon pots or 20 gallon garbage can? The pot is wider and the garbage can is deeper. Which one would you choose?
20 gallon pot or 20 gallon garbage can?
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bobbyhopefeild
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the roots tend to go down more then to the side, go with the garbage can, i should imagine its probly cheaper too
rzza
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^^^^^^^^^^
bobbyhopefeild
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thats not true, a wide pot does not equal a wide plant, the shape of the plant depends on strain not how roots grow unless you mean when a plant gets rootbound and grows upwards not outwards, which is it being rootbound, a plant rootbound in a wide but not tall pot will still grow upwards regardless
Waiakeauka
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Is the grow bag strong enough to carry and move the plant without tearing.
Waiakeauka
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The 20 gallon cost $6.40 and the 20 gallon garbage can cost $11.94. I should also add that the plastic on the garbage can is a thinner then the pots and the pots will last longer then the garbage cans.
BeginnersLuck
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Why dont you try each and then post your results instead of all the speculation?
Waiakeauka
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I was hoping that someone on the forum already knew the answer. Is it against forum rules to ask a question?
Dr. Greenhorn
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is there really a correct answer? 20 gallons is 20 gallons. some like em fat and short, some like em tall and skinny. what about you?
alexonfire
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Roots grow down, they both work 
tropical
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A lot of people don't dig holes more than 2 feet deep. I've heard of plants in 3 feet wide holes one year and the next year the same genetics were used in 4 ft wide holes and the grower got nearly double the yield. IMO wider is better. I've heard that the wider the circumference of the root system, the bushier the plant will get. They say that the plant will grow outwards toward the root tips, therefore the wider the roots, the bushier the plant. I think this logic can pretty easily carry over to containers. Go with the wider of the 20 gallon option.
Dr. Greenhorn
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LMFAO! 
are you serious dude? ....so what if the dude dug 3 ft deep holes then the next season he dug 4ft deep holes? same smell, no?
are you serious dude? ....so what if the dude dug 3 ft deep holes then the next season he dug 4ft deep holes? same smell, no?Waiakeauka
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Thanks for the infomation! I will go ahead and get the pots since wider is better and best of all it's cheaper and more durable.
Dr. Greenhorn
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ahahahahahaha! some hilarious shit guys! thanks for the laughs
some hilarious shit guys! thanks for the laughs