That might be a little small for outdoor. One important thing about an auto, is that you want to start it in its final pot. Transplanting stunts them too much. With a normal flowering cycle type plant you are right though. You would not normally want to start in a large "final" pot size. So for a final pot and outdoors, you would be better off getting some 5 gallon buckets at lowes, then using those. the square pots help increase the amount of soil you can fit into a smaller grow space...But that is not important for you, so really the bigger the better. You would be surprised how much dehydration there can be in a day with outdoor potted plants.
So I'm gona be growing 6 femenised autoflowering plants outdoors in southern California. I heard square pots are best for root development so I ordered some online. I also heard more depth than width is important. My pots came and I'm thinking that maybe they are too big to pot in because I've heard people say you don't wana plant germinated seeds into pots that are too big. So I got thinking and I'm wondering how can any pot ever be too big? I understand if it's too small but how can a pot be too big, I read something about if the pots too big the plant will use extra energy developing roots which will stunt growth above soil, but how the fuck could a seed know the size of pot it's in unless it's too small?? Anyway the photo attached is the pot size what do you think is this too big or should it work good??
