Fabric pots and upsizing questions.

Mr. Bakerton

Mr. Bakerton

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I have grown in plastic, clay, glass and stone pots as well as in the ground. (general plants) I have transplanted, etc.

Whats some of the tips and tricks with fabric pots? I like what I have read about them.

I have 5 and 10 gallon pots.

My plan was to start seeds in jiffy seedling trays(or the like),upsize to the 5 gallon and finishing with a 10 gallon. All for an indoor grow.

What is the typical schedule for transplanting into the final pot? 2 weeks before flowering?

I do plan to place them in a tray to keep my floor dry. I will use a moisture meter.


I have also read about bottom watering to help with soil nats. Can anyone offer insight to that?

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Johiem

Johiem

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I would suggest a 2-3 gallon step before going to the 5. It is very easy to mess up such a small plant in such a large container. If you do stick with this plan remember they don't need much to begin with and any overwatering can stagnate in the remainder of the container.
Final up pot at -14 days from flip should be good, trim before flower -10 days.
I don't like moisture meters, they can lie. Once they are established I would use the weight method for determining watering needs. What'd medium are you planning on?
 
Mr. Bakerton

Mr. Bakerton

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Johiem said:
I would suggest a 2-3 gallon step before going to the 5. It is very easy to mess up such a small plant in such a large container. If you do stick with this plan remember they don't need much to begin with and any overwatering can stagnate in the remainder of the container.
Final up pot at -14 days from flip should be good, trim before flower -10 days.
I don't like moisture meters, they can lie. Once they are established I would use the weight method for determining watering needs. What'd medium are you planning on?
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a smaller step from the seedling to the 5 gallon, that makes sense. I know the babies don't need much and to healthy a soil will be over kill. I will probably up pot in various plastic pots I have. I will use a nice unfertilized tree potting soil and mix lightly some FFHF for this first pot

I was planning to mix FF happy frog and Ocean about 50/50 and throw in some perlite. I have the FF big 3 nutes package and the micro 3 nutes package.

My plan was to keep this mix for both the 5 and 10 gallon pots. I have also read that upsizing with the fabric bags isn't an issue like it is in plastic as part of the beauty is that the pots air trim. I'm tempted to move straight into the 10 gallon after the plant is ready is jammin.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Mr. Bakerton said:
a smaller step from the seedling to the 5 gallon, that makes sense. I know the babies don't need much and to healthy a soil will be over kill. I will probably up pot in various plastic pots I have. I will use a nice unfertilized tree potting soil and mix lightly some FFHF for this first pot

I was planning to mix FF happy frog and Ocean about 50/50 and throw in some perlite. I have the FF big 3 nutes package and the micro 3 nutes package.

My plan was to keep this mix for both the 5 and 10 gallon pots. I have also read that upsizing with the fabric bags isn't an issue like it is in plastic as part of the beauty is that the pots air trim. I'm tempted to move straight into the 10 gallon after the plant is ready is jammin.
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I don't understand the need to put a plant in a 10 gallon pot indoors. Then again I don't do soil so...
 
Mr. Bakerton

Mr. Bakerton

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twentyeight.threefive said:
I don't understand the need to put a plant in a 10 gallon pot indoors. Then again I don't do soil so...
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The 10 gallon pot wasn't as big as I thought it would TBH. I think my last grows (over a decade ago) were potted in probably 7 gallon plastic pots and did great. The more root support you can offer, the better the plant, at least thats my experience with plastic. The whole fabric pot, air pruning roots thing is new to me.

Maybe thats a point I should read up on.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Mr. Bakerton said:
The 10 gallon pot wasn't as big as I thought it would TBH. I think my last grows (over a decade ago) were potted in probably 7 gallon plastic pots and did great. The more root support you can offer, the better the plant, at least thats my experience with plastic. The whole fabric pot, air pruning roots thing is new to me.

Maybe thats a point I should read up on.
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Glad I'm in coco then. Don't need huge pots to grow huge plants. Had a great harvest in 1 gallon cloth pots, although I usually run 3 gallon cloth pots. GL.
 
bigunyun

bigunyun

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I transplant a seedling from a Solo cup into a 7-gal fabric pot as soon as the taproot shows at the bottom of the cup. The rest of the grow stays in 7 gal pots, no transplanting. Works fine. I use soil because it's more forgiving.
 
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Stonedchuy

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bigunyun said:
I transplant a seedling from a Solo cup into a 7-gal fabric pot as soon as the taproot shows at the bottom of the cup. The rest of the grow stays in 7 gal pots, no transplanting. Works fine. I use soil because it's more forgiving.
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How often do you water after that transplant I’m wanting to do the same with one of mine but I want to be sure I don’t over water although it’ll be outdoors in the heat so maybe I’ll need to water more often
 
bigunyun

bigunyun

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Stonedchuy said:
How often do you water after that transplant I’m wanting to do the same with one of mine but I want to be sure I don’t over water although it’ll be outdoors in the heat so maybe I’ll need to water more often
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Sure! the smaller the plant the less water they need. I usually transplant into soil that's been lightly watered before transplanting, so usually don't have to water the seedlings much early on if at all. Once the pots feel light I'll start watering again and by the time plants are 5 or 6 weeks and ready to flip they'll be drinking about a half gallon a day each or so. Usually don't have much if any runoff and plants grow just fine.
 
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