How tall in a half gallon pot?

How tall can a plant get in a half gallon pot?

Currently mine are in the second week of flowering, at about 18", which is where they were 2 weeks ago when I started flowering. I'm a little worried they have stopped or slowed their upward growth.

I vegged them for 6.5 weeks, so their total age is 8.5 weeks (not counting the time spent cloning inside the humidome, approx ten days).

Any help is much appreciated, thanks!

holy shit 18" in a HALF GALLON??? that thing is rootbound like a muhfucka! half gallon is tiz-iny! transplant it asap!

autoflowa said:

holy shit 18" in a HALF GALLON??? that thing is rootbound like a muhfucka! half gallon is tiz-iny! transplant it asap!

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Ahhh crap, thats what I figured. Is it risky to do a transplant during the flower stage? They won't freak out and turn all hermy will they?

Also, would transplanting to a gallon pot be sufficient or should I go with something bigger?

damn started flowering in a half gallon pot...

rule of thumb is 1 gallon per 1' of healthy growth.. i bet you could grow one at least 3-4 ' in the 1/2 gallon pot.. buds will be small, branches weak and lanky... over all quality won't be the best.. probably could keep a plant healthy up to about 1-1.5 feet max i would say.
i have seen nice looking plants grow up to 7' in a 3 gallon pot.. again, results just seem a lot better when you use the 1'/1gallon rule.

Thanks guys, I ended up successfully transplanting them to 3 gallon pots and they look muuuch better. I didn't even notice any downtime or 'recovery' time from them.

Anything is possible, here's one of my vegging plants from a few grows ago... That's a 16oz cup of FFOF fed on an ebb and flow table using grow aqua.


Having said that, this plant would have been this size in half the time (or less) given a 1 gallon container instead of a 16oz one. I wouln't recommend anyone grow beyond this VOLUME of vegetation in less than 1 gallon, height being irrelevant. (Just cause it's nearly pointless unless there's a hidden agenda to your madness.)

I have a lot of madness though and I think I can show you a 5' tall plant in a 1 gallon if you give me a bit to find the pic. I grew it, and it was dumb.