Pot shape: deep or wide?

obijohn

obijohn

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That's what SHE said!

Anyway, getting ready to transplant from 2 gallon containers to 7. I have both options in the pics, does it matter? For context, I was having trouble in the 2 gallon pots with the bottom being heavy with moisture and top half dry, flirting with overwatering. I did get plastic deals with holes to set them on that raise the pots off the ground. I'll add photos in a few minutes..
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Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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obijohn said:
That's what SHE said!

Anyway, getting ready to transplant from 2 gallon containers to 7. I have both options in the pics, does it matter? For context, I was having trouble in the 2 gallon pots with the bottom being heavy with moisture and top half dry, flirting with overwatering. I did get plastic deals with holes to set them on that raise the pots off the ground. I'll add photos in a few minutes..
Apparently I need to resize them
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Wide for the win.
 
obijohn

obijohn

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Added pics. I always thought cannabis liked deep roots, but also that it doesn't matter, they go wherever
 
xtsho

xtsho

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I've used both styles and never noticed any difference with plant growth. If you're outside the wider pots don't fall over as easy as the deeper narrower ones.
 
calvin.m16

calvin.m16

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Wide for me. I use 10 gallon pots but only fill them with around 1 cu/ft of coco. A wider root base seems better for aeration. I transplant from 3" pots to 2 gal then set the 2 gallon into a 10 gallon and fill until its at the top of the coco from the 2 gal..
 
Grojak

Grojak

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I started with tall 5 gallons, because that’s what the shop I went to had, switched to wide 5’s and 7’s, never went back.

My bro science tells me that taller pots will get root bound quicker than wider pots.
 
Rocket Soul

Rocket Soul

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It depends on what you want regarding absorbing and retaining water.
The wider the bottom, the more you have to water to get run off: more water retainined. The more narrow the bottom section is (or if you have a wide pot with "spikes" in the bottom) the less of water the substrate will absorb and retain. This due to the perched water table found in the bottom of the pot. We did tests on a medium wide pot adding a 10 cm, substrate filled tailpipe: it could absorb 2/3ds of the water the regular shaped pot could. This helps if you want big pot size but more frequent watering.
 
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