dark farmer
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Why can't you grow from seed to harvest in one pot?
Seed to harvest in one pot?
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smilingbigfoot
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you can, why don't you think you can
chopper260
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yea i dont see a problem with it, i usually just start in a smaller pot and then transplant as they get bigger, easier to handle that way
Night Claptoman
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I don't do it because I like to let the plants veg a bit and weed out the week ones. As I end up throwing quite a bunch I don't like wasting nutes, waters, medium and space.
Plus, smaller pots need less water and they drain quicker. If you use soil and plan on over 6 weeks of veg you'll probably use a 9L+ pot and watering that size of a pot filled with soil in a ~21°C room with not too much venting you'll end up watering after 3 weeks. There will be too much water for the seedling. Or you just water with less water every 4-8 days, like you do with smaller pots but you don't let any runoff to come out and get some salt buildup.
Tried to start in the final pot, didn't like it.
Especially with seeds. With clones its not that bad because you know what you'r working with usually.
Plus, smaller pots need less water and they drain quicker. If you use soil and plan on over 6 weeks of veg you'll probably use a 9L+ pot and watering that size of a pot filled with soil in a ~21°C room with not too much venting you'll end up watering after 3 weeks. There will be too much water for the seedling. Or you just water with less water every 4-8 days, like you do with smaller pots but you don't let any runoff to come out and get some salt buildup.
Tried to start in the final pot, didn't like it.
Especially with seeds. With clones its not that bad because you know what you'r working with usually.
statik
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Yep, had the same issues. That's why I like transplanting 2 - 3 times depending on what I am working with. From seed, probably 3 times to help weed out the weaker ones. Once from sprout to seedling, seedling to veg, and then veg to flower.
From clone, twice is good for me.
iron joint
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If i had the space i would definitely go straight from beginning to end in one pot. There are a couple things that i see you should consider so far.
If you are using someone of a random see you dont know which ones are going to be strong, or if they are even going to be female. This would waste a lot of space/nutes/soil. So your going to have to cut out the bad ones which will be all the males and weak females.
If your using pure strains and are on a mother system you know the plants are from good stock and that they will be female, so it will be far safer to go from clone to finish in one pot.
If you are using someone of a random see you dont know which ones are going to be strong, or if they are even going to be female. This would waste a lot of space/nutes/soil. So your going to have to cut out the bad ones which will be all the males and weak females.
If your using pure strains and are on a mother system you know the plants are from good stock and that they will be female, so it will be far safer to go from clone to finish in one pot.
