The bigger the planter the bigger the plant?

So do you think that's the way it works? I started with 1.5 gallon pots, then moved up to five gallon buckets. As time went on I moved on to 7 gallon plastic and now im just gonna say fuck it and I ordered so big boy 20 gal sacks. I guess the logic is the bigger the container the more roots the more roots the bigger the plant and the bigger the plant the bigger the buds. Am I right or am I getting carried away with the 20 gals.

curious myself read the handbook cover to cover multiple times and it seems according to GC's logic you are correct. i myself was wondering tho at what point it was too big, got 10 gal fabric myself but would upgrade if someone could prove the need but as for now will stick with the 10 gal have shaken dirt off the ball when the chop comes and it is never bound or even to the edges i veg for 3 months or more so they get around 7ft average idk how much bigger you could want indoor in a pot cos with the pot im at around 9ft in a vaulted room so unless you have pots outside i think 10 gallon is plenty maybe overkill itself.
if your gonna go 20 gallon may just want to try igneous indoor and knock some holes in your floor to the dirt, dig it out and replace cavity with a good organic soil mix this would give your roots all the room they would want/need and you increase your overhead buy having the roots sub-floor gives you however tall the pot would be for canopy, also you could do a raised bed 2'-3' deep and fill with soil mix same effect no holes in floor but you lose the overhead for your canopy. either way subbed up to see what the arguments are good post

Bigger pot does equal bigger plant, but i believe the key upsizing. Keep transplanting gradually after it gets just about root bound in each pot.

HighnessBC951 said:

Bigger pot does equal bigger plant, but i believe the key upsizing. Keep transplanting gradually after it gets just about root bound in each pot.

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Yes, pot size helps but ultimately it's up to Light / Temps / Humidity / No Stress.

yep i think it would be difficult to flower a plant in anything larger than 100g.. even the 100 gallon looks like it is a challenge handling 20 foot tall by 20 foot wide plants.

I think you are on track here, but it kinda depends on how long you are going to veg them. In other words, if you only veg 2-4 weeks, you will probably get as much out of a 5 gallon as a 20 gallon. If you veg 10 weeks, the larger pots will work in your favor.

AimAim said:

I think you are on track here, but it kinda depends on how long you are going to veg them. In other words, if you only veg 2-4 weeks, you will probably get as much out of a 5 gallon as a 20 gallon. If you veg 10 weeks, the larger pots will work in your favor.

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Plus Juan...

I am even thinking that when a plant gets too big they are unmanageable, I couldnt imagine the nutes it would take to feed a 20x20 indoors. I do think the hole in the floor idea is great Id love to see that. And I also have yet to see root bind in a 10 gal. that is properly watered of course if your roots are all between the dirt and pot than there is drainage block in your planter and water is gathering instead of draining.

I can't wait to have the problems of it being too big

7 gallon of soil is enough to grow plants with 8-12 zips on it easy. 2 month veg and 2 month flower. Under 1000w. With temps, humidty and stress levels in check.

1 gallon Per foot/month of growth. 5 gallons= 5 feet or 5 months so on and so forth

I grow in 10gal pots, veg 8-9wks, bloom 8-9wks. I do 6 and 6 so I veg the whole time I'm in bloom. Last run 6 plants, 5 lights, 3000w, 2294g=.764gpw. You boys better tighten up this was my 1st run and things are only going to get better. I'm smiling so hard my face hurts

Dexter9292 said:

1 gallon Per foot/month of growth. 5 gallons= 5 feet or 5 months so on and so forth

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I believe the only ratio that matters is root size will be somewhat proportional to vegetative mass. Gallon/foot/month wouldn't be consistent from person to person because some will overwater while some will never overwater. The different could mean one grower is doing 5 gallons on a 1 foot plant that is 5 months old while another grower has 5 gallons on a 10 foot plant that is 3 months old.... just saying it varies from grower to grower.. grow conditions... strain... genetics.. overall health of plant..

i used to up pot to 5 gallon pots but after 2 months of flower, they didn't have enough roots to justify all that mostly empty soil, so i switched to 3 gallon. same yield, a lot less soil etc.
a lot of things matter, and one of them is how long the plant will be in the planter.

BeastGrow said:

I believe the only ratio that matters is root size will be somewhat proportional to vegetative mass. Gallon/foot/month wouldn't be consistent from person to person because some will overwater while some will never overwater. The different could mean one grower is doing 5 gallons on a 1 foot plant that is 5 months old while another grower has 5 gallons on a 10 foot plant that is 3 months old.... just saying it varies from grower to grower.. grow conditions... strain... genetics.. overall health of plant..

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Ya I guess that's a good point that there will be differences for a lot if variables. I was just basic it off of ideal conditions.