What's the smallest sized pot you would run two plants in?

inlovewthecoco

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Just as the title says.

I have two 3-gallon pots and one 10-gallon pot. Wondering if it makes sense to run both of my photos in the 10-gallon pot, rather than the two smaller pots.

(Running soil with megacrop in 3*2 tent)
 

Mikeswoofer69

New Member
I have never been a fan of planting two plants in one pot unless its decorative that is but if your trying for fruit or buds i would be sticking to one plant one pot . Also not for nothing but should space them out so it one gets infected you do not lose the whole thing
 

Bookush34

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I got a old buddie that has a planter that’s half a oak barrel. Maybe 20-30 gal. He has 3 plants in it every summer. Works for him.

I mean guys run indoor no till beds with 4+ plants in them.


But you need room. I’d guess 20gal++ before you start trying two plants. In a small pot one plant will use the whole thing. So two plants will fight for space and end up way smaller.
 

inlovewthecoco

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I got a old buddie that has a planter that’s half a oak barrel. Maybe 20-30 gal. He has 3 plants in it every summer. Works for him.

I mean guys run indoor no till beds with 4+ plants in them.


But you need room. I’d guess 20gal++ before you start trying two plants. In a small pot one plant will use the whole thing. So two plants will fight for space and end up way smaller.
This is what I had in mind. Essentially, what's the smallest no till bed for 2 plants.

But it's obvious I don't have a pot big enough now. Thanks for all the input friends
8-)
 

xtsho

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I'd run them both in 3 gallon pots. I wouldn't put both in the same pot.

You can grow large plants in 3 gallon pots of soil. Anyone that says you can't is wrong. This is a plant in a 3 gallon pot. It ended up getting 10 ft tall. Of course you're going to be doing some training to keep the plants shorter instead of growing straight up.


 

Bookush34

Well-Known Member
This is what I had in mind. Essentially, what's the smallest no till bed for 2 plants.

But it's obvious I don't have a pot big enough now. Thanks for all the input friends
8-)
Indoor no till I would run as big a bed as you can.

I got a 50gal fabric pot to stuff in my 3x3 when I do the switch. But still strain/pheno hunting for what I want to keep cycling with.

Planned to run 4 plants in it
 

inlovewthecoco

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I'd run them both in 3 gallon pots. I wouldn't put both in the same pot.

You can grow large plants in 3 gallon pots of soil. Anyone that says you can't is wrong. This is a plant in a 3 gallon pot. It ended up getting 10 ft tall. Of course you're going to be doing some training to keep the plants shorter instead of growing straight up.


Looks amazing. What nutes?
 

xtsho

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lol. Still in love with coco, but work no longer permits the level of dedication required.
During quarantine it was easy to water 2+ a day and mix nutes all the time, but now not so much. Learning to love soil
Blumats for coco.

Looks amazing. What nutes?
I don't use any fancy nutrients. Never have. That plant was grown in some recycled soil amended with organic amendments, compost, and EWC. Watered from the hose and fed the same JADAM and KNF homemade fertilizers the rest of my garden got. Nothing fancy. Just stuff most people discard as trash. I make my own compost and collect my own EWC. I don't bring that indoors though. Indoors I'm back to 100% coco, salts, and Blumats. I don't waste money on cannabis specific nutrients and additives. I just use inexpensive products like MaxiBloom, VitaGrow, Jacks, etc... As long as you're providing the nutrients the plant needs it doesn't care about brand or number of bottles.
 

xtsho

Well-Known Member
You'll be fine with 2 plants in 3 gallon pots of soil using MegaCrop. Do some training and don't veg too long and you should be able to get a good harvest.

You didn't say what your lighting is but that's going to be the biggest factor.
 

inlovewthecoco

Well-Known Member
I'd run them both in 3 gallon pots. I wouldn't put both in the same pot.

You can grow large plants in 3 gallon pots of soil. Anyone that says you can't is wrong. This is a plant in a 3 gallon pot. It ended up getting 10 ft tall. Of course you're going to be doing some training to keep the plants shorter instead of growing straight up.


How do you avoid the plant getting root bound with such a big plant in a small pot?
 
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