I will add that you can do a test grow with the smaller containers. If you don’t like the results, you can go back to the larger containers. You could grow in large and small containers side by side for a test but unless you are growing clones any differences that you see could be just because they are different seeds.
Another important thing to remember is that yields per square foot of canopy are what really matter. Many smaller plants may produce more than a single large plant.
Technically speaking i think you’ll be best off pairing the container size to the size plant you want. It you flower at 18" then your plant won’t likely use up everything available in a 7gal container…especially if you’ve been transplanting your way up to 7gal.
I keep my plants on the smaller side for ease of management in the garden. The largest pot I’ve got at the moment is 5gal…any more than that and I’m just wasting resources…the roots will never fill out to use everything available.
I do five gal pots inside and the plants do fine, supposedly with the fabric the roots self prune an never become root bound. They are easier for this old man to get in and out of the tent too.
For context, I forgot to mention that I’m located in far northwest Montana. Lookup the Flathead Lake for some beautiful photos, or the Mission mountains/Mission Valley. Just a couple hours south of Canada and a few hours east of Idaho border.
It’s been very rainy here the last couple of days and supposed to last a week at least. Wondering if I should provide supplemental light? I’ve been trying to keep the water intake guarded from the rain. I’ve also been noticing spots on the leaves that almost looked like miners to me so I pinched leaves with fingers just in case.
As soon as I got of work earlier, I went ahead and repotted the oldest in fear of the small pot it was in. It was originally in a small plastic indoor pot. I ended up using shears (that’s all I had on hand) to cut the pot away from the soil. I mixed natural soil with the original treated medium and buried the stem up a few inches. Photos included below:
I threw a little more info in there at the end to save you some reading!
The end results to me was based on autos, pot sizes affected the growth. When it comes to photoperiods I do not believe pot size makes a difference, since you have time to do different things to it.
Quick update. Brought them in from the storm last night and applied supplemental light inside for a few hours before giving them pitch black and letting them dry out over the last few days after a heavy rain. They stood up nicely and I have them back outside with some windshields (this valley and its wind man).
I’m in the Midwest also and in the beginning phases. Considering 20 gal for outside as I have several acres. What is the best and most economical soil options to go with ?
I started of with a “kit” from Pot-4-Pot…I had never heard of autos and was intrigued by the idea…They sell different size fab pot kits…I think I bought the 3 gallons and 5 gal. kits…
Im outdoors and they worked but the 5 g plants were bigger and more robust…
The next year I decided ill go “solo” and buy all of the stuff I needed “Ala carte” from different sources…I grabbed me some 10g pots and then the next season I tried my hand at a Photo and got a 20g fab pot…The plant was (Romulan) was over 6 feet tall…
This year I bought 25g pots for the two Photos only because the company AC Infinty didn’t sell 20`s For outdoors for Autos Id say a 5g is good but 10 is better…For Photos 20+ is better…Like stated by the other growmies Its how big of a plant you want to grow…
I’ve used either mother earth or Fox farms. I feel like I’ve had better growth with the fox farms. Super natural and already loaded with nutes to last weeks.
sorry to bring this thread back to life, but I was just hoping someone who might know or have alternatives can help. Recently, I’ve tried buying from p4p (have once before) but when I go to checkout it gives an error and says cannot complete request -on multiple devices- is their site down? Can someone check the site on their end, or does anyone have information? I want to start my next grow but this just put a big wrench in my limited ability plan lol. Thank you for your understanding, you can have my first born.
Not sure whats up with that? I’m not a techy guy so I haven’t a clue…I believe they have a PH# maybe a call or email to them?
I bought from p4p on my grow about 6 years ago…They had a kit and it seemed and was good for me at that time because it had all the goods to grow minus the seeds of course!..It was a good experience and all but I felt that buying all of these 'things" I needed to grow was cheaper and more bang for my buck going a-la-carte.
You can buy most of it on Amazon or ebay have you tried that?
Good Luck!
The bigger the pot the bigger the yield, im using five gallon buckets this year because of my budget ( the dirt i use is expensive, fox farm frog dirt ) everyone is a little different in their preference but my advice is if you have the room and the money to use at least 10 gallon pots i definitely would , hope this helps
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For outdoors for Autos Id say a 5g is good but 10 is better…For Photos 20+ is better…Like stated by the other growmies Its how big of a plant you want to grow…