Will these pots do till harvest?
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Yea theyre already in flower so theyre not going to get that much bigger you may wanna get a 5 gallon fabric pots for better breathability for next grow tho
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The time for them to grow into bigger plants has come and gone. Full on flowers goin. Next time, before flower go up to a 5-7gal pot. The results speak for themselves.
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I grow in 1 gallon pots from start to finish so those will be just fine.
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I have 5 gal bags for the next grow.
Using a rack to raise the pot makes handling runoff a lot easier
5 gallon over a saucer
4 - 2 gallon pots over a tray
The biggest improvement you can make is changing to fabric pots. Better yet are Rain Science pots (white pots in pictures). They are expensive but I really like them
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What can I do next time to get them to grow bigger? Used Complete Crop 9-5-15 nute
Frankly, autos can be a crap shoot. They can be small and early flowering. Others can be very productive plants yielding 6 ounces and more. I started out growing autos and they generally averaged around 3 zips. The largest was 7. Now I find photoperiods to be more rewarding.
As I mentioned earlier fabric pots can help with better oxygen delivery and root pruning. I am not familiar with complete crop but it appears to be heavy on potassium for vegging plants. A more balanced nutrient may be warranted. Good cannabis friendly soil / medium is also very important.
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Soil is 4 parts generic potting soil, 1 part coco bliss, 1 part coffee grounds, 1 part perlite. I also have Flower Fuel 1-34-32 nute. I guess I need to get that going and quit the complete crop. If you have a better veg nute please let me know.
Thanks!
Coco coir and a solid understanding of dli i get great autos because i start them off with a decently large amount of light ( 12ish dli working my way up to 33ish and let them grow into 60 dli) before i learned dli i judged based on par maps and was starting them FAR to light on light at about 5-6 dli and still got slightly larger girls then yours, autos are all about solid starts get them growing fast and theyll grow big otherwise i also use jacks 321 an organic bacteria base and molasses , zeus juice, liquid silica , mr fulvic
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You lost me there…
You just use 100% Coco coir?
DLI… Googled and got more confused.
I really thought I did my prep work but it look like I’'m lost…
Coco coir and perlite and if you have a smart phone download the photone app
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That is tough. I am no expert but can relay my experience. I started out using fox farm ocean forest soil and fox farm Trio of nutrients and growing autos. I played around with mixing soils and now have bags of numerous products (blood meal, bone meal, gypsum, Langbeinite, green sand, humic bliss, some fulvic acid, limestone, worm poo, etc - you get the idea. The Trio is popular and works. Just know you will need to flush the medium 1 or 2 times. From fox farm nutrients I moved up the food chain to advanced nutrients while sticking with fox farm OF soil. It can get a little crazy and $$$
Eventually I settled on coco, perlite and Jack’s 321 as the base starting point. It is a combination used by many growers on the forum who I respect. I still use some of the advanced nutrient supplements with Jack’s. I feel I have hit a pretty good balance. Coco is not for everyone because It requires a commitment to feed and water daily. I’m retired so that is not a problem. I also use it in autopots.
After participating in the forum for several years this is what I have concluded.
If I wanted to grow in soil I would switch to The Sunshine Company’s Earth Dust Base and Bloom. However, for now I will stay with Jack’s, Coco w/ perlite, and a few supplements.
Current GDP photoperiod (clone) in an autopot
In my 3x3 tent I have 4 GDP clones trained and pruned for the space (they are in 2 gallon Rain Science bags)
Mamma GDP - it was an exceptional plant
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Too bad you don’t live down the street… 
Thanks for the help.