How big of a pot size is too big?

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GanjaClimber

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I always hear people say "the bigger the better," but at what point is a pot just wasteful and too large? 20 gallons? 30? 50?

This is for indoor, soil, and in veg 9 weeks. :shock:
 
I started with 1 gallon then on to 3 and finally im in 9 gallon. 5 weeks veg, they are all standing at around 15 inch now and they will probably end up being 5 foot tall at harvest. But this depends on the strains you are growing. I would say unless your growing a plant that you want to end up like a tree then anything up to 15 gallons should be good for a plant 6 foot tall plant. Anything more and you will have to get your chain saw out to crop them...lol Again there are things you can do to stem the growth of a plant. i.e super cropping LSTing etc etc. I herd somewhere on here that the main tap root of some plants can search for water up to 6 foot under and if you go on the principal that if the main root can go this deep then the roots coming off this will be almost that wide too.

hope this helps.
 
Danthebull said:
I started with 1 gallon then on to 3 and finally im in 9 gallon. 5 weeks veg, they are all standing at around 15 inch now and they will probably end up being 5 foot tall at harvest. But this depends on the strains you are growing. I would say unless your growing a plant that you want to end up like a tree then anything up to 15 gallons should be good for a plant 6 foot tall plant. Anything more and you will have to get your chain saw out to crop them...lol Again there are things you can do to stem the growth of a plant. i.e super cropping LSTing etc etc. I herd somewhere on here that the main tap root of some plants can search for water up to 6 foot under and if you go on the principal that if the main root can go this deep then the roots coming off this will be almost that wide too.

hope this helps.
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Yeah, I'm using LST on most of my plants now.

What kind of yield could I expect from one plant in 15 gallons under a 1000 watt?
 
Your guess is as good as mine, you'll just have to grow and see. But if you went by the ratio of 1 watt to 1 gram then there would be your first answer. Fact is that it is very hard to estimate any kind of yield. Some have achieved more than 2-3 gram per watt, but its all about how its grown.
 
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