1 pot, about 50 plants...will this work?

[tha_green_ghost]

A friend showed me his plants and they were all in one pot. They all looked healthy , but he's had them for almost two months and they still have only four or five nodes each with only three leaves. I don't know if this is normal for their age but I know they're not supposed to be grown all together. Is this a case of stunted growth? What will happen if he continues growing them tegether like this?

[ganjzilla]

i doubt theyll ever mature correctly...if they do u wont get much bud because they dont have the room to properly grow

[psteve]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
No.

[PharmaCan]

Just out of curiosity, how big is the pot?

PC :jointsmile:

[TheGanjaKing420]

If he's had them for this long and thats all the bigger they are, then you are seeing the textbook example of why NOT to grow more than one plant per pot. Their roots are all tangled up and pretty much choking each other out.

[khronik]

If he's had them for this long and thats all the bigger they are, then you are seeing the textbook example of why NOT to grow more than one plant per pot. Their roots are all tangled up and pretty much choking each other out.
hey... just because this guy went overboard, doesn't mean growing several plants in a big pot is a bad idea. From everything I've seen, the people that have done it right have actually done very well, sometimes rivaling hydro for yield. It allows the plants' root systems to spread out more and overlap, plus the tangle of roots is quite beneficial for holding in and using water. Considering this is how cannabis grows in the wild, it's probably not a bad thing for your plants.

Of course, with that many plants in one pot, they'll end up fighting for space and most will end up stunted or dead before any of them get big.

[stinkyattic]

Multiple plants in a big POT? No.
A purpose-designed tub or tray? That's the only way to do it.
And it is meant to be done with female clones.

[HighTillIDie]

yes they will grow, and die... just like any plant...

IF (that's a big MF'n if) it made one gram of smoke, would i smoke it?

...

only if i was on a deserted island, or in any other insane; in jail, end of world, weed extinction, sci fi scenario.



other wise, no

[TheGanjaKing420]

hey... just because this guy went overboard, doesn't mean growing several plants in a big pot is a bad idea. From everything I've seen, the people that have done it right have actually done very well, sometimes rivaling hydro for yield. It allows the plants' root systems to spread out more and overlap, plus the tangle of roots is quite beneficial for holding in and using water. Considering this is how cannabis grows in the wild, it's probably not a bad thing for your plants.

Of course, with that many plants in one pot, they'll end up fighting for space and most will end up stunted or dead before any of them get big.

I'm sure there is a limit to how many you can have before it starts affecting size/yield/health.

[khronik]

I'm sure there is a limit to how many you can have before it starts affecting size/yield/health.
Isn't that pretty much what I said? ;)


Multiple plants in a big POT? No.
A purpose-designed tub or tray? That's the only way to do it.
And it is meant to be done with female clones.
Well, that's what I meant. I guess it depends on your definition of "pot".

During my outdoor bagseed grows, I'd plant 4 seeds in one large pot, then kill all but the healthiest female once I determined sex. Of course then, I had all the seeds I could ever use. One of my friends was a hardcore stoner and he kept me well-supplied.

[TheGanjaKing420]

Isn't that pretty much what I said? ;)




Yeah, I finished reading your post after i posted that. so I just summed it up for ya again. :thumbsup:

[tha_green_ghost]

I told him he should probably try transplanting them seperately. But i don't know if they'll survive the shock from the roots being tangled and what not. At two months how many leaves should they have?

[TheGanjaKing420]

At 2 months, in theory, they should be showing pre-sex and be ready to begin flowering

[jamstigator]

I've considered using kitty litter boxes and putting 6-ish clones in each. Basically a very small raised bed garden. I'm sure it'd work okay. Right now I'm doing a SOG experiment, using 1/2-gallon pots, one plant per. That's working, but somewhat of a pain in the ass. My kitty litter trays hold about 5 gallons, so the plants would actually get *more* root space with them than they are currently with the individual 1/2-gallon pots. Not that lack of root space is in any way keeping these plants (AK-48) tiny -- they're getting quite large, and seem to peak at around 3 feet tall, maybe a little more, after flowering them at 5".

[tha_green_ghost]

My friend transplanted them seperately , but his soil is shitty. By shitty I mean bad drainage....is there anything he can do to improve it?

[psteve]

My friend transplanted them seperately , but his soil is shitty. By shitty I mean bad drainage....is there anything he can do to improve it?Perlite.

[xcrispi]

I used to do 50-60 in a 6 ft. kiddie pool at a time w/ 1000w apiece .
Crispi :jointsmile:

[tha_green_ghost]

cool, the soil was mis mixed with a little perlite and peat moss....(found some laying around)
it seems to have helped the drainage thnx

[hippiemommaida]

I have planted 3 in 15 gal pot. was running out of pots. In some I killed 1 or 2, but I kept a few triplets. They were same size or bigger than the singles. Wouldn't have done it If I did not run out of pots.

[tha_green_ghost]

At this point, many plants were eliminated and planted separately . The soil was shitty but now much better....but most of lower leaves are yellowing and wilting. The tops are still green so Im wondering if maybe its the result of shock from re-planting. What do you think it could possibly be?