How big of pot should i use for my ak47 xlowryder#2???

[jlve187]

I was told on the website that the bigger the pot the better but no bigger then 5 gallons...They said that its not good to transplant them because of the short life span and that if i used a good sized pot the plant can get to its full potential because there is more root space... Please help me out if you can thanks:thumbsup:

jlve187 Reviewed by jlve187 on 05-13-2009. How big of pot should i use for my ak47 xlowryder#2??? I was told on the website that the bigger the pot the better but no bigger then 5 gallons...They said that its not good to transplant them because of the short life span and that if i used a good sized pot the plant can get to its full potential because there is more root space... Please help me out if you can thanks:thumbsup: Rating: 5

[syde00]

I'd personally still start small and do regular transplants... but i have no idea how large that strain gets.

but stinky has a great post with a few good reasons as to why you should transplant:

http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs...large-pot.html

[Rusty Trichome]

I start in 2 cup pots, then to 1 gallon, two gallon, five gallon, then ultimatelly into a five gallon bucket, which is about seven or eight dry gallons of soil.

If the pot is too big, you'll need too much water for such a small plant, and you'll waste valuble light. (more light hitting the soil, than is hitting the plant) When you fertilize, the plant is too small to absorb all those nutes, so the nutrients will build-up causing big problems. Use the right tool for the job. :thumbsup:

Transplant properly and there will be no adverse affects. (actually, quite the opposite) Not done at all, you'll face an assortment of potential problems.

Did you really read this, or is this something you were just curious about...? If you read it, I'd like to see where. (a link will do)

[oldmac]

I was told on the website that the bigger the pot the better but no bigger then 5 gallons...They said that its not good to transplant them because of the short life span and that if i used a good sized pot the plant can get to its full potential because there is more root space... Please help me out if you can thanks:thumbsup:

Hello jlve187,

I just planted last night 5 Lowryrder#2 X AK47 (fem) seeds and 3 Lowryder#2 X Santa Marta (fem) seeds. I used a 6"dia pot and am using Pro-Mix bx with DM Advance nutes. Going to flower them in our mom room, which we will run at either 18 or 20 hrs a day, (currently at 24/7, tho I must be some kind of a prick to my moms for making them live with sleep deprivation). [I typed that while my tongue was firmly implanted in my cheek,RT]

In My Humble Opinion, based on what I have read about autoflowers so far and what I've been told on another site: start your seeds in the same pot you will finish in. There is no time to waste when growing these autoflowers, they go from seed crackin' to finished bud in aprox 9weeks. Anything that slows growth a even a day, will cost finished wgt.

BTW 6" dia x 6" tall pots are the largest I use for anything. From a 10" single cola plant to a 3' NL cross ( that goes 6-9' outdoors). Heck, just to prove a point to my partner I grew out 48 NL crossd Hawian and Jack Heher plants in 4" square pots, went 3+' tall. No problem with nutrient up take or anything. They needed to get fed every day tho and after one day the pots where so light the plants would fall over real easy. Not a recommended technique but shows what can and will work, is not always what you might think or been told.

What I gather from talking to some who have grown these, only 1/2 to 2/3 of the plants will be short, the rest will want to grow as big as a regular AK47. The strains are not yet stabilized apparently, so be warned you my have to make adjustments with some for light hight etc.

good luck, i'll try to post some pics as my plants grow, hope you'll do the same.

[jlve187]

Hello jlve187,

I just planted last night 5 Lowryrder#2 X AK47 (fem) seeds and 3 Lowryder#2 X Santa Marta (fem) seeds. I used a 6"dia pot and am using Pro-Mix bx with DM Advance nutes. Going to flower them in our mom room, which we will run at either 18 or 20 hrs a day, (currently at 24/7, tho I must be some kind of a prick to my moms for making them live with sleep deprivation). [I typed that while my tongue was firmly implanted in my cheek,RT]

In My Humble Opinion, based on what I have read about autoflowers so far and what I've been told on another site: start your seeds in the same pot you will finish in. There is no time to waste when growing these autoflowers, they go from seed crackin' to finished bud in aprox 9weeks. Anything that slows growth a even a day, will cost finished wgt.

BTW 6" dia x 6" tall pots are the largest I use for anything. From a 10" single cola plant to a 3' NL cross ( that goes 6-9' outdoors). Heck, just to prove a point to my partner I grew out 48 NL crossd Hawian and Jack Heher plants in 4" square pots, went 3+' tall. No problem with nutrient up take or anything. They needed to get fed every day tho and after one day the pots where so light the plants would fall over real easy. Not a recommended technique but shows what can and will work, is not always what you might think or been told.

What I gather from talking to some who have grown these, only 1/2 to 2/3 of the plants will be short, the rest will want to grow as big as a regular AK47. The strains are not yet stabilized apparently, so be warned you my have to make adjustments with some for light hight etc.

good luck, i'll try to post some pics as my plants grow, hope you'll do the same.

You said 6" by 6" so what are you using? should i just use a 2 gallon pot?? the seed already germinated in my papertowel method i use but i have to go out today and get a pot so i caN PLANT IT and im trying to figure out what to use...I think ill just get a 2 gallon pot...What about soil should i use half seddling starter by miracle gro..and half organic soil made by miracle gro??? i was thinking of mixing them because i have 9 plants so far about 8 days old and the seedling starter soil is awesome for root growth and the plants are doing very well!! Let me know what you think and i will be taking some pics and posting them....Please get back to me and also let me kno when you will be posting your pics of your lr's... Thanks man:thumbsup: