Soil Container size?

[frostedwonder]

I used #3 pots in my last couple of rounds and when the girls were chopped I could they would have been better in a larger container. I veg for about 4-8wks depending on my patience.I found 4.7 gallon pots that are square are good for my space, turning them though is a bit of a struggle.

[warlord98]

The square pails used for cat litter can work well. I think they are 4 gallon. Good for conserving space. Also I found you can do a search for square pail on the net and find manufacturers that have them in black and will ship to you. Or running an ad on craigslist under the wanted section will find the litter boxes. Every town has one of those wierd cat ladies.Hope I helped.
Good growing:thumbsup:

[RoundEye]

Lots of talk about "root bound". Even after reading Jorge's book numerous times, I have yet to see a picture of what root bound actually looks like.

This is my my first grow in 5gallon buckets. I had been using 2gallon and was able to get 2.5oz dry per plant. When I take the plants down and discard the soil, the entire lump of soil is threaded with roots and takes a bit to break up the clumped together dirt. Is this what root bound is?

[lampost]

Yes, a gallon of milk won't fit in a "one-gallon" nursery pot. Doesn't make sense, I know...

But a #5 pot's decent size for indoors. Too big for a 3-week-old plant, generally--the soil will get nasty before your plant can drink it up. When are you counting your "veg days" from? When you plant the seed? When the seedling first breaks ground?

You could grow a 3' bushy plant easily in that container--taller than that, and getting light through the canopy starts getting hard when you're growing multiple plants. So it doesn't make sense to me to try to grow them taller. Folks with plant number limits might need to grow trees. But if you're flipping them at 3 weeks a 3 gallon container should do it.(?) Maybe that's too much for me to assume, cause I don't know what plants you're dealing with or which soil you're using. I could be wrong...:hippy:

Edit...Oops...you guys posted while I was typing...

I'm one of those with plant limits... I may end up vegging a bit longer to try to increase yield. These were rooted clones that I transplanted from a small starter pot to a pot that is about 6" tall, 6" across with FFOF soil (10% perlite added)... I'm guessing it's a 1 gal or maybe 2 gal. I was planning on vegging in this for about 3-4 weeks then transplanting to the 5 gal right when changing to 12/12... The 5 gal is only a little wider than my current pot and a lot deeper. I was told that would be adequate...

But from reading on here it sounds like I want to do another transplant in between to a 3 gal? I was hoping to avoid this... I didn't want to buy more pots and I didn't want to transplant during flower... But do you think this will be imperative? I was going to add a little bit of dolomite lime in the 5 gal containers since they'd be in there for 60-70 days.... and I'll be feeding throughout flowering.

[mainegrown]

i think that would be fine lampost..
many people i know slam a clone/seedling into a 5 gal bucket and let her rip..
its a weed remember?


~MG a.k.a. le Maine développé

[mainegrown]

here is a pic of a rootbound plant..
it is in veg btw and suspected male that it why it isnt in a bigger pot yet..


~MG a.k.a. le Maine développé

[redtails]

I consider that ALMOST rootbound really, maybe when there's 1.5-2x the amount of roots from your pic down there is where my definition lies. Potato, potatoe (you know what I mean )...