Am i better off growing in 2Gal?

[MagicMike66]

You should practice better training techniques, then you won’t need to worry about pot size too much.

[bdeegan]

I definitely hear what you’re saying about the weigh and sorry about your back! I think my issue with the 5’s stems from growing small plants due to my restrictions. The autos roots never consume the whole bag and when growing photos my height and veg time limit them enough to not take over the whole 5gal either. So a lot of wasted water, etc, and likely stayed water logged. All the 3gals had roots to the edges but not bound and like I mentioned the quality and quantity seemed to be better. I’ll keep y’all in the loop with this next grow.

[Rootsruler]

If you have height challenges a scrog will help since you're spreading the branches under the net to keep them at a consistent height and get more even coverage of the canopy.

[OldManGrower]

I tried five gallon bags. The plants were larger but I could only fit four into the tent. A bigger problem is my back. After several surgeries, I cannot lift a five gallon bag, a three gallon is painful but manageable. I feel having more plants vs larger plants is beneficial in that I can try out more strains at once and have a better fall back position if one of them develops problems and that they take better advantage of the light.

[Rootsruler]

I'm also a member of budbuilders.org and one of the members did a solo cup grow where he set up 300 seeds in solo cups in soil and grew them to harvest. I think he's about to start up another solo cup run but this time he's going to do 420 cups in a 5 x 5.

[ponzi314]

When i start my next one in smaller pot ill post back. Im hoping that the smaller pot helps but i think ill be doing LST next time just to ensure, i want to make sure it can keep recommended distance from might.One i have now is 3 inches away

[Cougar672]

In general a smaller pot = smaller root mass = smaller plant.
I am interested in how pot size affects plant size, too. I currently have a little experiment going with different size pots. Because the same seeds can grow different phenotypes of different sizes, the results won't be definitive, but growing 3 different varieties simultaneously, I expect to see a trend.
For comparison I have 3 Durban Sunrise Autos and 3 Jack Herer Autos in a 3 gallon fabric pot, a 3 gallon plant warrior plastic pot, and a 2 gallon plant warrior plastic pot. Also Poison OG auto in 2 and a 3 gallon plant warrior pots. They're only a few days old so it will be a while before there is a noticeable difference in the plants(if there is any), and a few months before I can compare the weight of the harvest.

[Rootsruler]

I grow in a 2x4x5 and a 2x2x4, and recently switched to 3 gal from 5’s to help restrict the height, and also to help them dry out quicker after a full watering. I haven’t run enough in 3’s to say for sure but I feel like the yields and quality have gone up since making the switch. I honestly attribute a lot of it to the bags drying out more b/t waterings. I have a new run in 3’s just starting so I’ll have a better idea in 3-4 months 😁🤞

BTW doing 4 different mephisto illumanautos. Im super excited about this mephisto run. My first plant of theirs was my last grow, sour stomper, wow 💚.

Probably has to do more with a larger pot allowing more root mass to develop than anything else.

[bdeegan]

I grow in a 2x4x5 and a 2x2x4, and recently switched to 3 gal from 5’s to help restrict the height, and also to help them dry out quicker after a full watering. I haven’t run enough in 3’s to say for sure but I feel like the yields and quality have gone up since making the switch. I honestly attribute a lot of it to the bags drying out more b/t waterings. I have a new run in 3’s just starting so I’ll have a better idea in 3-4 months 😁🤞

BTW doing 4 different mephisto illumanautos. Im super excited about this mephisto run. My first plant of theirs was my last grow, sour stomper, wow 💚.

[dirtymike]

Thats a nice looking bunch of green you got going.

[Rootsruler]

I'm pretty sure that you could easily put 3-3gallon in a 2x2 tent. I can get six plants using 3 gallon pots into my 2.5x2.5 tent. This is especially true if you are growing autos.

Yup. More plant sites means less veg time.

[OldManGrower]

I'm pretty sure that you could easily put 3-3gallon in a 2x2 tent. I can get six plants using 3 gallon pots into my 2.5x2.5 tent. This is especially true if you are growing autos.

[ponzi314]

Hey all, just wanted to say thank you for your help, seems like the play is to go to 3 gal pot and LST again, i did LST last grow and had great results.

i was hoping there was a way to limit the height without doing any work but doesn’t seem to be beneficial.

[ponzi314]

Wow that’s one crazy plant! Amazing work! I use those AC infinity self watering bases so I’m not too concerned on the watering.

But seems like the play is to go down to 3gal and just LST. it’s a 3x3x5 tent. I should have went a little taller but hindsight is 20x20 lol

[Ckbrew]

A nice full house