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You guys are absolutely right. As i have previously said. An authentic scrog is where a plant is trained to grow horizontally across the trellis. If a plant just grows through and over then its not a scrog but a support system.
 
I'll have 4 plants going in the inside. I plan on doing one of each outside. I've been told that autos don't get to bing so I was thinking putting them into 3 gallon fabric pots. For the candy kush I'm not sure I would think a 5 gallon pot would be big enough. I've chosen to use the fox farm Coco Loco Potting Mix. So in total I'll be growing 6 pants how many bags should I order? I've never used fox farm before. Would like to be sure before I order.
 
This is from smart pot, should give you idea for fabric pots. I’ve never used a plastic pot so not sure if there’s much difference.
https://smartpots.com/price-range/
If you can get tour coco locally it might be quite a bit cheaper. When I’ve priced ordering soil/coco it’s way may than I can get at the local grow shop (but being in a legal state grow shops are everywhere).
 
Are you talking about the blocks of coco? Just mixed with the perlite? I know you can't go cheap when growing but I am balling on a budget. I need to be able to fill 6 pots. Would using a regual soil and mixing it with the perlite do the job?
 
There is nothing cheaper than a brick of coco. Yes a brick of coco and perlite is all you need. Cheap and I can walk you through buffering it to be just like the expensive stuff.
 
I found this on Amazon comes with 7 bricks. Y'all think 7 bricks will be enough?
 

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Ratio of perlite will depend on watering frequency in 5 gallon final containers... How many times per day will you be able to water your plants? The answer must be at least once! Preferably 2-4 times, but we can adjust for once if that is your limit.
I am trying to determine if you will need more than a cubic foot... It's close. and there is a good 1 cubic foot option on Amazon http://a.co/997LDNd
 
The total weight of each brick is 1.4 pounds. I will be using 6 pots 3? 3gallan fabric pots and 3, 5 gallon pots. Watering is not an issue.
 
Why different size containers?
I would strongly discourage that because it will affect fertigation frequency. You want to be able to water all the plants at the same time!
 
If watering frequency is not an issue (meaning you can go to 4x daily during flower) then I'd go with 3 gallon final containers
 
The only reason I say the two different sizes is because of the auto. The non auto I figured would need a bigger pot than a 3 gallon pot and I figured the auto was to small for a 5 gallon pot.
 
In Coco it is really different. Pot size is not the limiting factor - fertigation frequency is! Smaller pots enable more frequent fertigation which results in the best growth. 3 gallon is ideal if you have auto-watering. If you hand-water you should go with 5-gallon because it is difficult to hand-water more than 2x per day.
Autos - Photos doesn't matter for container size in coco. fertigation frequency is the determining factor
 
OK, are you going to be able to water them 4 times per day?
Generally you would need an auto-drip system to accomplish that. If you are planning to hand-water you will be limited by lights and darkness.

If you can auto-water 4x per day I recommend 3-gallon.
If you can reliably hand-water 2x per day I rec 5-gallon
If less than that Larger

As I explain in my guide, smaller pots with higher frequency fertigation is best.
 
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