Should I Pot Up

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Underthesun

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Regular photo period, no light dep, Oct. harvest, it is only early June...go 20 gallon minimum.
 
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I have 4 in 1.5 gallon small bathroom trash cans with holes in the bottom and they are monsters. The smaller the pot the more ofter youll have to water in flower, plants love to drink and dry out so having to water often is actually a good thing for growth.
 
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Those plants look nice and big for 1.5 gal. Nice work. My roots would die from the heat and sun in 1.5 gallon outdoors and make for a weak plant, the roots would also get too cold in the fall and growth would stop. Use a bigger pot outside imho. Also, things outside can dry up quick...what if you want to leave your home for a few days?
 
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I wouldnt go less then 10gal outside.if u got 20 then def do it.do u hav like a 7gal then u can transition into 20gal b4 flip?
 
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yea 20 sounds decent i went with a recycling bin for a random bagseed that sufficed
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Organikz

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DrMcSkunkins said:
I have 4 in 1.5 gallon small bathroom trash cans with holes in the bottom and they are monsters. The smaller the pot the more ofter youll have to water in flower, plants love to drink and dry out so having to water often is actually a good thing for growth.
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That's crazy. Does the coco act as an air pruner or what? I have heard from legit sources you can do much smaller pots in coco. Growth rates are also out the roof.
 
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Underthesun said:
Those plants look nice and big for 1.5 gal. Nice work. My roots would die from the heat and sun in 1.5 gallon outdoors and make for a weak plant, the roots would also get too cold in the fall and growth would stop. Use a bigger pot outside imho. Also, things outside can dry up quick...what if you want to leave your home for a few days?
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The reason bigger pots is better for outside is they have more buffer capacity due to larger amount of soil to insulate the rootzone from excess heat and cold. Good call.
 
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jumpincactus said:
The reason bigger pots is better for outside is they have more buffer capacity due to larger amount of soil to insulate the rootzone from excess heat and cold. Good call.
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More buffer capacity to everything concerning the grow. Bigger is better. The more room you give a plant the larger it's roots grow.

Look at your pot like a salt water fish tank. Larger environment pretty much ensures stability unless you screw it up.

Wild tropical fish grow on average 2x the size of captive bred fish...why...many organisms adapt their stature to their environment for a higher chance of survival.
 
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Organikz said:
More buffer capacity to everything concerning the grow. Bigger is better. The more room you give a plant the larger it's roots grow.

Look at your pot like a salt water fish tank. Larger environment pretty much ensures stability unless you screw it up.

Wild tropical fish grow on average 2x the size of captive bred fish...why...many organisms adapt their stature to their environment for a higher chance of survival.
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Yup was a salt water live reef aquarist for years. The larger the tank water volume the easier it was to dial and keep the water chemistry dialed in. I kept stony SPS corals and they really thrive in larger tanks. Not to say you cant keep corals in smaller tanks cause some buddies were doing nano reefs with great success. But like you mentioned creatures adapt to their surrounding and my corals dwarfed theirs because of environment size difference.
 
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jumpincactus said:
Yup was a salt water live reef aquarist for years. The larger the tank water volume the easier it was to dial and keep the water chemistry dialed in. I kept stony SPS corals and they really thrive in larger tanks. Not to say you cant keep corals in smaller tanks cause some buddies were doing nano reefs with great success. But like you mentioned creatures adapt to their surrounding and my corals dwarfed theirs because of environment size difference.
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Perfect example. I was thinking about the fish but coral is a colony organism just like a plant which makes it a better example. The colony is literally tapped into the soil.
 
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Organikz said:
Perfect example. I was thinking about the fish but coral is a colony organism just like a plant which makes it a better example. The colony is literally tapped into the soil.
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Bingo!!!! When you think about it growing corals was/is much like growing pot/plants of any sort. All about water, temps, sunshine/lighting & nutrients etc.
 
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