from 16 oz cups to 1 gallon pots

[quirk]

no matter what i say yall gonna say something differant anyway not even sure why i ask questions here because u hardly ever get the answer to the question without people telling u what u should of done to be more like them

I do it like I use the ignore feature. Sooner rather than later.

 

[Beach_Bum]

For me I'd leave them just a few weeks in the solo cup. Then I go right into the final size pot. It can be hard to remove a plant from a fabric pot to transplant. Or any pot needing more hands then you have. When the grow is over recover your soil breaking it back down. You may notice a center mass feeling about the same size as that solo cup. To me that means I left them in there too long and the roots spiraled around inside that cup, stunting growth. Small containers mean I can put a lot of plants close together under one smallish light, It also fools me into thinking I can grow a lot of plants. When in reality they will crowd each other out when they flower.

 

[growsince79]

All the fabric pots i see have a seam sewn up the side. I just cut the thread and pull it apart. Roots come out in one piece every time.

 

[2Bad]

What medium are u using... if its in coco 1 gal fabric pots is all u need unless youre growing giants.

 

[biggerbud420]

im using pro mix premium moisture

INGREDIENTS​

• Sphagnum peat moss (80-90% by volume)
• Coir
• Perlite
• Ground Limestone (for pH adjustment)
• Wetting agent
• Mycorrhizae

im used to growing autos so i normally just use the finishing pot but these are photos and i knew if i did that i would get comments about oh you should of transplanted so i was gonna go 16oz to 1 gallon to 5 gallon fabric pots because my last pots were 3 gallon plastic and im still being told im wrong 1 says use fabric pots another says dont one says do this the other says dont

 

[Beach_Bum]

All the fabric pots i see have a seam sewn up the side. I just cut the thread and pull it apart. Roots come out in one piece every time.

Sure I guess you could cut them but why destroy them, they cost good money and you can reuse them for years. I guess I just don't go along with the keeping of plants in the smallest container. I don't have the experience many here do but I just choose to keep it as simple as possible. My thinking is the work I save on this can be time spent on something more pressing. I'm trying now to put togeather a green house I bought last year from Harbor freight stores. Holy Christo if its not a 1000 pieces in the box it sure seems like there is. The instructions are well only slightly better then most stuff from China, but not by much. The end of August is time to plant the tomato seeds where I live so its a rush to get it done. A whole new experience waits for me. I have some Dutch buckets, going to try some Bell peppers too. Whats better than bell peppers and onions in a sausage sandwich. The other is not legal and can't be done in the outside here, maybe one day.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

When you germinate, use clear solo cups so you can see the root growth. Put the clear cup in a red one to hide the roots.
When you see tons of roots in the solo cup, transplant. The plant will be about twice the width of the cup then.
Go straight to the final pot. We go straight to 3 gal fabric pots and they love it. That is their final pot.
We always re-use the fabric pots. With care, they last many grows.

 

[growsince79]

Sure I guess you could cut them but why destroy them, they cost good money and you can reuse them for years. I guess I just don't go along with the keeping of plants in the smallest container. I don't have the experience many here do but I just choose to keep it as simple as possible. My thinking is the work I save on this can be time spent on something more pressing. I'm trying now to put togeather a green house I bought last year from Harbor freight stores. Holy Christo if its not a 1000 pieces in the box it sure seems like there is. The instructions are well only slightly better then most stuff from China, but not by much. The end of August is time to plant the tomato seeds where I live so its a rush to get it done. A whole new experience waits for me. I have some Dutch buckets, going to try some Bell peppers too. Whats better than bell peppers and onions in a sausage sandwich. The other is not legal and can't be done in the outside here, maybe one day.

MRS 79 cleans them and sews them back up so they last forever.