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Is Pot size sufficient to flower

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So, I’ve just finished a second top with these photoperiods, will do a bit more LST & would like to flip in about 2/3 weeks. My concern is the Pot size not being big enough for flower? It’s a 30cm pot & I would like to finish in this pot & not put them through transplant shock again. Would it be safe to go ahead & finish in these pots or will another transplant be mandatory?
 

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Given the plant size, you should be okay. 👍

Like @Bigalmoby said, you’ll water more frequently but as long as you stay on top of it you shouldn’t have any problems.
 
I'm trying to figure out how much is a 30cm pot in USA conversion? Is it only 1gal. ? And you hopefully have large drain hole on the bottom? Those are pretty small and if you plan to flower i would not pinch off anymore and let them get stronger. How old are they?
 
Let the Plants Grow and have a good root-ball, a large root ball all the roots will stay in Tact, they'll literally slide right out, when your ready to Transplant wait till pots are on the dry-ish side (just before watering time) wont be any shock at all! (never transplant right after watering (heavy wet soil) and/or a "poorly formed root system/root ball".) Plastic is great for Transplanting out of...

Up-potting is Best Garden Practices, All seedling/young Plants starting out grow better in smaller amounts of soil forming a root ball quickly, its why many of us have 2 to 4 transplants before the final Pot! I go from Solo Cups to 1 or 2 gal (plastic) nursery pots then into 5 or 7 gal Fabric Pots.
inversely; If You start out in big pots seedlings/young plants will grow much slower. (not best practices)

I treat Auto Flowers (day-neutrals) the same way! they dont even know they've been moved.
 
I'm trying to figure out how much is a 30cm pot in USA conversion? Is it only 1gal. ? And you hopefully have large drain hole on the bottom? Those are pretty small and if you plan to flower i would not pinch off anymore and let them get stronger. How old are they?
My guess is a 30cm Pot should be equivalent to somewhere between a 3 gallon & a 5 gallon pot if I am not mistaken. Yes, the pots do have drainage holes. They are photoperiods, week 5 veg & yes they are pretty small in regards to height which is one off the reasons I would like to veg longer to get a bit of a stretch especially since the new lights are only on for about a week now.
 
Let the Plants Grow and have a good root-ball, a large root ball all the roots will stay in Tact, they'll literally slide right out, when your ready to Transplant wait till pots are on the dry-ish side (just before watering time) wont be any shock at all! (never transplant right after watering (heavy wet soil) and/or a "poorly formed root system/root ball".) Plastic is great for Transplanting out of...

Up-potting is Best Garden Practices, All seedling/young Plants starting out grow better in smaller amounts of soil forming a root ball quickly, its why many of us have 2 to 4 transplants before the final Pot! I go from Solo Cups to 1 or 2 gal (plastic) nursery pots then into 5 or 7 gal Fabric Pots.
inversely; If You start out in big pots seedlings/young plants will grow much slower. (not best practices)

I treat Auto Flowers (day-neutrals) the same way! they dont even know they've been moved.
Appreciate the advice. I did just 1 transplant with this grow & they definitely seem to be growing slower in the bigger pot, also my watering seemed harder to get 100% compared to just watering until saturated with the small pots. The pics are week 5 veg already. Will definitely take this into consideration on the next grow but think I am going to ride it out with these pots for this grow since quite a few other growers mentioned that they should make it harvest. I also have very limited space as I can only fit 2 of these sized pots per closet.
 
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