Pot size help

jmills826

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Hey guys my question is what size pot should i use for the rest of my grow but heres a lil info first...im almost headed into week 5 from sprout and a few of my 8 bbys are farther along than the others,my growing medium is a soil mix of coco fiber, pearlite and spag moss and im just using bagseed for this grow and for light im using cfl for veg and a combo of cfl and hps for flower,my grow space is about 7 ft long,12 ft high and 3 ft wide, i have good air circulation and the temp is always between 75-80 during light hours. Ive been using LST and i also topped a few of them which im sure i did a good job because of the crazy growth from both new sites.
Ok so back to the question... one of plants the roots are starting to peek out the bottom holes of the pot so I know its time to transplant to a bigger pot so what i need to know is what size should i get to get me through the rest of the grow, i want to use up as lil of space as possible so whats the smallest pot i can use that will get me to harvest? BTW most of my bbys will be thrown into flower at week 5 so im shooting for a week 11 harvest so im guessing they wont be real big which is what i want, i know im already going to have to find a safe place outdoors to plant some because of space issues...
Heres a few pics from earlier this week of my best gals...
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:hmmmm: you don't say what size the pots or the plants are now - so, we can guess, but it's hard to say exactly what size they should be transplanted into. But roughly speaking- the plant-pot size ratio you have now is a good one. Your indica strain is going to roughly double in size in flowering and you say you're going to veg another week. If they are in one gallon pots now I would aim for about two to three gallon pots final size. It depends how you are approaching the coco soilless mix you're in. Coco plants can handle using a smaller pot. I've got some in one gallon pots that are about three feet tall on multiple waterings per day. Or you can treat it more like soil and use a larger pot with less frequent watering- which would be around the three gallon size.

But that's just an example. Your plant could be 4 inches high or it could be 12- I can't tell. The point is - you probably want to double or triple it form where it is now.

You will have to flower for more than the six weeks you plan, if you want them the bud to be finished properly. :thumb:
 
Is it the strain why the leaves are so big? I think over watering but idk. So many plants with big leaves now I'm not sure anymore. Also at week five flowering switch it's gonna be more like week seven before flowering is in full swing. So week 15 would be the earliest harvest I see possible. And that's if she doesn't have any hiccups from transplanting . Just my opinion
 
Hey thanks for the feedback but i went and bought a few bigger pots before i seen a reply. Idk how big they are they just say 10" and the smaller green ones are 6". Heres a few pics after trans,srry the pics arent that good if u check my grow journal tomorrow ill have some better ones. Btw why is that smaller plant in the front green pot leaves clawing down...wind stress?
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Is it the strain why the leaves are so big? I think over watering but idk. So many plants with big leaves now I'm not sure anymore. Also at week five flowering switch it's gonna be more like week seven before flowering is in full swing. So week 15 would be the earliest harvest I see possible. And that's if she doesn't have any hiccups from transplanting . Just my opinion
I think your right. I think you need to cut back on the watering. How often do you water? The bigger the pot the fewer times you will need to water per week until the root ball grows into its new space.
 
My indica never has fat leaves. Bigger than my sativas for sure but never this wide. If my pots don't dry in 3 days I back off of the amount of water. That's in 5gallon pots. My roots will fill the pot and even crawl across the top just under the soil. That's the best watering advice I was ever given and has helped me tremendously
 
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