Pot size

[tops]

I would like to know I can grow in a 2gal. pot from start to finish

 

[TorturedSoul]

The old rule of thumb was one foot of plant per gallon of soil. But people have been showing that this is just a general recommendation rather than a "law of physics," so to speak, for years.

And that's just a soil grow. People routinely get sizable plants from relatively small containers using various hydroponic methods, even passive ones like "hempy."

Basically, the answer to your question is, "Yes." There's even a thread around here someplace which had people growing plants in those little shot glass sized Solo cups (1.5 ounces, I think), lol. "Bud on a stick" .

 

[tops]

Thanks Tortured Soul. Live long and grow big

 

[TorturedSoul]

I hope to live for quite a while longer - but I topped out at just under six feet back in high school .

 

[tops]

LOL. Grow big plants

 

[Emilya Green]

lol, I did a couple of grows a few years back in 2l pop bottles using hempy techniques... in nothing but perlite. It can be done.. but don't expect 2 gallons of soil to supply all the nutrients needed for one of these hungry weeds... you will have to be feeding heavily at some point.

 

[tops]

lol, I did a couple of grows a few years back in 2l pop bottles using hempy techniques... in nothing but perlite. It can be done.. but don't expect 2 gallons of soil to supply all the nutrients needed for one of these hungry weeds... you will have to be feeding heavily at some point.

Thanks Emilya: I think I will be fine I have 6 pots if I keep them short

 

[TorturedSoul]

but don't expect 2 gallons of soil to supply all the nutrients needed for one of these hungry weeds... you will have to be feeding heavily at some point.

Yes, and a large amount of soil probably provides much more of a... buffer? safety net? if/when there's a little issue than a small amount does. So there are lots of potential benefits for growing in larger containers than might be strictly necessary. Might lessen one's sense of urgency, so to speak.

On the other hand, growing a sativa in a relatively large container in a small grow tent setup (especially if it's a landrace sativa from a region that typically has very poor soil conditions) might end up providing the grower with... a different sort of "sense of urgency" when he/she starts to wonder if maybe he/she should have purchased the grow tent that had a cathedral ceiling .

 

[Sask420grow]

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