Smartpots size: and why?

[tomh2b]

what size smartpots you guys use for 4-5weeks veg + flowering? did many runs with 5gal and some with 1gal.. found 5gal took too much water for nothing. is 1gal ok or 2gal would be better? or 3? and what difference did you see

 

[Blew Hiller]

For soil, bigger pots yield bigger plants....smallest I use is 7 gallon for autos.

Not sure what you mean by "water for nothing"....did you get small plants? If you have a well developed root ball in veg then the plant would continually be wanting/using water throughout the grow.

 

[Old Salt]

what size smartpots you guys use for 4-5weeks veg + flowering? did many runs with 5gal and some with 1gal.. found 5gal took too much water for nothing. is 1gal ok or 2gal would be better? or 3? and what difference did you see

What is your grow medium? Soil? Coco?

I use 3.8 US gal caged grow bags for coco/perlite indoors. Outdoors I'll use at least a 7 US gal for soil. The bigger the pot, the bigger the plant can grow in soil.

 

[tomh2b]

coco... 20-30% perlite..

i get same result with 5gal and 1gal (+3zips each) with same veg time. i just use wayyyyyyy more water in the 5gal. but feel like the 1gal could get another watering/day in the late flowering.

 

[Chris Scorpio]

What's yer light and nutes

 

[DobeWan]

I use 3 gallon and use coco. In my experience 5 gallon is useless unless you're going to go for a longer veg.

I feel like my 3 gallons could use 2x per day watering, I can't imagine how dry they must get with 1 gallon. I'm pouring close to a gallon through my plants daily in mid flower.

I used to use lots of perlite too but stopped. It's messy and I don't think coco needs it. I just line the bottom of my pots with it so that they drain easily and aren't sitting in water.

 

[Old Salt]

coco... 20-30% perlite..

i get same result with 5gal and 1gal (+3zips each) with same veg time. i just use wayyyyyyy more water in the 5gal. but feel like the 1gal could get another watering/day in the late flowering.

I use the same mix. I water twice a day, about two cups per plant each time. I have four plants in a 2' x 4' tent. The root balls fill about half the 3.8 US gal grow bags at harvest. I use NugBucket's Mainline/Manifold method for eight colas per plant. I pump about two quarts out of the drain trays per week (≈7% run off).

 

[tomh2b]

flower with a qb260. was with AN 3part+budcandy but switched to emerald harvest lately.

haha the 1gal aint thay dry tho, but it reallly could use another watering from week 4 til the end, but im not always there. i usually give it 1 to 1.3L /day