Can anybody help me out w figuring out the size right

[2HP_420LawsofCannabis]

Can anyone help me out w
Trying to figure out pot size? Any guess?

 

[Cuddles]

Not totally sure what you mean here. Which sizes do you have available and what type of plants are you growing? For example, if you´re growing autos which usually tend to be small-sized plants, you can use a smaller pot.
Plants which grow very tall however require large pots as they usually develop more and deeper roots.

 

[2HP_420LawsofCannabis]

Not totally sure what you mean here. Which sizes do you have available and what type of plants are you growing? For example, if you´re growing autos which usually tend to be small-sized plants, you can use a smaller pot.
Plants which grow very tall however require large pots as they usually develop more and deeper roots.

I’m trying to figure out the pot size

 

[Cuddles]

I’m trying to figure out the pot size

yes but for which type of plants? large or small?

 

[cough_cough_eer]

They look like 1 gallon.

 

[Ichabod Crane]

Sometimes the pot size is stamped on the pot bottom.

 

[Ca++]

Line the pot with a bin bag, then pour in measured jugs until you know how much they hold. Do this in the bath, if your bin bag is a bit thin.

Alternately jug in coco until you know. Watch for compaction upsetting the count.

Alternately measure the pots inner dimensions at the top and bottom, and the depth. Maths will answer how big it is. Or, we might just look at your figures and tell you. We can't see from the pics. They might be 9" but an inch either way is a lot. That's if you mean the bigger of the 6 or so different pots you have.

You could look at pots online, and see how big they are.


It's not usually of importance. If you think you need 4 bags of whatever, you can be sure to need 5. I have never seen a 50L bag hold 50L. So knowing the pot size is more use in water management. Which most people wouldn't contemplate beyond tank sizing.

 

[Cuddles]

right guys, I thought he was asking about which pot size he should use for his plants. Guess I misunderstood, ey
Yeah, I agree they do look like about 5 L / 1 gal to me too

 

[Creeperpark]

Plant your seeds in Dixie cups and grow your plant until you have seedlings. Then up-pot into one-gallon pots or #5s containers. When the plant is 4 to 8 weeks old up pot into 3-gallon or #10 containers. Heres a photo of all 3 sizes.

 

[Creeperpark]

If you try to grow small plants in large containers the plants can stall and grow slowly. The excess amount of water cuts off oxygen in the roots. In peat mixes having dry time is just as important as wet time. The best way to have both is by choosing the right size growing containers. .

Coco stays wetter than peat but container sizes are important with coco too, Very important. No need to bring in mucho amounts of feed water with excess runoff starting with the small containers. There's no need to bring in 8 gallons of water a day if your plants can get by on 2 or 3 gallons.

 

[Ca++]

Then up-pot into one-gallon pots or #5s containers. When the plant is 4 to 8 weeks old up pot into 3-gallon or #10 containers.

I find plant pot numbers a little confusing, and the internet little help. Your numbers are entirely new to me.

Generally I'm told #5 means 5" or 5 Gallons, yet I know I would just say Inches or Gallons, if that is what I meant. I don't see the pot size table you are using in my search results, though I suspect it's more accurate than the confusing situation I'm seeing.

Whatever the truth is, there are too many phantom realities being published. Not just where a Gallon grows and shrinks 20% as we move countries. I'm talking many fold differences.

I just can't work with that, and I'm sure many must agree, that pot sizing in random figures, offers no value. Even if you are using the right terminology, it's little use if google doesn't agree.


It might be time we all stop numbering plant pots, and just say how big they are.