pot size question

[salbahe]

Greetings.

I need help. I'll be growing some autofems and I was wondering what the best pot size to use(minimum and max size)
thanks

 

[shroomyshroom]

USE THE FUCKING SEARCH FUNCTION THERE ARE 3 THREADS ON THIS IN THE AUTO SECTION.............. not cool.........

 

[Justfig]

Dang!!!! Way to welcome a new member Shroom. What crawled up your butt?

Salbahe, I use 16 oz. cups for sprouting then transplant into 3 or 5 gal pots or buckets. 5 gal being the best if you have room for them. It helps to know what size your grow room is and how many plants you plan on growing. Hope this helps....and yes, search is very handy, there is no subsitute for reading. Welcome to the forums BTW.

JF

 

[shroomyshroom]

sorry if i come across as a prick but ppl who wanna be spoon fed will never ever learn.... its gotten to that point.... where is gotten beyond a joke.....

 

[wiklund]

Hi!

I have grown autos in 0,5lit bottles with great succes.
But bigger pots is more easy. Just like with fish tanks. Bigger pots is more forgiving to an unexperient grower. Bigger pots, bigger crops.

Peace and love

 

[cheesey]

autos need root space from day 1 . so pot size 5ltr upward will work

 

[wiklund]

My White dwarf in 0,8lit pots a year ago.
http://img518.imageshack.us/i/img0170d.jpg/

Peace and love

 

[salbahe]

Thanks for the info.I seldom ask assistance...It just so happened that I was on my way out to get my seeds which finally came.Anyway, thanks again.

peace

 

[Sobekobe]

I've done 3 liter pots for Autos, I'm conviced this keeps them under 10 inches, and might cause health problems in the future of the plant.

 

[StinkyPanda]

I would say 1.5-2gallons would be the minimum.

 

[masque]

also depends on strain, for high yielders I use 11litres, for smaller plants 5,7l

 

[malibublueboy]

Bigger is better if you got the space, there is no max size. use a garbage can if you got the space. I'm doing 1 of my malibu strain under a 1000hps in a garbage can. the malibu in the front is in a 5 gallon the sativa cross in back is the biggest auto flower I've ever had and shes in a 7 gallon. looking for huge yield, go big.

 

[salbahe]

I'll be trying 4 strains Afghan Kush Ryder,Blue Himalaya Diesel,Easy Ryder and Diesel Ryder...I'll try to produce some seeds and mixing them up.
I guess I'll be using a 4 gal pot. Thanks

 

[streetvibes]

yep i agree with malibubblue boy if you can use a garbage can then yeh he he wish my crew could get something that big in the room ha ha yep bigger the better thats wot me wifey says ha ha good luck salbahe the roots on autos grow very fast so be on the ball when you start peace

 

[salbahe]

I'm having second thought on the Afghan kush ryder. so far all the reviews i see are negative. Anyone have any success with them?

 

[StinkyPanda]

Haven't heard anything about Afghan Kush. You might want to try Lowlife Auto-Hindu. The yield from my research and from what I've heard is average, and I've never heard of anyone having a problem with them not autoflowering.

 

[krazycure]

I would highly recommend a minimum 3 gallon pot for maximum yield. No transplanting, plant in final pot. Yes, that means you might waste some on males. The females will blow you away though. You might try dro if you want big plants in small reservoirs.

 

[dargo]

Im going to cut some square downpipe into 1.5ft lenths and try them out as pots, there a bit thiner than a 2L coke bottle but il cut it to twice the lenth, in the spring/summer il try this out in the greenhouse. I might even try different lenths

 

[shroomyshroom]

Im going to cut some square downpipe into 1.5ft lenths and try them out as pots, there a bit thiner than a 2L coke bottle but il cut it to twice the lenth, in the spring/summer il try this out in the greenhouse. I might even try different lenths

I Originally posted this idea last year using PVC piping, It worked great... auto roots like to down down.. not across... the deeper they can go the bigger your plant will be...

 

[dargo]

it must have been your post that i read. thanks

whats the longest lenth you tried? how long do you think is to long?


i was thinking if i used the square downpipe i could fit them in tight together in a 10 x 10 grid and grow something that produces 1 single cola