The James Gang

[H.A.F.]

I'll see how it works out, but the HLG135 that is in my skinny tent will just shift, along with the 4" exhaust.
I have a 6" exhaust in the 40x40 now, but it is ventillating an HLG260.
I have an extra 135 that I can add but I don't think I'll need it just for veg. And it might make the 4" exhaust useless if I do.

 

[gwheels]

I need a label printer!....its getting ridiculous and when you have not smoked or grown the strain it wont pass the smell test...

As in i cant smell my way to identification.

Fem beans are great because.....you can just up pot them. I keep the regs in 1G until they show up with sex on. But i veg everything that long now anyway so most stuff stays in 1gs.

How many pots you fit in the 3 x 3 ? All 1 gallons?

I think i had 4 in it max at one time before.

 

[H.A.F.]

I need a label printer!....its getting ridiculous and when you have not smoked or grown the strain it wont pass the smell test...

As in i cant smell my way to identification.

Fem beans are great because.....you can just up pot them. I keep the regs in 1G until they show up with sex on. But i veg everything that long now anyway so most stuff stays in 1gs.

How many pots you fit in the 3 x 3 ? All 1 gallons?

I think i had 4 in it max at one time before.

P-touch label maker I got was cheap. A sharpie on the lid works well.

I can pick out the ILGM Northern Lights by smell - and that's about it. Smells like spearmint.

I don't have a 3x3, but just for veg and tiny plants you can fit 16 (4x4) of the 1gal nursery pots in easy. If you did try to keep that many and flower in 1gal, it would have to be a SOG.

In the 40 x 40 I can fit 25 in easy. And that works great for regs but I am putting the girls in 3gal from now on instead of 5. I could jam 16 of those in, but it would be a pain in the ass without an auto watering system, and i don't need that much weed.

 

[gwheels]

For coco (i am not sure about soil i grew in coco a long time)....2 to 3 gallon pots are THE best return on investment. I picked up a dozen. I will keep 5s for soil.

 

[H.A.F.]

For coco (i am not sure about soil i grew in coco a long time)....2 to 3 gallon pots are THE best return on investment. I picked up a dozen. I will keep 5s for soil.

I was putting everything in 5gal but I always check pots when I dump the soil and knock the dirt off the roots, and I did the same when I did a tent-full of 3gal. Nothing was rootbound, which was my only concern. I'll take getting a quart from each plant and have more plants over bigger plants in bigger pots with longer veg to get 2 quarts.

 

[Opie1]

I was putting everything in 5gal but I always check pots when I dump the soil and knock the dirt off the roots, and I did the same when I did a tent-full of 3gal. Nothing was rootbound, which was my only concern. I'll take getting a quart from each plant and have more plants over bigger plants in bigger pots with longer veg to get 2 quarts.

Is that Algebra?

 

[Opie1]

This will make 2 extra tents I have, a few extra lights, but it's all about ventillation.

Exactly, that really why I haven’t used it, I don’t have enough fans.

 

[sfrigon1]

For coco (i am not sure about soil i grew in coco a long time)....2 to 3 gallon pots are THE best return on investment. I picked up a dozen. I will keep 5s for soil.

Those two gal ,tall square ones are my favorite right now . More than enough for the amount of time I veg. Think u were the one who had em in white . And they fit so nice together

 

[H.A.F.]

Is that Algebra?

Running these 4-top plants trimmed like I do, I get about a quart of prime nugs to store after I do my tasting with the smaller stuff as it dries/cures. That is off the 3 gallons. In the 5 gallons I have gotten in the vicinity of a half gallon. Just basic math.

 

[H.A.F.]

I have planted 2 seeds at the same time, grown exactly the same until flip, then one was transplanted to a 3 and one to a 5. The plant size and harvest was directly proportional to the pot size.

 

[J.James]

Manifold lesson number last.
The SL have good tops now. so they got their last pruning. I don't care how much or how many flower sites I leave, but every secondary sprout that achieves a decent stem and a second node got gone.
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All were on the lowest remaining sets, and if I took one I took both - even if one was long and one short. View attachment 69130
This should get me the golfball size nugs leading up to the top. This is the tallest limb that put out the most post-flip flower sites.
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Is that frost on the fan leaves that is starting to form on the Sacred Lotus?

 

[sfrigon1]

I have planted 2 seeds at the same time, grown exactly the same until flip, then one was transplanted to a 3 and one to a 5. The plant size and harvest was directly proportional to the pot size.

Prob just a solid pheno . Too many variables. U need clones to make that determination. U know that lol

 

[sfrigon1]

Good lesson to be learned here . Don't take the first thing you hear and make it fact. Try stuff on your own to make determinations about things. And if u do any kind of comparing it should at least start w clones as the subject.

 

[sfrigon1]

Also pot size should be determined by length of veg. Jmho

 

[H.A.F.]

Prob just a solid pheno . Too many variables. U need clones to make that determination. U know that lol

Thatg was the only side-by-side I did. The 3gal vs 5gal results have been consistent for about 2 years now. I keep track of stuff on a spreadsheet LOL

 

[H.A.F.]

Is that frost on the fan leaves that is starting to form on the Sacred Lotus?

Yessir! And they got their big early-flower feeding when I took the pic and seem to love it. Had to raise the fan, and raising the lights might be next.

 

[H.A.F.]

Also pot size should be determined by length of veg. Jmho

Beware - just smoked a fatty - rambling may follow - look for the good stuff.

The lesson from the guy that taught me how to grow said that a quart of soil per week of grow is a good safe way to make sure the pots aren't too small. This is just based on when they might start getting rootbound if left in smaller pots.

4-week veg and 8-week flower means 3gal is perfect. Longer flowering a 5 would be better. Again, that is just to be safe. You can flower out in a solo cup, but it's a lot more work.

But based on how I grow - my style of pruning where there is not a lot for the plant to feed, the fact that I don't do a long veg unless the plant dictates it, and using less intensity on the lights - means that for me the 3gal should be fine as far as keeping the plants healthy.

I based all my repots up to now on watering. The only thing I keep track of is what I did last - when I fed or watered each plant.

If it takes 2-3 days for the plant to drink a pot-ful it's good. I have been trying to to the repot after I know they are girls or at flip for fems into what their final pot should be. Guessing wrong I have repotted plants 8 weeks into flower from a 3 to a 5 because it was drinking everything in a day.

Now I'll just deal with the daily waterings if needed. I'm retired so a 3gallon pot will be my final destination unless obvious rootbound issues arise.

 

[gwheels]

With a 4 week veg....you do all your sexing after flip?

 

[sfrigon1]

When you did get high heels in the sand it's hard to move forward.

 

[sfrigon1]

If you want to get better at growing try stuff on your own if you want to always be the same then keep doing the same.