Double Potting?

[madassimi]

i've got some Satori that's ready to go into flowering and needs to be transplanted into a larger container.

i was thinking of double potting instead. i've never done it in the past. anyone have good success with this?

i read the benefits are:

- the roots are not disturbed
- encourages huge colas
- makes re-potting into larger containers much easier

thanks

 

[Herbalgardener]

To be honest I have never heard of double potting, but I will do some research and see what I come up with... Happy Growing...

 

[cork144]

do you mean cutting the bottom of your current pot off and placing ontop of soil in another?

ive seen madzing the autoflower breeder do this in some pictures on his sour 60 topic, it seemed to have worked well.

 

[madassimi]

To be honest I have never heard of double potting, but I will do some research and see what I come up with... Happy Growing...

one performs double potting during vegetation when the plant is ready to go into a larger container for flowering.

the bottom of the smaller pot is cut out.

the smaller, now bottomless, pot is placed over a larger pot with soil. in my case i'd put my 1-gallon pot over a 3-gallon pot.

additional soil is added to the edges to secure the smaller pot over the larger pot.

the roots are now able to grow downward. this encourages a nice thick stem. hence huge colas!

 

[madassimi]

do you mean cutting the bottom of your current pot off and placing ontop of soil in another?

ive seen madzing the autoflower breeder do this in some pictures on his sour 60 topic, it seemed to have worked well.

yes! that's exactly what i'm talking / typing about.

i've never grown autoflowers but it makes sense it would really help those type of plants produce more yield.

i'd like to double potting a plant that's been topped. imagine the fat colas it could produce.

 

[Herbalgardener]

Oh then yeah I'd do it haha,, if its going to better your plant and most likely the overal outcome, I wouldn't see why you wouldn't. BTW thank you for explaining "double potting" to me. I'm a Newbie at growing MJ, so if I ask more questions then not, bare with me. Happy Growing....

 

[madassimi]

Oh then yeah I'd do it haha,, if its going to better your plant and most likely the overal outcome, I wouldn't see why you wouldn't. BTW thank you for explaining "double potting" to me. I'm a Newbie at growing MJ, so if I ask more questions then not, bare with me. Happy Growing....

oh, you're quite welcome.

 

[Herbalgardener]

I hope your grow turns out great, I am actually going to try that method if and when I do start my first grow.

 

[BudGood]

I was considering doing this with 3 gallon pots, decided to just put a trellis instead. Post some pics of how it turns out, I'm interested!

 

[madassimi]

I hope your grow turns out great, I am actually going to try that method if and when I do start my first grow.

thanks for the nice words good luck with your future garden!

maybe i won't do it with all the pots but a few to see the difference between the two methods.

 

[Herbalgardener]

Let me know the outcome, I am itching to know how it goes...

 

[madassimi]

I was considering doing this with 3 gallon pots, decided to just put a trellis instead. Post some pics of how it turns out, I'm interested!

i'm a little confused. so you never transplanted your plants into the 3-gallon containers but used a trellis instead?

i can see how the trellis helps the plant grow upward but how does it helps the root system inside the pot have more room is expand and grow?

thanks for the reply

 

[BudGood]

I wanted to use the double potting, but when I put up a trellis it threw that idea out the window is what I meant, sorry for being vague, I'm high. I wanted to do a 3gal pot, then cut the bottom out of it during the stretch in flowering and put it into another 3. The trellis screwed it up for me.

 

[madassimi]

I wanted to use the double potting, but when I put up a trellis it threw that idea out the window is what I meant, sorry for being vague, I'm high.

hehe i gotcha' now yeah, i'm a bit up in the clouds myself at the moment

 

[planted1]

I would suggest it as opposed to transplanting. i generally plant rooted clones into the pot theyll flower and finish in. but ive done this in the past when i felt like they need more room. you also have the advantage of space because your going vertical with your pot and not just getting a larger(wider) container

 

[madassimi]

I would suggest it as opposed to transplanting. i generally plant rooted clones into the pot theyll flower and finish in. but ive done this in the past when i felt like they need more room. you also have the advantage of space because your going vertical with your pot and not just getting a larger(wider) container

thanks Planted1 for your input. good to hear from someone that's actually done it.

i was going to use 3-gallon pots, whether i replanted or double potting, so i'll be just as wide either way.

do you think i should use a 2-gallon pots instead?

my plants are currently in a 1-gallon pots.

thx!

 

[spiral]

Double potting is an excellent technique, Ive used it quite a few times. What I do is flip the pot the plant is going into, the one with the cut off bottom, upside down and put the plant in what would have been the bottom. That way when you put the pots together the rims mach up perfectly.

The suck part is finding a bottom, what i settled with is a piece of plexi glass cut into a circle the same diameter with holes drilled into it and duct taped on.

Within a week of using this method the two pots are usually stuck together. I find I can put an extra plant into each row because of the smaller diameter of the pots. hope this helps.

 

[itsus]

double potting is the bees knees. i've put two gallon pails on top of three gallon pails with great results. if you ever over'veg a plant like i have before, grab an exacto knife and cut the bottom off and place on another pail. you can place a 2gal in a 2gal, or 3gal in a 3gal, but you can only fill up the bottom container halfway for stability issues. it's much safer to go with a bigger pot. some people cut the bottom off knowing they're gonna double pot, i find it's more trouble than it's worth. just be careful not to cut to deep or you'll chop some roots off.

 

[madassimi]

thanks Spiral & Itsus -- i didn't realize the pots had to be so snug. thanks for the clarification. silly me was going to put my one-gallon pot into a three-gallon pot.

Spiral, i'm a little confused about what you meant regarding having a difficult time finding a bottom? you said you duct taped a circular piece of plexi glass, with holes drilled into the bottom, to what though? is this something you put between the two pots? or is this a homemade plant saucer for the outside bottom of the container to capture water?

thanks again!

 

[GR8shoeBaDizzle]

I have done this. i'd put clones in rockwool into soil in red keg'r cups. veg them for a month or so then cut the bottom of the cup and into one gallon bags.... i think it kinda saves space...works well i think...


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