Why not many plants in one big pot ?

[oldog]

I have always seen each plant in a separate pot by itself,
and done that with grows.
Sure, if you have a large number of plants then its too heavy to
lift/move or to dispose of the soil, but if you are growing only
say 4 plants in a small cab why not have them all in one pot?
Never seen that anywhere. Just tradition ?

 

[Milhouse]

There are people that do that on here, put multiple plants in tubs. One main reason is if you are growing from seed, you dont want to put them in before showing sex cuz then you would have to rip the males out. Also, you dont want to put different strains together becuase of the stretch differences. If you put one sativa next to an indica, the sativa would stretch for the skies and the indica would be further and further from the lights.

 

[one Q]

a few reasons.
different strains shouldnt mix in same pot. Finish times, feed requirements, mold, pests, etc can be plant specific.

you may find that you want/need to move plants around to get optimum lighting. Say Tall plants on the edge short in the middle.

You can put 2/4 cuts into one pot if theyre from the same mother. that way you get uniform growth and feed. Then you just rotate pot so that everyone gets their time in the best light. It works fine and dont let anyone tell you otherwise.

 

[oldog]

In a small cab wouldn't you be able to get much more soil in a given
floor area which would mean more root space, and hence
stronger plants ?

 

[CoCo_Crazy]

I grew 10 plants under 800w in a 120litre container, worked great, only crap thing was you couldnt move plants around so the inner plants tend to get taller than the outer plants, take care to tie them down and keep an even canopy.

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

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[oldog]

Yes , you guys are right- usually you need to move them
around to keep them the same height depending on the
light they get and for different species. But, if I have 4
plants in a tiny area 18" x 18" and theyre all female of the same species
then they will all be getting virtually the same light so
why not a bigger single pot to take advantage of the available space
thats free? Maybe I'll try it.

Edit: this is the 2nd time I posted while someone was posting at the same time
which is why my reply seems like I'm ignoring your posts !! ( DiscoBiscuit and OneQ )
I think maybe square pots might be the answer for me now instead of
one big pot. Thanks .

 

[John Deere]

Look around a bit more. Lots of people swear by soil beds instead of individual pots.

 

[Anti]

When growing in a small cabinet, you don't want your plants to have unlimited space to grow... you want to control their size and container control is a great way to do it.

I asked Dr. Bud why he specified 16oz containers and not 32 oz (for example) and his reasoning was that small containers promote single cola plants which are very nice for SOG growers like myself.

I use containers that are long and thin rather than short and fat. I grow one big fat (14" tall, 6"+ around) cola in an approximately 29 oz container that is 10" tall and 2.5" x 2.5" square.

 

[CoCo_Crazy]

Yes , you guys are right- usually you need to move them
around to keep them the same height depending on the
light they get and for different species. But, if I have 4
plants in a tiny area 18" x 18" and theyre all female of the same species
then they will all be getting virtually the same light so
why not a bigger single pot to take advantage of the available space
thats free? Maybe I'll try it.

Edit: this is the 2nd time I posted while someone was posting at the same time
which is why my reply seems like I'm ignoring your posts !! ( DiscoBiscuit and OneQ )
I think maybe square pots might be the answer for me now instead of
one big pot. Thanks .

That will be a lot more convenient. If you need to remove one plant it wont be a hassle.

 

[redneck shogun]

google soma style grow bed

 

[Phaeton]

I am one of those who swear by the tray grows. I put 12 clones from the same mother in a 17 x 34 tray, 41 liters.

I get 12 main colas and 2 or 3 secondaries big enough to trim. IF I get them into bud on time. Run into some delays and the outside plants get too big too quick and reach out for more light. Since the middle is taken, the branches all around the tray grow sideways only on one side. The plant will actually bend over past 90 degrees hanging on the edge of the plastic. Supporting an oversize tray of 12 plants is very tedious.

On time budding gets 12 gram cola's off every plant with 3-5 gram secondaries, usually 3 per plant. About 24" tall.

The late tray has 5 cola's that look to be 20-25 grams each, some plants had to be sacrificed. Too big in a tray is too big, nothing can be separated so picking the ones to kill is the only option to save the grow. The remainders are pushing past 32", 2 weeks to go.

I screw up about 1 grow in 5, good odds and the ease and yield when correctly done outweigh any tedium my procrastinating may cause.

I have 3 at a time in 3 gallon buckets for clone monthers, I let them get too tall and pull up to 30 clones each then throw them into bud if there is room. Even growing in a bucket, 3 is 3 times better than 1, and easier than tieing stuff to screens.

 

[oldog]

( site is deadly slow tonight - times out sometimes while loading !)

Well, I think now after reading your suggestions, maybe I would try
a single container with many plants for a large grow, but I am
planning on setting up a very small cab grow and will stick with
individual pots. Anti I had been reading your post and Blintz' as that is where I am heading. Will post some Q's there. Respect to all.

 

[yesum]

^^ Not just me I see. I was gonna reboot or something, yea it is slow as shite!

 

[High Country]

A lot of people grow Sea of Green SOG style. Usually in rockwool cubes or hydroton, planted at 4 per sq'ft and grown single cola style. Ebb/flow tables are suited to this style of growing.

I do that too, in hydroton.

The roots get all tangled up with each other and go all over the shop, one big root mass.

No poblems

3X3 EBB/FLOW TABLE, 36 CLONES, ALL TOGETHER, SAME ROOT ZONE

RESULT, 36 SINGLE COLAS, 1OZ AVERAGE

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PLANTS DO IT NATURALLY IN THE BUSH.......SO WHY DON'T WE?

 

[oldog]

Good to hear from you High Country- Your spagnum moss cloning worked well for me !

 

[dansbuds]

they are done in beds all the time ,maybe just not many pics of it done here is all . mine are in SIP beds (sub irrigated planters ) i let them veg for a couple weeks then throw a scrog net over them & put them into flower .



growem green & stay safe ...Dans

 

[dansbuds]

oops double post .....sorry

 

[supersmallgiant]

I will never do another grow where roots from separate plants grow together. If something happens to one of the plants (herms, male, broken stem, bugs, disease, or other act of god) then you end up with dead rotting roots intertwined with the roots from the rest of your plants. It happened to me once and it will never happen again. Smart pots for the win!

 

[pinecone]

I started putting multiple plants in the same container. I just train them so they finish at the same height. I wouldn't grow no-stretch indicas together with sativas or an 8 week plant along with a 15 week plant, but other than these cases I think multiple plants in the same container works fine.

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