Need Some Help

[Billy74]

So yesterday I transplanted into 7 Gal Pots thinking they were 5 Gal, Should I transplant the plants into the 5 Gal or would that stress them out too much?  I wanted to only go to 5 Gal originally, Im just not sure if I should leave them or transplant.

[t-pain]

if you dont mind them in 7gal just leave them in 7gal.

 

if theres a problem with 7gal, put them in whatever you want.

transplant stress isnt much as long as you arent cutting off roots or snapping branches.

[Billy74]

So if I carefully Transplant into the 5 Gal then they shouldnt stress to much? Im not sure if I should keep them in the 7 gallons because I only use a 4x4 tent for flower..

[t-pain]

if the 7gal fit in the tent, go for it. if they dont , its ok to transplant them again.

 

light, temperature, water, nutes can stress a plant more than transplanting imo.

of course, i could be wrong. maybe someone else can chime in about transplant stress.

[Billy74]

I just wasnt sure if it would be a waste for them to be in 7 gallon, mostly people seem to use 5 gallon alot indoors. any thoughts would be great.

[t-pain]

the more roots the better for the plant.

the more dirt, the more the roots can grow.

the bigger the pot, the more dirt it can hold.

 

thats assuming you can water them properly.

 

i think i had 8 (or 10?) gal pots at one time, which are pretty big (and quite heavy). i had 6 pots in an 8x4 tent.

the plants did not use all of the dirt. this might have been due to my dirt composition.

 

so it depends how many plants you have. and if you can access the tent from all four sides,

meaning you dont have to get in the tent yourself.

 

bigger pots are harder to turn, and you ideally would like to turn the pots a quarter turn per day so that the light can hit all of the plant. simulating how the sun changes position in the sky.

 

maybe i just liked having an 8x4 tent i could walk in, zipper back up, and smoke in there in peace.

[Billy74]

I might just keep them in the 7 Gallons, does bigger pots give bigger yield or is that just a myth.

[Kingdiamond]

The bigger the pots more yield and a bigger plant if you have the space leave them alone.

[pergamum362]

Assuming there in the pots long enough to use all the extra root space. I use 7 gal pots, the shorter wider ones.

[trichcycler]

transplanting could be as simple as gently removing the dirt/root ball from the original container, without disturbing the soil compaction(best when the soil is dried some) and gingerly place on some new soil, and backfilled with more, watered in, with never a worry.