3 vs 7 gallon SUCKER PUNCH

@growdoctordc, yeah I’ve used synthetic salts for my first few years and after learning more I’m slowly getting away from them. Almost all nutrients out there are synthetics, and usually the schedule they have on their bottle is way too much.

@diamondtrichomes, They look green, but then I couldn’t see purpling in pics from previous weeks. Congratulations on fixing it. And of course use up what you have on hand. The micros mag sounds great! I’ve often wondered why epsom is so frequently recommended when it has in its name the enemy of plant nutrition- SALT

@growdoctordc, mag def probably isn’t too big of a deal if it doesn’t get out of control, and I’ve heard of some strains having a purple color to them but this is still veg, not flower. I think I reversed most the purpling. What do you think? . This PASTE I’m using requires magnesium bc it has very little. I’m going to be purchasing Microbeneficials magnesium soon but I have a bunch of Epsom Salt to use up First.

@AutoSeeds, ah ya I’m stoked! 😁😍

@Quexos, yah man check out @fastbuds @mephisto and @autoseeds. They all are around 70 days seed to harvest!!!

@diamondtrichomes, Man that is a short flowering cycle. One of the Indica Hybrids I'm growing supposedly has a 4 week flowering cycle. I just can't see it happening. The other one is 9 weeks. That seems more reasonable to me. You've already learned which strains to grow in order to speed up your process. I need to grow more breeders/strains. I'd like to have a rotation of plants that flower pretty quickly after veg.

@Quexos, yeah!! It’s pretty dam amazing. I just chopped some photoperiods and they begged for 10 weeks, flowered for 8 and are the same size as a couple of my autos!! 😱

@Magich, honestly they were so close that either method was good. I topped some that did better than LST and one that I didn’t top out performed one that I did. On my new stuff I didn’t train or top any and all these plants are bigger.

@diamondtrichomes, what where your results? i got wayy better results on only LST, on my LSD-25 from Fastbuds!

@Magich, ya do it!! I did some of that on the FastBuds strains I finished last month!

@Will_journals, I disagree with your opinion, but I’d like to hear the explanation of why?? What happens when the plastic 3 gal out performs the 7 gallon smart pot?

@Stinkfox, thanks!! Stay tuned and follow along 😁

Fabric vs. plastic (by the looks of it) aren't a comparable side by side

@Quexos, https://buildasoil.com/products/buildasoil-living-soil-light?variant=8798917492853

@Quexos, it may be the media. The 3 gallon is coco loco and the 7 gallon is a light blend organic soil

@TheBudWhisperer, thx!! 🙌🏻

@TheBudWhisperer, yeah the difference isn’t much. I may just go with the 3 gallon pots for future grows

@Quexos, at this point I agree!! Guess we will see how the bud fattening ends up

@Quexos, ya same! Still a few weeks left so we’ll see on bud density but close one so far

@Quexos, makes sense for sure. Another thing is I grew with a 315 CMH in a 4x4 tent. I bet if you had a 1000w light, the plants would do better in a larger pot

@diamondtrichomes, Interesting observations. Autos don't have enough time to take advantage of the extra space. I guess a 5 gallon pot would be the next step. I've read where other growers swear by 5 gallon pots for their autos. 7 gallons would definitely be better on a photo as long as you give the plant enough time to fill out its space. I'd be careful keeping 3 gallons pots with them and trying to do the exact same veg period. I'd worry that the 3 gallon would be root bound by the mid flowering.

@Quexos, there’s two reasons I can think the smaller pot did better, one is the 3 gallon was on the edge in the center and the 7 gallon was on the edge in the corner so I suppose the one got a little more light. The second is there comes a point of diminishing returns. The plant didn’t live long enough to have the roots fill the entire pot so the 7 gallon was just too big for a plant that doesn’t go past 70-90 days. Just my thoughts! Thanks for following. Stay tuned for more

@ChefDan420, thanks!!