Pot size and veg time - Outdoors

[soloscanna]

Hey guys

Do you reckon an outdoor grow with 10 gallon smart pots would be big enough? They'll be under veg for around 4 months

 

[Weaselcracker]

10 gallons seems a little small. I don't grow outdoors much but I use ten gallon pots indoors and veg for about two months.

 

[soloscanna]

Edit: double post

 

[soloscanna]

10 gallons seems a little small. I don't grow outdoors much but I use ten gallon pots indoors and veg for about two months.

I'm not exactly in a legal state so I can't grow too big outdoors
Are your plants close to being root bound after 2 months in veg?

 

[Weaselcracker]

No -not root bound at all. Two months veg time in my grow setup is often barely enough to fill out a plant for a ten gallon pot. At four months they definitely would be. The growth rate is obviously going to vary a lot depending on a lot of things, but in general an outdoor plant with real sunlight is going to grow much better and bigger than an indoor plant.

 

[Major PITA]

You can do it, but you'll be tending to them a LOT.
I have a couple in 25 gal. pots. They need water every other day - or more often. In 10 gal. you will probably need to feed or water them daily. The size of the plants will be greatly reduced with that size pot, but it sounds like that's what you want.
Four months from germination sounds about right to me for veg time.