The reason to up-pot is to build a rootball. I like starting in 16 ounce tumblers from the dollar store with holes melted through the bottom, then into one gallon fabric pots and before the roots grow into the bag transfer to a 3 or 5 depending on how long you plan on growing the plant for... I like to use great white when I up-pot.
If you’re starting in a 60 gallon pot I am assuming that you are growing photo types and not autos. I have not ventured out yet to photo types even though I have 10 acres of property and could very easily pull that off I just do autos for right now. With that being said autos lifespan are roughly 3 months so they say 1 gallon for every month your plant will live so I use 3 gallon fabric pots but I will probably go to the 5 gallon fabric pots for my next grow. If you are indeed growing photo. Plants by all means start them in a smaller pot and then up pot if that makes you feel more comfortable but I would go ahead and start them in the 60 gallon pot but you will need to water them a certain way and my signature line has a link on there about watering seedlings in their final pot. If you follow that procedure I think that you could safely start them in their final pot but maybe some others will jump in that have tried it both ways and can give us a comparative result to reference to.
My gorilla glue auto sugar leaves have rust spots on them so can I still use them???
You can start them in a big pot sure, but you will have to carefully water and always be messing with it seeing if it’s ready for a little bit more water in your huge pot. I suggest you do what I said in my previous post but with hard containers til you get in your final container..
Sure, I don’t see why not. I would if it wasn’t going to crumble to pieces...
Well this wasn't a planned test or anything but to say there is no difference is simply confusing to me because when I look at that pic I notice a pretty substantial difference...the fact is if given a deadline and I started in a 7 gal from the beginning compared to someone in solo cup working up to 7 gal after after few transplants no matter what the one started in a solo will likely never come close to catching up to the plant thats been allowing to let the roots flourish...and its only a waste of soil if you are throwing it away imo...but thats just it its all a matter of opinion and preference
If you read my post I said it wasnt a planned situation wasnt any test or anything i just had a few in solo cups that i chose to not transplant didnt really have the room but didnt want to toss em...as the weeks were passing i just noticed how fast each one grew compared to one another...obviously at a certain point the solo cup will slow down much more compared to larger pots but the 7 gal was growing much faster then either after 2-3 weeks from seed the 7 gal just left both in the dust and it really just seems obviously no disturbance to the roots letting them spread as natural as possible is what leads to the difference... imo root balls are not good dont really understand why people say that
I put my autos in a 5gal pot day after sprout and check the root system at Day 30. The roots seem to hold the soil
together and appear healthy after I shake off the soil. Just my experience. I start in final pot precisely to make my
grows less complicated.
To each his own my friend. That’s how we learn and see what works for us as individuals.
