What size pots to use in a 4x4 tent?

[igrow420710]

Hi there,

I will be using a 4x4 (1.2m x 1.2m) tent looking to do 4 plants at a time...

I will start in a party cup.. but dont know what size to move up tooo..

preferably in litres...

 

[Bilbobudkin420]

Id say 4 22l pots. Im in 22l (5gal) smart pots. You could fit 4 7gal ones in there but not much point you wont be able to fit any more plant in there than what the 4 5gal (22l) pots can fit in ur 4x4

 

[Cushblah]

Not going to get maximum yield that you could in 20ltr pots in a 1.2m square tent really. Try 3 plants in them size pots and they will have more room to grow into

 

[Bilbobudkin420]

Not going to get maximum yield that you could in 20ltr pots in a 1.2m square tent really. Try 3 plants in them size pots and they will have more room to grow into

Yer but with 4 you could cover it quicker

 

[Cushblah]

3 could fill the space aswell. Just as easy. Less plants to maintain. Ive seen 12oz off 1 plant scrogged in a 1.2 square tent

 

[igrow420710]

I wanted to start in party cups and end in about a 4/5 gallon (20litre) smart pots... but don’t know what size to pot up to from party cup...maybe even 25 litre (5.5 gal)

 

[PurpleGunRack]

You don't have to transplant to the final pot immediately, you can transplant to ~3L pots and let them veg in those for some time.

If you grow in soil, and especially if you grow organically, go with as big a pot as possible, 4x 7gallon (27L) fabric pots works well in a 120x120cm tent


Filling out a 120x120cm / 1,44 m2 (4'x4' / 16 sq. ft.) with flowers:

1 plant - 50-100L pot +10 weeks veg
4 plants - 20-30L pots +8 weeks veg
9 plants - 10-11L pots 4-8 weeks veg
25 plants- 4-6L pots 2-4 weeks veg
36 plants - 2-4L pots 0-2 weeks veg

 

[Blew Hiller]

If you grow in soil, and especially if you grow organically, go with as big a pot as possible, 4x 7gallon (27L) fabric pots works well in a 120x120cm tent

Agreed. The first question should have been what is your growing medium? Second question is do you plan to add nutrients during the grow?

But, when growing in soil bigger pots are always better if they fit....

 

[Calvados]

I've never grown them, but I understand that .....

If you are growing autos, it is preferable for the first transplant to be your last.

4 in 5 gallon containers is grand.

 

[Bilbobudkin420]

3 could fill the space aswell. Just as easy. Less plants to maintain. Ive seen 12oz off 1 plant scrogged in a 1.2 square tent

Fair play.

 

[Cushblah]

What light will you be running in the tent? It is said to put autos straight into there finishing pot. I had 4 autos in 25tr plastic pots under a 600w in my first grow and averaged 4.5oz dry a plant, 1 was a disaster, 1 hermied and 2 nice plants, that was in a 1.8m square tent though

 

[Blew Hiller]

What light will you be running in the tent? It is said to put autos straight into there finishing pot. I had 4 autos in 25tr plastic pots under a 600w in my first grow and averaged 4.5oz dry a plant, 1 was a disaster, 1 hermied and 2 nice plants, that was in a 1.8m square tent though

What was your light schedule?

 

[Cushblah]

18/6

 

[Cushblah]

From start to finish

 

[Blew Hiller]

From start to finish

 

[Cushblah]

Have a read of my journal in my signature in the first few pages i put pics and info in on my first grow

 

[igrow420710]

Looking to grow in soil. Photoperiod for now.

I was thinking;
Party Cup
maybe a 5 litre
end in a 20litre/25lite smart pot

dont really want to transplant more than twice.

 

[HigherTheHigh]

I run 20L pots in my 4x4 and 4x8 tents.

I veg for 2 weeks in a 1L then straight into the 20L pots, another 4 weeks veg, i tent do get between 5-7oz from each plant untrained as such, all i do is put a screen 12" above pots and bend the main stem down to the screen.

Works great, cuts training time down too!

 

[Cushblah]

I run 20L pots in my 4x4 and 4x8 tents.

I veg for 2 weeks in a 1L then straight into the 20L pots, another 4 weeks veg, i tent do get between 5-7oz from each plant untrained as such, all i do is put a screen 12" above pots and bend the main stem down to the screen.

Works great, cuts training time down too!

Sounds like they are more trained than untrained! I like to see different methods of training have you git a link to some pictures?

 

[HigherTheHigh]

Yes buddy, nope i just let them get to around 8" then just slightly bend the main stem, works better than any of my fully LST plant and i get more yield this way believe it or not.

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