Dinafem head to head!!! Group of "12" grow off !! with 3 of their larger strains!!

[dragondust]

Blue Kush auto day 6

 

[Jupiter]

I hate to be a stick in the mud but, transplanting feminized auto's in not something I would do, once the root hits the bottom of solo cups. and circles, in my humble opinion, you have stunted the plant.
not so much with regular autos, and of coarse it works fine with photo's. just my opinion.

Interesting. Yeah I definitely noticed slow growth of I wait too long. I plant in straight coco so when I transplant it basically falls out.

I loved my three gallons until recently.... My soil is so light the roots move damn quick through it lol and as I get better at growing I'm noticing the restriction sometimes in the root zone mid flower or a little further in... Only my three gallons though...I pulled 100gs dry from cheese xxl but I think i could have done better if I used bigger than three gallon and didn't transplant ten days too late losing a good chunk of veg growth lol so from here on out it will be fives I think if I buy more... Trying the sevens air pot for free so will see how that goes. My buddy said he got his best yield using those.... Tang and others use them too with great results. I guess I just like that they are plastic and I can tie off to them for training... Slightly harder in fabric pots and I have to make holes lol. Air pots just seem perfect to me.... So I'm going to get my biggest strain out of my 100 auto beans and see what's up... Might be running dinafem critical 2.0 in the new seven gallons. That's supposed to be a monster plant.... or I have moby dick xxl too.... Think those are my best choices for size honestly to match the pots...hmmm...
Well anyway today is day ten for me so tonight they will all get blessed with their first feeding. 1ml sensi grow A and B and 1ml of voodoo juice to one liter. Each will get a measured 250ml and I'll split the rest between them. Two feeds this size and then I jump to 500 ml. Two or three more days as long as they are taking well I'll jump to 750ml then a full liter. And go from there I guess. I slowly move it up until it's drinking about 1-1.5 liters a day and as long as that is holding ill keep it there. I like to feed no less than every 36 hours but I shoot for 24 never letting pots completely go bone dry. You guys ready for this whooping? Lol jk guys... Glad to be growing along side all of you and can't wait to see all the different results!

Yeah I just put the seedlings in coco and after around 5 days I transplant. They basically fall right out because of the coco is so light. I did notice of I wait too long the are around a week behind. But I do it to save space and then right into the seven gal smart pots.

 

[stepside]

I'm a schmuck I didn't take pics but the girls are in their 7 gal airpots. The roots were perfect all blowing out the bottom but not circling yet. Another day woulda been too late. I'm trying a little test here. One with promix hp, one with promix bx, and one with hp on top and bx on the bottom

 

[stepside]

Here they are Day11

 

[iampepe]

Here they are Day11
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I'm a schmuck I didn't take pics but the girls are in their 7 gal airpots. The roots were perfect all blowing out the bottom but not circling yet. Another day woulda been too late. I'm trying a little test here. One with promix hp, one with promix bx, and one with hp on top and bx on the bottom

Have you used 5 gallon airpots? If so do you see a difference using the two?

 

[stepside]

Have you used 5 gallon airpots? If so do you see a difference using the two?

I use both 5's and 7's. Little bit bigger plants in 7's

 

[iampepe]

Day 8
5 gallon airpot with Promix, perlite and mykos

 

[SouthCarolinaYardDog]

I use a transplant method when I'm low on space or waiting to harvest a pot within 7-10 days and will be able to transplant into it after cleaning. So basically just used as a jump start for me sometimes. I usually transplant on day 10 and give a first light feed. Doesn't seem to slow them down unless you go past day 13-14 before you transplant. I prefer right into final pot but can't always swing it while trying to catch my timing and overlaps ya know. And with my photos it's just the way I was taught to do it. Lol

So it's your opinion 5 gallon is better then 3 for autos I'm using regular 3 gallon plastic pots but sounds like 5 is the way to go at the moment learning I looked at the air pots I'm going with them just want the best size I was going to go 3 gallon most strains I will be running will be large and medium size being new I really don't know what to look for but in the 3 gallon plastic pot my roots were nice white and did not seem root bound but the pot was full.

 

[astronomy420a]

I compromise because of cost. I am a firm believer that big pots make big plants. BUT It costs so much more to fill five or seven gallon pots with medium and perlite. I use four gallon square pots, big enough for 4ft auto's and the square shape helps to keep the roots from circling. if I had unlimited funds I would use bigger pots.

 

[Discretepete2676]

I compromise because of cost. I am a firm believer that big pots make big plants. BUT It costs so much more to fill five or seven gallon pots with medium and perlite. I use four gallon square pots, big enough for 4ft auto's and the square shape helps to keep the roots from circling. if I had unlimited funds I would use bigger pots.

Agreed! It's kind of preference on pot size per grower depending on costs and space and stuff. I work at my local grow shop so I get everything super cheap so I just shove stuff in what ever i got lol smash to medium strains in 3 gallon and large ones on fives. That's what I shoot for, but my biggest plants came from the gallons? Haha decipher that....lol