Photoperiod Transplant question when using large pots i.e.; 10 and 20 gallon

[pop22]

I use 1 quart pots and cottage cheese containers for seedlings. I transplant when the canopy is as wide as the pot, that indicates the roots have reached the bottom and have signaled the plant to step up growth. I find this to be instrumental in having your transplants begin to grow in the larger pot immediately. I'm talking measurable growth in the first 8-12 hours! I've gone from those small pots right into a 20 gallon. This is the end results:

Question: When germing in a solo cup from seed and the finishing pot size is 10 gallon or 20 gallon, is it better to a.) transfer directly into the fishing pot, or b.) veg in a 3 or 5 gallon pot, then transfer into their finishing pot.

Please school me. I have only been using 2-5 gallon pots in the past to finish in so I'm curious what the standard is when using these larger sizes.

I figure the benefits of an intermediary pot would be that I could veg them in the same tent, so less electric, less chance of over watering while waiting for root development going from a solo cup to a 10 or 20 gallon pot, less salt/nutrient build-up I'm assuming because it's getting transferred into fresh media in the final pot.

Anyways looking for a guru who uses these size pots that has a proven method to share.

If not I guess I'll be the guinea pig. Lol. The plan will be to transplant one seedling directly, into a 10 gallon. The other I'll transplant into a 3 gallon, that will finish in a 20 gallon pot. Then I'll document my thoughts and observations in my grow journal that I have going.

 

[EvilScotsman]

I use 1 quart pots and cottage cheese containers for seedlings. I transplant when the canopy is as wide as the pot, that indicates the roots have reached the bottom and have signaled the plant to step up growth. I find this to be instrumental in having your transplants begin to grow in the larger pot immediately. I'm talking measurable growth in the first 8-12 hours! I've gone from those small pots right into a 20 gallon. This is the end results:

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you got a journal for that scrogg pop? about to start one so lookin for tips but youve got that many threads i cant find it lol

 

[Tony21]

Interesting, but why not just pop the pot onto the new pot, start in small Airpots or netpots and drop it into the larger pot when the time is right. That way also easier if some finishing plants take longer than expected and you have to wait a little before space is ready, less stress for me haha.
If I do a full transplant, I do like you.

 

[pop22]

Let me see if its still here

you got a journal for that scrogg pop? about to start one so lookin for tips but youve got that many threads i cant find it lol

 

[pop22]

Here ya go:

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...-second-quest-to-grow-a-one-pound-auto.48545/

you got a journal for that scrogg pop? about to start one so lookin for tips but youve got that many threads i cant find it lol

 

[pop22]

As to the transplant I went from my usual 24 oz cottage cheese container to the 20 gallon and it worked just fine. In fact I think it is the best way with an auto, to not stage thru multiple pots. And my understanding is using a starter pot encourages quicker vegetative growth. It does so by the roots filling the pot and triggering the plant to start growing canopy. That's why I transplant when the leaves are the width of the pot. The roots have reached the bottom, but root circling has only barely begun, the perfect point at which to transplant