Professor DeBacco

Container Size Can Depend On… (Part 1)
Strain being grown
How big will it get?
Substrate selected
What is the water holding capacity?
Pruning method
Keeping the plants small or letting them grow large?
Growing environment

How large of an area do you have?

Container Size Can Depend On… (Part 2)
Cost (of container and/or amount of substrate)
Smaller container can save costs but will increase plant stress
Duration of growing cycle
How old will your plants be at harvest?
Grower preference

What do you like?

General Suggestions Based on Plant Size
Plant size and suggested container size…

Use this as a general guide

12″ ~ 2-3 gallon container
24″ ~ 3-5 gallon container
36″ ~ 6-8 gallon container
48″ ~ 8-10 gallon container
60″ ~ 12+ gallon container

Commercial Production Set-ups

Typically these will use the 5-7 gallon max size containers for their plants and will reserve larger sizes only for mother/stock plants.

Link to Lecture Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OKsUy2Tijw0ecdrgDEcaAR3dmKR_6tEk/view?usp=sharing

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Part 2
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