If you currently container grow, we recommend starting with the same gallon size container you ordinarily use. With proper care, the Smart Pot grown plant should grow a little bigger and fuller when compared to the same plant grown in a hard plastic pot. A sophisticated hydroponic grower, using the right mix with an ebb and flow watering system, with specialized fertilizers and lighting, will grow a larger plant in a smaller container than will a backyard duffer who rarely fertilizes or irrigates. The answers for these questions are all related.
What type of lighting system, if any, do you use? What type of watering system do you have? Do you want the plant to reach its’ genetic potential? Do you want the plant to stunt in growth? Leaving a plant that could grow very large in too small a Smart Pot for too long will cause the plant to bonsai.Do not put it in a one-gallon container and expect stellar growth. A giant Pumpkin will fill a large Smart Pot in one season. Put one in a small container, and plan on moving it as it grows. A Bur Oak, on the other hand, is genetically capable of outgrowing even the largest container. For this type of plant, put a lot of them in our smallest containers. What is the genetic potential of the plant? A single Impatiens would not fill up a one-gallon Smart Pot.If you are placing the Smart Pot inside another pot, make sure the bottom diameter will fit, and you can lift it out. Do you need the Smart Pot to fit? The Smart Pot has straight sides and no taper.Can you move this weight without hurting your back? A 10-gallon pot, for example, might weigh twenty pounds or more, depending on the soil mix and water content. Portability – If you are going to move the Smart Pot around, get a size you can handle.Please consider the following when trying to decide what size Smart Pot to use: Having one parsley plant in a 100-gallon pot, or growing watermelons in a 1-gallon container, are obviously not optimal uses of the Smart Pot. With container gardening, you can grow any plant in any size container. Smart Pots come in a wide choice of sizes, from 1 gallon to a 1,000 gallon.
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