Last evening, my friend's outdoor grow is getting too large to fit in the existing pots.

They are being transplanted into these 100 gallon pots. I have learned that the plant growth will be limited to the root size. This is why the pots need to be so large. This is the first time I've seen pots like this. They are made from a thick felt material instead of a hard plastic. The baby pools are used to allow the pots to be moved by sliding them. There is a massive amount of soil in those pots and it takes 2 people just to move the pots on flat ground. When the plants were pulled from the existing pots, the roots were just barely reaching the sides. This is just the right time to transplant. My friend has indoor hydroponic grow as well. Even there it is important to have large pots. When they switched to the larger hydroponic pots, they noticed that the plants were outgrowing their room. They had to switch to a shorter vegetative stage to prevent their plants from getting too large. That is a good thing as that speeds up their turn-around time. The cycle on the outdoor grow however is dictated by the season. In this particular outdoor grow, my friend was able to get a jump start on the season by growing them indoor while the weather was still cold.

This morning, I am going to experiment with some crude extraction equipment. I will take some pictures and give you details in the next post.

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