Propagation: Container Question, 1 by kqcrna

kqcrna wrote:
Yes, I had them enclosed in a container, too, but still didn't like either the peat pots or the paper pots. Some got moldy when the wather just started to warm. They just dry too much when the weather gets really warm. Sometimes on days I work I'm gone from home 10 or 12 hours- I just can't be here to water them several times a day. Plus, I don't WANT to.

The only option I've tried for and liked for individual little pots is yogurt cups and styrofoam coffee cups- a lot of them- to fill an underbed container. The moisture can't evaporate through the sides of the plastic and styro cups like it can with peat pots or paper pots.

I don't know how far N or S you might be in Illinois, but here it can get HOT pretty fast in spring. Last year was the hottest dryest spring I've ever seen. Paper and peat pots just don't do it for me.

My underbed box looks like this, and it holds a lot of cups.

Karen