Propagation: Dud Containers - what didnt germinate for you, 1 by kqcrna

kqcrna wrote:
Wow, all cups? Sounds like a lot of work. Gloria, you don't fasten the bags to the cups any way, like tape? Here those bags would be crushing the seedlings under the weight of heavy rain or snow, or they'd blow away.

I have an underbed storage box that I fill with cups. Ususally I do that for seeds of which I only want a few plants. I'm really not that fond of it. They dry out too fast in hot or dry weather and no way do I want to have to water twice a day. I also find it time consuming to fill and label each cup. Give me gallon milk jugs any day. The bulk of my sowing is done in those. In fact, I'm debating whether I'll ever do any cups in future years. My things just do better in jugs. The attached photo shows the box of cups in 2006.

This year my real obstacle has been weird weather- cold, dreary, heavy rain, and no sunshine. Last year was heat and drought. Each year is a differnt weather challenge.

Karen