California Gardening: Wintrer in California, 1 by Twincol

Twincol wrote:
OK, guys, paper cups . . . .

Let me ask you . . . I have a stack of little 4oz Dixie Cups. I also have a box of (are they called straps?) 40-or-so Star Jasmine which need to be taken out of their little plastic sacks (the roots) and planted in soil before (I think) they are likely to get moldy. There is obviously no air getting to the roots as they presently are stored.

Now these are going to be planted, 2-each, in the holes I had Aardvark dig in my front yard adjoining my recently-constructed wire fabric fence (4-feet high) as a gardening landscape architectural feature. I'll try to add a photo herewith. The point is that I'm not in a position at the moment to get out there and mix the native and bag soil so as to fill the holes and plant them in the holes. It's cold and getting colder, it's wet and getting wetter next week, yadda yadda yadda! I'm scheduled for a 6-week course beginning next Sat, each Sat. The Suns are obviously available, but, I mean, when your life is already out of control, spending the only weekend day you have after a 6-day work week . . . . Oh my.

So, what's my question??? Can these little Dixie cups provide the proper environment to plant them temporarily and then drop them in the larger holes when it warms up in a month? I mean, are they acceptable as the kind of paper cups you're talking about above?

Oh geez, it's probably just as much work to just plant them as to throw each little plant into a Dixie Cup, isn't it? I suppose I could try to find a 16-yr-old who wants to earn minimum wage for just 2-3 hours. Whadd'ya think? Advice? Wisdom? Sanity?

Would you rather I address to the Beginner Gardening Forum?

Linda