If you have extra 3 to 6" gardening pots (the plastic type we all end up w/100's of from buying plants..LOL) & trays to hold them LMKP so we can work out a trade. I have about hundred right now but don't think it'll be enough to hold all the seeds I have to start this spring (eyes were bigger than my yard I guess) & looking for about 150 or more to get everything started. So if you have extras & need seeds for anything LMKP & we'll work something out. Thanks & have a great day gardening, Carol aka Catsdawg2
Looking for extra pots & trays
I wish I could help you, but I am always scrambling for extra pots.
I reuse the plastic drink cups for small plants, and also the little styrofoam ones for the seedlings.
I also reuse the 32 ounce styrofoan drink cups for larger plants, they are as deep as the gallon pots, but take only half the soil.
Soil is a big expense here, and i try to save as much as possible.
I hope that helps.
Josephine.
Hi Josephine, I'll try that! Got a Sam's down the road & will check out the prices & thank you very much for the great idea & have a nice day, Carol aka Catss
You are welcome Carol, most of the cups I use are reused cups, I have my friends save them for me, we are all into recycling, and I even reuse the same cups again when I move them to a larger pot.
You've just turned me "green" -I'll go w/ the suggestion to have people save them for me as I would rather do that then buy them - green & cheap here...LOL. Thanks again & have a great day :)
Carol, I also use plastic cups, especially if I'm going to have the plant for awhile and it needs to hold up. We save Starbucks and QT cups. I punch drainage holes with an ice pick, and they last forever. When they get damaged I just throw them in the recycle bin.
I use empty plastic coffee cans, milk jugs and soda bottles. Just remember to poke drainage holes in the bottom.
Isn't it amazing what we can find to recycle when it comes to pots for our plants
Butter tubs, cottage cheese and yogurt containers......
"eyes"
Thank y'all & Hi "eyes" (save me your tubs ...LOL - sent you a D-mail a few days ago) you have opened my eyes (no pun intended) to a whole different range of ideas to use. I am bound & determined to start everything from seeds or cuttings next year & staying out of the nurseries that get me for a few hundred bucks in petunias alone ever year (oh yeah "eyes" holler at me about that - I've got about 4 different varities of 'tunias in about 8 different colors & know you like 'tunias as well ) I'm revoluting against the mass producing annual machines this year that empty my wallet & putting in a waterfall & pond. Aagain thanks for the ideas & they'll be put to good use.Happy gardening y'all,Carol
Yogurt cups, too.
Here's an interesting seed starting method that I will be trying soon... toilet paper rolls. This link will show you how. http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/. Have any of y'all tried this? The ability to just put the decomposable tp roll in the ground supposedly helps to lessen root disturbance.
Also found a neat way to start your cuttings - get a 2" clay pot (unglazed),a cork to fit into the bottom of the 2" pot,hort.vermiculite (sic) & a 6" pot(plastic pots work best). Put the cork in the bottom of the 2" pot & fill the 6" about 2/3 of the way w/hort.vermiculite & stick the 2"pot into the middle of the 6" pot & gently rock it back & forth to get it down into the vermiculite (not all the way to the bottom - just up to where the vermiculite is even w/the top of the 2" pot) & fill the 2" w/water to top & then stick your cuttings around in the space between the 2 pots - works great on cut startings & even got my cayenne pepper(which turned out so great I wanted clones not seeds from) to start that way. Just keep the 2" pot filled w/water & in about 2 weeks give the starts a gentle pull to feel if roots are holding it down yet or not - if yes then transplant into growing container - if no then wait another week & try the pull test again. Have tried this method on cayenne peppers & heliotrope & worked great. And nbgard -thanks for the link - will try that method too - have lots of toliet paper rolls around here ( I swear to god these people must use 1/2 a roll everytime they go!) & evryone else a big thanks for all your ideas too - my back porch might look kinda strange w/ all the TP rolls & to go cups everywhere but that's why I have privacy fence...LOL. Have a great day gardening y'all & thank you for all your help. Carol aka Catssdawg2