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Post by daylilydude on Oct 18, 2017 4:16:12 GMT -5
We... well most of us that start our own seen transplant tomatoes and peppers to solo cups... do you have any other vegetable that you do the transplanting to solo cups?
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Post by paulf on Oct 18, 2017 7:21:46 GMT -5
Never used solo cups to transplant. Got a really good deal on 2"X2"x3" nursery black plastic transplant pots, bought a case of 1000 and have used them for a few years and haven't made a dent in the case.
Used to transplant cucumbers and melons and a few flowers, but now only tomatoes and peppers.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Oct 18, 2017 10:53:02 GMT -5
I use pots also- solo cups are too tippy for me, I like having a square base that fits neatly in my plastic flats.
Last year though we sold raspberry plants at our rummage sale using red solo cups. Worked great and I didn't have to part with any of my pots.
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Post by spike on Oct 18, 2017 11:02:03 GMT -5
LOL just about everything! Tomatoes, Peppers, Cukes, Squash, Pumpkins, flowers, zucchini . . .
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 18, 2017 11:22:24 GMT -5
I've used Solo cups many times over the years, mostly for tomatoes and peppers. I have something of a love-hate relationship with them, though. Pros: They're a good size for potting up if you want big seedlings at transplant, they're cheap, readily available, and can be sterilized and re-used. Black marker shows up nicely on the red exterior for labeling. Cons: Since their tops are round, they don't fit neatly against each other in a tray. You can zig-zag them, but there's still some wasted space in the tray no matter how you do it. And the big down side to Solo cups: when you have your seedlings outside hardening off, the cups+seedlings are really top-heavy and topple over constantly in the slightest breeze. The last few years I've bought some flowers for the front yard that came in good size seedling pots. There are three types that I find really useful for tomato and pepper seedlings: 1.) The 6-pack of deep rectangular cells, each about 1.5" x 2" x 4" deep. 2.) The 12-pack of roughly 2" x 2" x 3" square cells. 3.) The 4" round single pots, because if you get eight plants at a time (which I usually do), the big box store will also let you take the frame they come in. Because they are in groups (or a frame) they don't tip over in the breeze. ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/1NCUkitzIlI5ObFwfSeh.png) Also, all of these pots are sturdy enough to be disinfected and reused several times. I just buy are no-holes flats to go under them. The flats can also be disinfected and reused several times before the sun makes them brittle. Of course, my method only makes sense because I'm going to buy the flowers anyway. So I may as well reuse the pots they came in! ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/AlTVKjAhCypksR0Ugttf.png) But back to the original question: sometimes I sow brassicas, greens, or flowers indoors. Occasionally I sow peas, okra, or melons indoors, but usually not. The vast majority of my seed-starting is tomatoes and peppers, plus an eggplant or two.
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Post by paquebot on Oct 18, 2017 20:38:30 GMT -5
No solo cups but loads of 4-pack and 6-pack starters. Just about everything is planted 2 per cell. "Everything" is tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, Romanesco, fennel, eggplant, cucumbers, and kohlrabi. None of those are potted up. A few things are sown in bulk and then transferred to 4 or 6 units. Those are celeriac, callaloo, basil, and parsley.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 18, 2017 23:45:30 GMT -5
I never use solo cups. Just different sizes to put in trays- 18, 32, 36, or 72 per tray. The very small 72/tray I only use for greens, which are started 3 weeks before transplant, and are put out very small, compared to the others. And the large, 18/tray pots I only use for the early peppers, which I transplant to even larger pots, before they go out.
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Post by september on Oct 19, 2017 10:41:19 GMT -5
I start out sowing seeds in cell packs, 4 to 6 seeds per square of one variety. Usually about 50-70 varieties. Transplanting up, I use both the largest deepest 6 cell packs, or 8 or 12 oz Styrofoam coffee cups. I agree about small cups being tippy, but I like the extra height of cups over plastic pots, plus the ease of poking holes and writing on the Styrofoam. I space pieces of wood or upside down tiny clay pots in the trays to keep the pots from rolling around. Often I need to transplant a third time into round 4x4 1/2 inch plastic pots. I have hundreds of them along with the 12 pot carry trays that a friend gave me from a landscapers project leftovers. I have a small greenhouse, but I don't trust heating it at night when the temps drop much below 25F, so I like to keep my early seedlings in smaller containers that I can more easily carry back into the house on extra cold nights in April. When I first got my greenhouse I actually spent some nights out there in a sleeping bag to see how cold it would get, didn't trust the remote thermometer. ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/LO3fz8obUsoM1TzmCkAS.png) All other starts, melons, eggplant peppers are treated similarly. Cukes, melons and squash I try to only transplant once.
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