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Post by daylilydude on Apr 20, 2018 4:57:37 GMT -5
When you do transplant your seedlings in the next size cup/pot what size do you like to use for this?
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Post by tomike on Apr 20, 2018 5:48:54 GMT -5
When you do transplant your seedlings in the next size cup/pot what size do you like to use for this?
I use 9 oz white plastic cups from the dollar store but I make holes in the bottom for drainage/watering as the cups fit perfectly in my self watering system as follows:-
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 20, 2018 7:34:44 GMT -5
I only pot up one time. I think that they are 4" at the top. Here is a pic of them on my covered front porch where they live when they are too big to fit under my lights but it is still too cold at night for them to live in the garden. I can bring the trays indoors at night if necessary. DSC00739 by Brownrexx, on Flickr
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Post by paulf on Apr 20, 2018 8:34:26 GMT -5
Seeds begin in 6-pak plastic with 10-16 seeds per 6-pak. At the two or more true leaf stage everything goes singly into a 2 3/4" X 3" plastic pot until planting outside. My ultra-sophisticated growing platform; two like this in the dirt floor basement built in 1874 with the 1970s pipes in the ceiling. The tomatoes are screaming to get outside...patience, patience.
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Post by spike on Apr 20, 2018 8:47:35 GMT -5
Red Solo Cups! My neighbor had a 4th of July party and over bought cups and gave them to me! So for now/until I run out, I use those! I actually like them. Because our weather is interesting, it gives the plants plenty of room while waiting to go out.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 20, 2018 9:14:49 GMT -5
I transfer my peppers to, and plant my tomatoes and eggplants directly in, pots that hold just about 1 1/4c of mix. They are 36/tray, but taller than the usual, so they hold more. I only transplant to larger pots when growing a few early peppers
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Apr 20, 2018 13:24:02 GMT -5
usually a 20 ounce solo cup.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 13:36:58 GMT -5
I start several seeds per cell in the trays, then as they get the first/2nd leaves, mass transplant into solo cups where they can stay until plant out. I try to transplant them when quite young as it's easier for me and less stress on the seedlings, imo. When they go into the solo cups, I use a bunch of those cheap laundry baskets ( holds 20 cups) to keep them and water them, or to move or if I must, wrap them against a frost/freeze. Easy to move, keeps an inch or so water to be sucked up in the bottom when watered and easy to cover.
I'm lazy, LOL.
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Post by spacecase0 on Apr 21, 2018 10:52:06 GMT -5
I seed into 4 inch pots and then into the ground from there. getting that many 4 inch pots cost a bit to start with, but I keep them out of the sun if they are not actively being used, and they last a long time that way.
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