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OOh Thrifty Idea for Seed Starting Container!!
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Posted by julia_123 zone5/Indiana (My Page) on Mon, Jun 27, 05 at 13:28
| I was just eating lunch and noticed that my empty applesauce container was the perfect size to start a couple of seeds in this spring... :) I already have an enormous stack of yogurt containers. My friends just roll their eyes at me but I will be glad when I do my next planting to have lots of small, totally portable containers to use...and reuse! :) |
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RE: OOh Thrifty Idea for Seed Starting Container!!
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| I'm with you!! My husband loves strawberries, & I now have a HUGE collection of those plastic clamshell berry boxes. They're like miniature greenhouses - complete with vented top & all. I can't wait to use them. |
RE: OOh Thrifty Idea for Seed Starting Container!!
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| IMHO those strawberry containers are not the best for seed starting (especially winter sowing) as they dry out too fast. I learned the hard way by losing some seeds - there is false economy too. |
RE: OOh Thrifty Idea for Seed Starting Container!!
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| Not good for winter-sowing, but they might be good for spring and summer sowing, something where they wouldn't be in there very long. The yogurt cups are a good idea. I do a lot of winter-sowing, and it would be cool to place several of those in a larger container, say 4 in a milk jug. That way you could take each yogurt container out as it grew large enough. Good idea! I get friends and co-workers to start saving2-liter pop bottles for me by early winter -- gives me all I need by the start of the year when I sow my seeds! |
RE: OOh Thrifty Idea for Seed Starting Container!!
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| I used to grow a lot of african violets, and started all my plants in little plastic bathroom cups and used yogurt containers as the watering wells. Used old acrylic yarn as wicks. I grew many a happy plant in this way. I guess you could use this to start plants too. The wicking would provide constant moisture for the little seeds, so that you wouldn't have to worry about keeping them watered. |
RE: OOh Thrifty Idea for Seed Starting Container!!
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| Agree the clamshells are bad for winter sowing, but if you are working under lights, for relatively short germination times, they are wonderful. I use them every year for tomatoes, herbs, and flowers. With minimal bottom watering, I can keep the mix evenly moist and avoid both crispy seedlings and damping off. 3 of them fit on the big foam trays that chicken comes in, and you can get about 8 on each of the rectangular trays from Costco's party platters. |
RE: OOh Thrifty Idea for Seed Starting Container!!
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| I use the clamshells to sprout seeds for faster starting. Just fold the seeds up in wet paper towels and set aside for a few days until they sprout, then plant. Cuts germination time in half. I sprout seeds for my birds that way too. |
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