I am talking about the clear plastic ones with holes that grapes come in from Sam's club. Will they work? I recall a discussion on this forum about the holes being too large or something. I'd love to get some feedback if anyone has used them before.

Thanks.

Alberta

Karen

Here is a thought, if you can put soil in a container tap it, add water and the soil not come pouring out and there is only a steady drip action, not a fast pour of water, then I think it would be appropriate to grow in.

The difference is the produce clamshells have a lot of vent holes and they don't tend to be very long and wide, so they dry out quickly. The salad clamshells are about 8 X 10.

The thing I like about the salad clam shells is that I can open them to vent easily and shut them back securely just as easily. In my area (Md./DC), spring can swing from 75 degrees to below freezing or even a March/April snow or flooding rain and back in the space of a week. It makes it easy to deal with don't cook the seeds/seedlings/don't drown/freeze the seedlings. Then its easy to rip the lids off once all of that stuff settles down.

The guy who owns our cafeteria at work sells me 50 salad trays cheap every winter.

But I happily use kitty litter containers and 10-16 oz cups in catering trays too. I sort of fit the container to the type of roots and height of the plants, especially if they hace a tap root.