Re: [CH] Peat Pellets
Linda Panter (lipant@sympatico.ca)
Sat, 19 Feb 2005 13:06:10 -0500
Those look good! I have some from Home Depot but it's necessary
to buy individual pots too or else you have to wreck the tray to
get the seedlings out. (which was probably their design on
purpose.) I have a two part tray with a watering tray underneath,
but the upper tray is all one piece. That looks like a good
option.
Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will McCown" <will@ross-mccown.com>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] Peat Pellets
I've had pretty good success using these:
http://www.charleysgreenhouse.com/index.cfm?page=_productdetails&productid=8345&cid1=175&cid2=425&cid3=-99
Unlike most of the seedling trays out there this is individual
pots which means I can plant a mix of different things in the
same tray and then shuffle the faster developing plants out as
they get too big. But they're small enough to approach the
density
of typical seedling trays.
Being in (currently soggy) Southern California I started a bunch
of peppers and tomatoes in late November. Early January they
went into the "Greenhouse" (Really just a plastic tent), the
peppers are now about 16" tall, and the tomatoes are now at the
4' point.
Scott wrote:
> I have tried various peat "contraptions" and it's always the
> same result. They tend to dry out, but keeping them moist
> enough for the seedlings leads to mold. Pretty shades of
> green, white and blue that don't seem to harm the seedlings,
> but not the type of growth I like to encourage indoors.
>
> I use 16 oz. red plastic cups (like you see around kegs.) I
> melt a few holes in the bottom for drainage/watering and they
> are reusable.
>
> Scott... getting to start seedlings this year... KCK
>
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Will McCown, South Pasadena, CA
will@ross-mccown.com