Dannon yogurt cup with McAlister drink cup.
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I honestly canāt remember. I spent more time looking at the pots when I should have been studying the molds.
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in a followup to this, what would be the minimum diameter and height of pots for growing out pawpaw and persimmon seedlings? time is obviously a factor but we know they do well in 4x14 or 4x10 pots for 1 to 2 years of growth. going back to the pvc pipe, it didnt look like they were using 3" or 4" diameter pipe, which would be expensive, but more like 2".
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like this:
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I use this stuff to put around my fruit trees if/when i weedwhackā¦ cuts easily with a sharp knife. Tough as nails otherwise. For the money i think this would be excellent growing tubesā¦ not to mention you can haul many feet in a small car and its at all hardware box stores.
Even has perforated holes for airflow etc.
If u can find a discarded culvert pipeā¦
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I try to use whatever I can find/salvage. I have found these 5lb sour cream containers work really well. The clear container is a 1 gallon vinegar bottle with the top cut off.
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id have to look closer but the ones that are perforated might actually air prune as well. they might be hard to get the seedlings out of the tube unless they are cut into halves, long ways.
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thatās a good idea, alot cheaper than buying the pre cut ones. what is that called? id prefer to have it in a lighter color so it doesnāt cause my trees to come out of dormancy too early in spring. 3in would be ideal to keep the voles from eating the bark also.
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I cut mine in half longways to slip over the fruit trees trunks. Kinda like a clamshellā¦ always snaps back to near the original shape so i dont think you would have to tie them off with twine or anything to keep them shut. Curious would be how the roots would spiral i thinkā¦ instead of becoming rootboundā¦ I may do a test with some marigolds or zinnias to see how complicated it would be to remove. Those have pretty decent root systems and are annuals for me.
This stuff is what was recommended for the bottoms of wicking tubs which i did about 5 years ago. You put these in the bottom of the tub then put the fabric liner in the tub so that the bottom holds waterā¦ and has the support so that the liner full of soil and roots doesnt hit bottomā¦ i wasnt a fan of wicking tubsā¦not to mention had the wrong quality tubs that got UV blasted and brittle. So these are still hanging around my ājunkyardā of pots and things that i dont have much use for but cannot for the life of me throw away. So im always trying to find ways to turn my junkyard stuff into usable garden stuff.
Its been awhile since i read anyone talking about milk cratesā¦ but they make liners for themā¦ and if someone had the right skills could make their own.
I have an abundance of bird seed and dog food bags that fit pretty nicelyā¦ i grew some blackberries in one and they did well. I just poked holes in the bottom and sides for drainageā¦ probably not the wisest move with āmicroplasticsāā¦ but honestly those bags would be sent to a landfill otherwise so i guess do what feels right to you.
Feedbag gardening is not sustainableā¦but maybe some folks can get one more use out of something for the goodā¦ like maybe growing potatoes one season then discarding?
Or maybe do your grocery shopping in upcycled bags? Its trendy and better than using disposable plastic bags i think?
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by āthe precut onesā are you referring to the accordion style that connects to downspouts? if those then they dont hold their accordion property when cut and its hard to keep them in their long state. ya lighter color would be good if they functioned as expected. i did find this yellow variant:
at worst you could just rubber band the halves together when initially working with them and once they are full and in crates youre gold. 3" and 4" go nicely into milk crates too.
yep ive seen them. im going to line a couple of mine with poly batting and some with weed barrier if i have the correct type and see how things go. might order these to test as well: Amazon.com : iPower 5 Pack 7 Gallon Square Grow Bags Thick Fabric Planting Pots with Handles for Indoor and Outdoor Garden, Black : Patio, Lawn & Garden
and thanks for posting your bag ideas! ive read before where people would go get the $ 0.25/0.50 tarp material walmart bags and use those before too.
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they sell the white 3 ft precut ones like that on amazon and such but are about $3 ea. so not cheap
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going to move some of the early pawpaw and persimmon sprouts to these 4x14 bags i was using for fig cuttings:
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I bought a bunch of the bags that folks were recommending for āfig popsāā¦ but i really like the bread bags that are sold at walmart etc.
10X14.
These slide perfectly (tight) over the standard 1 gallon nursery potsā¦to make a mini greenhouse. Thats how i root most of my cuttings.
Its also how i ship my bare roots for the most part that i trade/sell.
Super handy for what i do.
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Would a landscape fabric bag air prune? I sewed some bags using it when I got a couple rolls of discount landscape fabric last year.
They drain well and I made mine to hang in a little contraption that make it like the 4āx14ā air prune pots that go in a special holder.
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I did this a couple years back and regret it terribly- some of the bags broke down and I couldnāt get all the plastic pieces before they ended up everywhere. I am still finding little centimeter sized pieces of plastic bag.
Not all the bags did that though- and I couldnāt tell you in advance which ones would and wouldnāt.
Now that Iāve typed this Iām worried my landscape fabric pots will do the same thing- though they do seem to be holding up better.
As a more general question: where are people getting the soil? Iām finding that is the really expensive bit. Even fill dirt is expensive in my area. And so much of the stuff they sell as ācompostā is not tested at all and has weird ph or full of seeds, etc.
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Years ago i bought some landscape fabric to do a little project with butterfly bushes in front of my houseā¦what a nightmare that stuff is after the sun beats it downā¦ A guy down the road from me uses driveway fabric for a long 100 yard run and his seems bulletproof. He grows tomatoes and peppers and all kinds of stuff on his.
That sounds like the geotextile fabrics that my neighbor had told me about them using in their commercial construction projects.
My father has been using various weed blocking landscape fabrics for decades. They offer different levels of effectiveness against weeds growing through for a couple of years, but some of the fabric they are made from are far more durable than others as far as longevity goes.
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Iāve made quite a few batches of my own potting soil using vermiculite and coconut coir. I no longer add granite dust nor worm castings nor bone meal. Done this way it isnāt super expensive although it costs a significant amount of time. I have purchased some bags of inexpensive potting soil at a nearby chain location of a national hardware store. Each year they do some sales that are well advertised, and the prices for various potting mixes drop significantly (the price is reduced by nearly half of the normal price if I recall correctly). My mother usually gets larger bags of potting soil from a big box membership warehouse store.
I get the same size containers as your sour cream containers from the school cafeteria where I work.
5lb cottage cheese containers, I get 2-3 a week, they add up quite quickly.
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where did you pick up the rounds ? . the cheapest raised bed ive found was metal and 4x8 110 bucks . i like these better . and i could use a few for my Herbs and some of my trees
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