seedling pots

[nomolos]

Hi

Can anyone tell me suppliers of tall thin pots for seedlings?

Cheers

Sol

[MattyB]

7-11

[mike453]

Solomon,

I don't know if they have 7-11 where you live, but those cups are what I use for seedlings also.

                   Regards, Mike

[Tad]

try stuewe and son

www.stuewe.com

they have the tall one and the short one.

[FRITO]

lol so the trend is the big gulps now?

[eastern.nurseries]

Hi Sol,

             Have you tried Garden City Plastics in Melbourne, 100mm space savers are what you need, excellent for palms and cycads.

[Kris]

Dear Sol  

i use one liter or 2 liter mineral drinking water plastic bottles..

most are avaliable from our consumption itself.and are for

free.and when i need more.i contact recycalling units which

bring these bottles to my door step at very nominal price.

here are the stills_

[Kris]

Use a frame to cut the top of the bottle and use well

heated nail to put drain holes at the bottlom of these

plastic bottles_

[Kris]

Now after cutting...

[Kris]

Now these bottles are filled with soil & watered...and the drain holes are padded with coil fiber for proper drainage..

that's it ! i think this is the most ecomonical but intermidiate

stage.later can be shifted to decent looking pots or containers..

[paulgila]

(MattyB @ Apr. 10 2007,19:32)

QUOTE

7-11

how IS your ex-wife matt?still a coke fiend?

[MattyB]

Ha I s for because then oo sho they caount .....what? ???

[oppalm]

what a concept.  after 64 ounces of your favorite caffeinated beverage you recycle the plastic cup as a palm tree planter.   what a great country.

[wendisplantation]

I have used anything I could get that was the proper size, and that I could easily put holes in the bottom of. Another thing that I didn't see here that I have done is small (soda can size) brown paper bags. This works well because when you are ready to plant them in pots, you just stick the whole thing in the soil in new bigger pot. Bag disintegrates! , no disturbance to new baby roots.

I find that it is a good idea to place bags close together and put on a tray of some sort. Nursery flats work well for this, but a cookie sheet will do as well. I do this for many reasons, one being that the local convenience store will usually give you a handful of them if you ask the clerk with  a   or a  ::

[MattyB]

You have to ask the clerk with an emoticon?

[wendisplantation]

yuppers, works EVERY time, I carry extra emoticons with me every where i go!!!

LOLOL        

[STEVE IN SO CAL]

(krisachar @ Apr. 11 2007,03:22)

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Now these bottles are filled with soil & watered...and the drain holes are padded with coil fiber for proper drainage..

that's it ! i think this is the most ecomonical but intermidiate

stage.later can be shifted to decent looking pots or containers..

Kris...have you removed many of these plants from the x-water bottles? Seems a well rooted plant will not be easy to pry out of there. The narrower top, as well as the lack of smooth sides will hold the plant in. Seems you'd need to cut each plant out...just a thought.

[Urban Rainforest]

(MattyB @ Apr. 10 2007,19:32)

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7-11

Sheer Genius!!! I must give it a try. I thought these cups were only good for smuggling seed out of botanical gardens   . Great idea! Steve

[Kris]

Holy Jesus !

Dear Steve i must say your body is full of brains & even very

experienced too.

you are 100% right,one cannot pull or even cut the bottom

section without damaging...

but iam not going to do it,but allow nature to do so !

since these bottles with water and full sunlight in my terrace

slowly & gently they disintegrate like hen's egg.and a cake or

root ball like structure only remains for me to just take it and

place it in big barrels or terracota pots,or in most cases they

go out as they are to horticulture societies.

So i need not worry on this one_but thanks man for the

warning shots.i really appriciate it.

Thanks & Love,

Kris  

[Kamipalms]

(eastern.nurseries @ Apr. 11 2007,16:48)

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Hi Sol,

             Have you tried Garden City Plastics in Melbourne, 100mm space savers are what you need, excellent for palms and cycads.

I was going to suggest the same......

Their stuff isn't half bad and very reasonably priced.

Heres a shot of their 75mm pots and racks..

With some of Jeff's C.fragrans seedlings

J.

[nomolos]

THanks everyone for the ideas so far

[nomolos]

Here is  a dirct link to their propogation pots - which one/s would you reccomend

pots

[Kris]

(Steve from San Diego @ Apr. 12 2007,01:58)

QUOTE

I thought these cups were only good for smuggling seed out of botanical gardens   . Great idea! Steve

Dear Steve  

every day iam learning something new here in this thread !

now i got a new idea as how to get seeds of plants out of the

gardens_you guys are adoreable and this is also one kind of

stealth mode...

And Sol,as for the size of the seedling pots depends as to

what type of palm seeds you are going to propogate ?

For bismarkia,palmeras,talipot,etc..deeper the better.so

for wise investment sake by deeper ones.one size before the

final will do.if you are a proffesional gardner and not a ammeture.who keep growing plants from seeds over &

over again them,i think only the pro's should do the

suggestion.and how many peices are you going to buy.

if more 2 or 3 varities is always better..

Hey thanks for that link,even iam tempted to import these

kind of containers,while my friends return home from the

U.S.

Love,

Kris  

[Phil]

Group,

About 20 years ago I started to use the Anderson Band container.  I think it's used more on the West Coast US than anywhere else.  It is 3x3x9 inches and square.  It has large open areas at the bottom.  It has it's pluses and minuses.  The open bottom is one downside because soil can fall out.  The trays that hold these are another downside.  The trays have small mesh holes and the roots can get stuck in the holding flat's bottom mesh.  But, there are upsides.  They are space efficient, taller than a one gallon, and produce a plant almost equivalent to a one gallon.  They are easy to remove the plant from the container.  Below is a picture of various containers.

The ban container is the last one on the right.  Note that it's taller than the adjacent one gallon.  

I like the using of recycled plastic bottles.  But, remember not to let the top taper in.  When cutting them, cut at the point where the top is not getting smaller.  Or, you could have troubles removing the plant later.

Phil

[Kris]

Thanks Phil for all those minute information,since even iam

closely watching this intresting thread.even iam tempted to

get some from the U.S.

Thanks & Love,

Kris(India)  

[Breadfruit Bill]

Sol,

I'm in agreement with palmotrafficante...  Stuewe and Sons product are good...  Especially for small plant containers...  I like their cones for seedlings!  Here's a pic of some Actinokentia divercata in their 8x1.5 inch cones all nestled snugly in a tray keeping the cones clearly above the ground which allows for air root pruning.  

And some Dypsis leptocheilos seedlings...  (this photo shows a bit more clearly how the cones and trays work together to help air root prune the plants...)

[Kris]

Dear William  

great work_man ! simply neat_that's how i must sum up !

thanks & Love,

Kris  

[Neofolis]

I eventually found this kind of thing at Stuewe & Sons as well, although I didn't purchase any.  There was another site selling the same and similar, I can't remember the name, but if you do a search for "treepot" (all one word), there are a few links that come up.

[nomolos]

(eastern.nurseries @ Apr. 11 2007,02:48)

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Hi Sol,

             Have you tried Garden City Plastics in Melbourne, 100mm space savers are what you need, excellent for palms and cycads.

Hi John - Thanks for the link, I could't find one called "100 mm space saver", I found square and round seedling pots

Cheers

Sol

[nomolos]

Scratch that, I found it straight after I posted

[nomolos]

This is the one you suggested

They also had this one, any good?

70mm Tube

Square Grape Vine

Code: T70VINK

Size: 70mm x 200mm

Volume: 640ml

Pack: 170

Suits: TR70SBK

[eastern.nurseries]

Sol,

       The 100mm s/s are a handy all rounder , especially for larger seed and faster growing species . The 70mm tubes are better for saplings, I feel they are to deep for their diameter to be useful for palms.

[nomolos]

Thanks Jon