These are cheap cardboard pots from china. I love them in that there is zero transplant shock, no dropping and recovery. I usually gow from “peat pot” to final pot or site but wanted to show how roots do penetrate.
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This site is quite unwieldy and difficult to use. I’d like to edit dropping and change it to drooping for the above post.
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morning Grojoe…you only a few minutes to be able to edit your post…then the little pencil icon disappears…
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Thank you
I hope you have considered what could be in your cardboard pots that you are sourcing from China…I would hate for some chemical in those to leach into your grow and cause you some illness…sorry for this comment if it offends you but we have all seen how things can be
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I dont buy anything from China if i can help it! Not even Chinese food as there lastest delivery method is rediculas .
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I started out using jiffy compost pots, had some issues with them stunting its kickoff to vegging. But my last run i used some root riot plugs to start in. Did everything else as i normally do, and the stalks of these two are easily twice the size of anyother plant ive grown.
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Menga….those are trees!
This is my current method.
Start in a solo cup with the sides split all the way down and placed into another cup to hold it together. Drain holes in both.
To transplant just form a solo cup hole in damp soil and swap it out. Because the cup is pre-split it takes zero effort and doesn’t disturb the plant or soil at all. Drop it in the hole and there is no shock from disturbing the roots at all. Takes 2 minutes to transplant.
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Grammar, punctuation and spelling all get a pass around here. It seems like auto fill and spell check think up stuff before I even type it.
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Good idea. I use solo cups too, but don’t split the sides. Although I never have transplant issues, I like this idea.
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I really didn’t have any problems either but I am always looking to simplify the process.
The cup inside is so slick the plants slide right out. The key which I am sure you know as well is to time the transplant right. Too early and the soil/coco wont hold together. Too late and you have a massive root swirl that is almost solid as a rock. I water the day before and it seems to hold together perfectly.
Sometimes I just pop the seed into the fabric pot and avoid the transplant all together. Especially if I grow an autoflower. I still have a few auto seeds even though I now buy only photo periods which I think are far easier to grow.
A wash with a mild bleach solution and I reuse the cups for a long time.
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This one goes into my book! Brilliant idea!
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I agree with the photos. Only way to go IMO.
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I have evolved to this method.
First start with Root Riot plugs, (works great with clones or seeds). Next into a solo cup for about 10 days. Then into the final container. I also use an empty cup to form the hole in the new container. I find this to be the easiest and fastest method to date. This works well for soil and coco both.
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