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  • planting into cells then bigger pots.

    This is what I do, but was curious as to why we don't plant strait into big pots to save the hastle of transplanting into bigger ones when the plants get to a larger size.

    Just a curiosity thing really.

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    Because you would have a large volume of unused compost in your pot, going sour.
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      ah cheers two sheds, i thought there would be some sort of reason for it...

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
        Because you would have a large volume of unused compost in your pot, going sour.
        It goes sour? How fast?
        WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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        • #5
          Depends on how much you water it.

          Some plants benefit from re-potting at a lower level - this method is commonly employed with brassicas, for example.

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          • #6
            Also, you end up wasting a lot of compost for any seeds which don't germinate and it all takes up a lot of space!

            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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            • #7
              i managed to get about 20 trays in my boiler cupboard ....... couldn't get anywhere near that many pots ..... and it also saves buying pots

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