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Post by kawarthapine on Mar 5, 2017 16:44:04 GMT -5
I bought this unit at Lee Valley. It is a new product for 2017. The unit includes 28 small plastic pots (2" dia bottom & 21/2" dia at top). The white plastic base has interconnected channels for watering. I thought this would be ideal for germination and growth of seedlings or for small dros and pings. It is designed for use w peat, coir or potting soil. The unit sells for $10. before taxes. I thought this was a pretty good deal given the price of small plastic pots.
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Post by danyoh on Mar 5, 2017 18:21:03 GMT -5
What are the benefits to using this instead of the usual pot and tray method?
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Post by RuBisCO on Mar 5, 2017 20:46:21 GMT -5
I like this little tray - I find that having a standard tray with small round pots/Dixie cups is cumbersome to manipulate. Little pots are always wanting to fall over and never fit just right. I will certainly search this out. Looks like a great little base for smaller plants. Perfect for drosera and many pings. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by lloyd on Mar 5, 2017 21:26:59 GMT -5
What is the significance of the long shoehorn in the picture?
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Post by ep31 on Mar 6, 2017 8:27:30 GMT -5
For $10 I think that's great. At least it's designed for round pots so they all fit Is there a cover or is it just the base with the pots?
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Post by kawarthapine on Mar 9, 2017 15:31:10 GMT -5
What is the significance of the long shoehorn in the picture? Lloyd: Nice powers of observation, but there was also a ziploc bag and an exacto knife. Wish I had an equally good answer to your question...would you believe I placed it there intentionally, or perhaps was too lazy to move it out of the picture due to a cluttered work bench? The boring and truthful answer is the latter... and If you thought that bench was messy, you should see my potting table/radial arm saw!
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Post by kawarthapine on Mar 9, 2017 15:33:41 GMT -5
Hybrid Radial arm saw / orchid potting table
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Post by kawarthapine on Mar 9, 2017 15:42:50 GMT -5
What are the benefits to using this instead of the usual pot and tray method? Danyoh: There are 3 main benefits for me: 1) I like this pot size for pings; 2) spacing and convenience: ea little pot sits in it's own receptacle that is part of a shared watering network and they are less likely to tip over or crowd neighbours; 3) price. The one disadvantage is space as fewer pots will fit in the same square area (but that is a trade-off I am willing to make).
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Post by amriko on Apr 2, 2017 4:03:47 GMT -5
I got a similar thing at the dollar store but it's just for very small plants/seedlings
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Post by Justintime on Apr 2, 2017 23:00:03 GMT -5
I'll bet that long shoe horn is from Ikea
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Post by cploverrr on Apr 2, 2017 23:17:33 GMT -5
When I visited Mapleleaf garden center a week ago, they had the exactly same thing
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Post by RuBisCO on Apr 3, 2017 12:23:44 GMT -5
I trimmed mine to fit my standard tray so I could have humidity dome. I lose 4 pots in the conversion but the result is a nice stable arrangement of round pots.
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Post by WillyCKH on Apr 3, 2017 12:34:32 GMT -5
24 pots is still pretty sweet. Mine only works for 18 pots...
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