2 Gallon plastic pots

[Jeffhale]

We need a lot of 2 gallon pots to transplant our 1 gallon plants from which are root bound, For temporary transplanting until we can plant, permanently.

Anybody know of a source for several of them, cheap, used, lying around, trash whatever.

e-mail me, or reply, thanks.





Edited by - Jeffhale on 06/08/2007 06:47:55

[emorata]

jeff,

make sure you bang up those roots real good so they can easily start developing into new soil....i also sometime take out a saw or knife and work the bottom if they are extremely root bound so they will have an easier time adapting to larger soil and use a soil conditioner if your going to do this.

noel

[Larry T]

A guy has 3 gal. new pots $25 for 50. 854-5322

[emorata]

hi jeff,

another thing i would probably do to avoid having pots is to build a berm and put your plants in new soil so they could spready their legs (this prevents constant watering since potted plants are most susceptible to drying out)...at the bottom of the berm, layout some heavy cardboard..

once you have a place to finally rest your plants you can easily transfer them to the new location with healthy roots that are not root bound....the trick is to have plenty of space for them to grow and not get intertwined with other plants....although thats not too difficult to pull apart.

noel

[Jeffhale]

He, he, yeah thanks Carey, we keeping a look out for the nursery plastic container bags. Them recyclable ones, (any ol'thing) ain't gonna hold up for us with about 80 plants..

And thanks noel, but 80 to go at our rental for now, da landlord would not like that, he he.

And yup on the taking care of the roots.. Ca H.S. requirement Ag-1 back in the 70's, was not a complete waist of time, I guess, or maybe I was listening whenever we weren't pitching pennies, or goofing off.. . I knifed a few to near death, ha. No but we did find a couple of large arecas in yard sales that had been in pots longer than you'd think they could survive. Roots so twisted and bound up, who needs a pot to hold them in once the roots have formed their own.. One in particular, you'd think the roots ate the soil that WAS obviously in there. Guess they squeezed it out. However, wit patience untwisting most of the roots and chopping some of the rest of de ball, me tinks they'll start becoming some happy trees.

We bought 40 portacarpis (sp), bargain basement from a grower who should have transplanted them last year or so. they are 4 ft tall in 1 gallon pots.. Seems we kind-a got a little ahead of our selves. Expected to be completely finished grading, but ran into a small snag, (did somebody say neighbor?) ha and finishing the grading or preparing the areas to plant these in, is gonna be a while now.. So got ta get them into something they can get healthy in, other than just drowning em with water, daily.

[emorata]

jeff,

where did you get the podocarpus and how much....where there any left from the grower?

[Jeffhale]

Yup, we paid 5 ea. for 30 and 4 ea. for ten more. They might sell of the rest, 30-40 to yaw for 4 each. Cept we got all the big ones already. the rest I guess average at 3- 4ft. Josie's on 11th down south off of D. at the end of the road. They are at the market on Sunday's too.



Edited by - Jeffhale on 06/13/2007 20:42:36

[emorata]

thanks jeff,

sounds like you are making a head start on that screen to the wonderful neighbors.

[Jeffhale]

Well, although it's not my preference, seems we need our neighbor to learn where THEIR property line begins and ENDS..