Monday, March 7, 2011

Spring Gardening Time

Well it is cool but Spring and time to get ready for Summer. I started tomatoes, peppers and eggplant from seed this year and it is time to re-pot the seedlings into bigger quarters.
Peppers, Tomatoes and Eggplant. These are only a few of the seedlings
 needing transplanting.















Rather than buying the expensive pots for transplanting seedlings I choose to look outside the "box" and see what other choices I had that wouldn't cost a lot and would serve the purpose. Guess what, a dollar sleeve of 66 9oz plastic cups work great! Add a bag of $3 potting soil and I'm ready, set, go!
Next I lined up my seedlings, cut holes for drainage in the cups.
Notice the marker! RULE #1 ALWAYS MARK WHAT IS IN THE POTS.
I cut 4 slits in the bottom of the cups, kinda hard to see here.             
































Notice the nice roots!

















Into the new pot and top off with fresh potting soil.















Put them into their "fancy" new home! 














































Looking good after 4 days, strong stems and green leaves.


























































These will be ready to plant in the garden when the weather warms up.