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.
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| Peppers, Tomatoes and Eggplant. These are only a few of the seedlings |
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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.
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| Notice the marker! RULE #1 ALWAYS MARK WHAT IS IN THE POTS. |
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| I cut 4 slits in the bottom of the cups, kinda hard to see here. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Notice the nice roots! |
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| Into the new pot and top off with fresh potting soil. |
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| Put them into their "fancy" new home! |
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| Looking good after 4 days, strong stems and green leaves. |
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| These will be ready to plant in the garden when the weather warms up. | | | | |
