M
Mr_Yan
Guest
I've been meaning to post this since about May 2016 but oh well.
I start almost everything indoors to get a jump on the season and transplant shock can take a toll on a young plant. Some plants, like squash and pumpkins, are very susceptible to transplant shock so are generally not recommend to start early and transplant. As I wanted my tomatoes, squash, and pumpkins to get larger than my soil blocks would allow I had to find a method that would be gentle on roots when the plant is removed from the pot.
Well my family eats a lot of yogurt and we buy it in 32 oz containers.
I took one (cleaned out) yogurt container and cut it in half except for about a quarter inch in the center of the bottom. Then I slid this cut container into another yogurt container that only had drain holes cut in it.
When ready to plant I could slide the slit container out of the outer container
Open it up like a clam shell
And gently remove the root ball to place into the ground
I start almost everything indoors to get a jump on the season and transplant shock can take a toll on a young plant. Some plants, like squash and pumpkins, are very susceptible to transplant shock so are generally not recommend to start early and transplant. As I wanted my tomatoes, squash, and pumpkins to get larger than my soil blocks would allow I had to find a method that would be gentle on roots when the plant is removed from the pot.
Well my family eats a lot of yogurt and we buy it in 32 oz containers.
I took one (cleaned out) yogurt container and cut it in half except for about a quarter inch in the center of the bottom. Then I slid this cut container into another yogurt container that only had drain holes cut in it.
When ready to plant I could slide the slit container out of the outer container
Open it up like a clam shell
And gently remove the root ball to place into the ground