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Posts Tagged ‘peat pot’

Risky Business and a New Water Source

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This is a very early time to plant tomatoes and peppers outside in the Chicago area, but that is exactly what I did today. My plants have gotten large and spindly and the roots had begun to get crowded in their containers. I figure they have a fighting chance outside compared to their “peat pot prisons” in my studio.

I planted half of these outside and have kept half inside as “backups” in case the inevitable late frost comes. With this kind of gambling I’d be a really lousy farmer.

I have been given a rain barrel for my birthday. We’ll see another day – a day when I have the time to get it, assemble it and install gutters & downspouts – to see how that works.

Experimentation

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I’m calling this post “Experimentation” although it actually represents another mistake.

Take another look at the photo in the previous post. I like using peat pots to start my plants. The problem is that I bought the little ones and had to re-pot as the plants grew. This can create nasty little air pockets between the little peat pots and the pots into which they were re-potted. Roots don’t like those air spaces. Also, I decided to re-pot some of the plants by inserting them into clay pots. There are a zillion of them I inherited from the previous owner of our falling-down-greenhouse so I thought, “why not!” Maybe I’ll find out “why not”.

Next year I’ll plant all my plants in the larger 3″ peat pots.

Anyone that would like some clay pots, please come by and help yourself.