Let's Start the Official 2008/9 WS Container Count Part 9

16 years ago

Each thread holds 150 posts. If the previous thread (#8) does not yet have 150 posts, please continue to post there before posting to this new thread. I have posted this (#9) in advance to ensure there is no backlog. Thanks.

There have been many discussions as to what constitutes a " container " and how to fairly count them.

Because of the wide variety of methods used by WSers a specific definition is nearly impossible.

Some only sow a few seeds in smaller containers and then cover multiple containers or place them in a cold frame. Many sow a lot of seeds in 1 container like a milk jug.

I will not try to define a " container ". You use your own judgement. I will offer a couple of suggestions.

#1... If you use toilet paper rolls, newspaper pots , plant bands , paper cups, peat pots, etc and pack these together under one cover, then perhaps the best way to count these is to count the number of different seeds sown.

Example : 10 different kinds of seeds sown under 1 cover could be counted as 10 containers.

#2... 50 seeds sown in a milk jug or other larger container should count as 1 container.

Posting container count:

You may post your container count as many times as necessary. I will keep a running count.

Please post only NEW containers and not a running total . I will not know your previous count.

Example: If your 1st post is 30 containers and you later sow another 30 containers your 2nd post should reflect only the additional 30 containers.

You can post your total as long as you indicate the number of new containers.

Example: "Zone 5 : Add 30 more containers for me. My total is now 60. "

Remember to add your zone to each post so we can see totals by zone.

Zones will be only the number not the letter so zone 6a and 6b will both be under zone 6. If you don't know your zone use this link :

http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html

I will update the totals on a regular basis and start a new post as needed.

!!!!!!! PLEASE DO NOT START A NEW POST. !!!!!!! I need to receive the emails to make my job easier.

The count began on the solstice and will end the morning of May 1st at 8 am.

So....sow, sow, sow!

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Comments (86)

stillwelljill
16 years ago
Please add 130 containers to Zone 7. Thanks!
patrushka
16 years ago
Please add 26 for Zone 5.

Thanks,
Pat
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diggerdee zone 6 CT
16 years ago
One more for zone 6 please.

FINALLY got my tomatoes sown today - a big roasting pan full!

Thanks!
:)
Dee
floodthelast
16 years ago
7 more for z5, finally starting those tom's. :)
friesfan1
16 years ago
3 more for zone 5.

Thanks,
Mary
achilleasheel
16 years ago
Add 39 more for Zone 6.
kqcrna
16 years ago
35 for zone 6.

(This is my first and only post to the count).

Karen
diggerdee zone 6 CT
16 years ago
9 more for zone 6 please.

Thank you, Seedmama!
:)
Dee
austinnhanasmom
16 years ago
25 more for zone 5 please -

THANKS:))

I can see the light...almost done...
not_a_contessa
16 years ago
Please add 4 more for zone 6.

Thanks, Mary

That makes 92 so far for me, I'm almost a member of the club!
magnoliaroad
16 years ago
4 more for zone 5
irisgirl
16 years ago
RATZ! I have lost track of what I have reported here. I have a total of 83 containers out-and-about, some actually waiting to be planted out. I almost gave up.

Anyway, Seedmama, Zone 5; 83 total to date.
Thank you so much.
diggerdee zone 6 CT
16 years ago
8 more for zone 6 please.

Thanks!
:)
Dee
littleonefb
16 years ago
30 more for Zone 5.

Fran
PVick
16 years ago
4 for zone 6

Thanks!

PV
paphiocon
16 years ago
Please add 20 more for zone 6.

Thank you!
irisgirl
16 years ago
Zone 5, 6 more. Almost done.
thanks
Nancy Olsen-Harbich
16 years ago
63 more for me in zone 7 this past weekend and there is still a bunch more to do!
lblack61
16 years ago
Please add 34 containers for Zone 5
(as fast as I empty 'em-- transplanting seedlings-- I seem to put out more)

Linda
glok
16 years ago
Please add 60 for zone 5

Hope to add more tomorrow!

glo
littleonefb
16 years ago
105 more for Zone 5

Fran
floodthelast
16 years ago
3 more for z5, pity my daughters wall fell apart and I can't get more soil.
friesfan1
16 years ago
3 more for zone 5
anewgarden
16 years ago
10 more for zone 7 please!
diggerdee zone 6 CT
16 years ago
14 more for zone 6 please!

Thanks,
Dee
irisgirl
16 years ago
Please add 27 more for Zone 5. I'm done.
Thanks, Seedmama. Happy Planting, Everyone!
User
16 years ago
70 for zone 6
stage_rat
16 years ago
Please add 200 for zone 5! (I posted this in your other thread, too)

Seedmama, will your software give not just the mean, but the median? We have a gajillion jugs from zone Lynda, and 5 jugs from our zone 3-er, I'm just curious as to what the median amount of jugs per person might be.
diggerdee zone 6 CT
16 years ago
11 more for zone 6 please.

Thanks,
Dee
littleonefb
16 years ago
30 more for zone 5

Fran
floodthelast
16 years ago
2 for z5, now I'm scrounging up soil from the bottom of my containers as I plant out. :)
glok
16 years ago
please add another 39 jugs for Z 5!

glo
rbrady
16 years ago
8 more for zone 5. Thanks again!

Rhonda
token28001
16 years ago
Another 8 for zone 7 over the past week. I don't know my final count. I haven't kept track. Thanks.
floodthelast
16 years ago
Well if the count ends tomorrow I'd better add my 1 for z5.
gramadea
16 years ago
10 for zone 5

I am done!!!! Direct sowing everything else.
Dea
lblack61
16 years ago
Seedmama,
Please add 19 containers for Zone 5.
Thanks :-)

Linda
diggerdee zone 6 CT
16 years ago
13 more for zone 6.

Thanks,
:)
Dee
littleonefb
16 years ago
55 more for Zone 5

I'm done now.

Fran
silverkelt
16 years ago
5 more for zone 5, I did the zinnias after all.. lord knows if I really have a place to put them!!!
floodthelast
16 years ago
Ack, 2 more for z5. I can't believe the count is almost over. I have a lot more to go. :)
anewgarden
16 years ago
10 more for zone 7 please!

Thank so much for doing this!!!
audrey
not_a_contessa
16 years ago
Please add 2 more for zone 6.

Thanks, Mary
tracey_nj6
16 years ago
40 for zone 6 (36 for me & 4 for FIL).
Not even close to what I wanted to get done this year. Misplaced a bunch of seed as well. Oh well...
rbrady
16 years ago
20 for zone 5, thanks!

Rhonda
patrushka
16 years ago
Please add 100 for Zone 5.

Thanks,
Pat
stage_rat
16 years ago
20 more for zone 5 (I didn't realize how many hotties I'd been waiting on)
mnwsgal
16 years ago
Is that 8 a.m. Eastern Standard time or my time Central Standard? If CST please add 39 more for z:4

Thanks for all your work on this count, Seedmama.
jspeachyn5
16 years ago
Not sure if I made the deadline.
I had 19 more fore z6.
I actually did last Saturday but kept forgetting to post, lol.
Bonnie
laura_in_cinti
16 years ago
just in case I made the deadline,

42 more for Zone 6, total of 102.

Thanks!