Hi Joyce,
I would transplant them into 1 or 2 gallon pots as soon as it's warm enough to keep them outside 24/7. After that I'd go to a 5-7 gallon pot...... If you are going to sink the pots inground you can stay in a 10 - 15" container. I cover the bottom drainage holes and cut new holes all around the sides of the container before I sink it. That just makes it easier to lift in the fall. You can take a spade and cut the roots that are now growing out the sides of the container instead of the bottom. Good luck with your brugs this season.

approximate standard nursery pot sizes:
1 gal- 6" diameter
2 gal- 8"
3 gal- 10.5"
5 gal- 13"
7 gal- 15"
10 gal- 17"
20 gal- 22.75"

Karyn such great advice!

Joyce hope you get to put them out soon.

Oh and Karyn I got a question about the covering up the bottom holes. What do you use to do that? I do want to sink all the seedlings that are left into the ground with the pot method.

Thanks
Lucy

Joyce, follow what Karyn said. Last year, I kept cuttings in small pots and they hardly grew at all. This year, I've put some in bigger pots or in the ground and they are doing better.

I usually use duct tape. Don't you use duct tape for everything. lol

Thanks Karyn, Lucy & Eloise! I was concerned if I put them in too big of container that the roots would rot especially since we are getting lots of rain now. Now I need to search this site for the night time temps so I will know if I can put them out! I am ready,
Thanks again,
Joyce

If your nighttime temps are in the 40's they should be fine but they won't start growing much until the evening temps get into the upper 50's. I've had some brugs outside for a few weeks now and we've had nights with freezing temps. The brugs are fine. They just haven't grown. I don't put young seedlings or newly rooted cuttings out until the temps are in the 40's. The seedlings could probably stand to be protected until it gets a bit warmer but I'm having too many problems with aphids inside and putting them out in low temps is the lesser of two evils.

Thank you Karyn. I would have never thought about ducttape. Since there is that *blue* tape you can take back off, that is all I got in the house anymore.

Lucy