You'll find some nice glass containers for rooting
at the $ store!! :)

Margaret

DS loves those Icee drinks during the summer months so he saves the clear cups for me!! I'm down to just two, I guess he will have to drink more next summer??

Good ideas, thanks! Good thing there are only 2 of here right now and I have some plastic glasses to drink out of. The brugs get the nice ones, lol. Some of the kids are coming in this weekend so better get something before then. My oldest just informed me he has joined the Marine Corp and didn't want to tell me. He is going to Parris Island for his training. I don't really know what to think about it yet. I hope he does well there and is happy with his decision.

I save glass jars food containers for rooting..

I thought I was the only one. My roommate got upset that I had used the last coffee cup to put my brug cuttings in. I had not left anything to drink coffee out of. Oops! My boyfriend refuses to take back his beer glass. I couldnt help it. It has very thick glass and very sturdy. He will not even consider drinking out of it again. Silly Boy. I dont care what people say the dishwasher can clean anything in my opinion. =0)

LOL F4F. . .nope - you're not the only one.

Did that here too. Dh wanted to know where all the rocks glasses were. He peeked around the corner and shook his head.

I bought a couple packs of the large plastic tumblers. With water in them, they seem to be heavy enough. I've given his glasses back. (grin)

Then - using the clear plastic tumblers, using those for soil rooting.

Out here we have restaurant supply places. I buy the 32 oz. clear plastic cups in huge pkgs. I used to use them for cuttings before the Bubbler. Now I use a woodburning tool to melt a drainage hole in the bottom for potting the cuttings. When you can use them for rooting and then for potting, it's a $$ saving. Added bonus for me was since they were uniform in size I could line them up better (read "fit more on the table!") lol.

lol, I use the old Welches/Smuckers Jelly Jars with the characters on them..I knew I saved them for something! When I ran out of those I started using POM tea glass jars, I saved to use as vases. Being a pack-rat IS a good thing! See? You throw something good out and you will miss it, cuz there's a very good chance it will come in handy one day, then you'll be kickin yourself, LOL! I like using the glass jars, you can really see what's goin on in there. Now, if I could find glass pots so I could see roots in dirt, that would make me really happy.
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O I just realized the glass on the right, LMAO cuz my kids say that's what I look like driving at night..I am SO scared to drive at night, can't see for crap w/oncoming traffic..so I had to quick take a pic of it 2 show u all..LOL.

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Daniella

Thats so cute Daniella, lol. I can't see worth crap at night so it looks like me too. Especially after a few bud lights, lol. Just kidding. I found some cute little glass things for .10 cents each that are perfect for the smaller cuttings and some more substantial ones for the bigger cuttings. I had to get new glasses for the house since hubby refused to drink out of the ones that have had cuttings in there. I was glad cause I liked them. Someone should invent clear pots so we can watch the roots grow, lol. Good idea about the clear plastic cups then put the holes in them for soil. I have to see what kind of burning stuff I can find at the shop other than his welding machine, bwahahaha.

I have to admit to having some pretty crude cups for cuttings. I have some urine specimen cups for some of my cuttings. And before you ask, yes they were sterile!! But hey the labels on the side are good to keep track of what I have. But these are only good for smaller cuttings.

Mary

Mary, those would be perfect, lol.

Urine specimen cups sound perfect! I was thinking about getting a bunch of those really large test tubes with the stand/holder they come with, in order to save space~at one point lol!

Right now I use glass glasses- you know the tea and juice glasses you can buy like 16 in a box at walmart for around 10 dollars. When I run out I just put them in plastic cups. It is better to get cups/glasses that are straight and narrow (I hate when the tops are wider than the bottoms)~you can fit more onto your shelf that way LOL!

That was exactly what I was looking for the straight sided ones. I have a window sill that things seem to root particularly well in and only so many glasses will fit there, lol.

You know what is really hysterical?

I've got this Italian cut crystal vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzuh! (ohh pullleaaaazuh!) . . .and it has these HUGE cuttings in it.

Dh asked me "Isn't that the vase you told me to be careful with? That it cost more than some people make in a month?"

I said "Yep!" He thinks I'm totally nutz! It really is expensive, but I told him that because he BREAKS everything!

I'm on my third martini pitcher! Total Arnold Schwarztenegger of dishes.

"Aaaaaahhhhhhhlllllll replazzzzze thawwwwwwwwt." Eeeesh. . .

lol@mary! Urine specimen cups?? lol! If they work - why not?

Mike

And dweeb - poor, poor dweeb! Not the crystal!! Please tell me it's NOT Waterford!

LOL Mike - actually, it's more 'spensive than Waterford. (grin)

but don't tell DH that. He'll break it for sure! (grin)'

You should see the "baseball bat" cuttings I've got in these things. This is the ONLY container I've got that is big enough and heavy enough to hold them erect. (grin)

Hysterical. . .just hysterical.