Hello again Hazel, do you know where they sell clear plastic pots in these parts, as I have been looking for some only this evening? Wilko and B&Q don't have them....but they do sell clear plastic saucers! (my sister asked me to look out for one for her orchid)I have also thought about using 'pop' bottles to see root growth, but found they tend to loose their rigidity around the top and squash easily, but for a temporary house I think they could do the job whilst rooting as you suggest. I have used one cut in half, the bottom to root the cutting in, and around the cut edge of the top half I made 1 inch cuts towards the cap so that it fitted over the bottom section like a mini greenhouse and it worked well.
Cheers, Gill.

I have been doing this all winter.I use 16ounce plastic cups.Get'em at the grocery store.Very cheap solution.Heat an icepick in a flame on your stove and put holes in a bunch at once.Kellie B.

Hazel

Is that sold on the net? I use clear deli containers myself. Thanks for sharing ideas.

Janet

Hello all, I have not seen any commercial clear plastic pots for sale here not even in the horticultural catalogues but I think Kelliebs idea of using the largest plastic cups you can find is a brilliant idea and would be much more rigid than a lemonade bottle.
We could try a Google search for commercial ones,mind you if you can improvise it's always cheaper because as soon as you mention gardening products the prices seem to soar.
The clear plastic containers for mushrooms etc are free but the same shape for a propogating lid and they charge what they like.
Hazel.

I have seen some on ebay. I think I searched 1 gallon pots, but I don't remember for sure. Alot of the orchid growers on ebay carry them.

Jerri

Yes I think the best bet will be orchid pots if we don't want to improvise.I have done a Google search and have come up with Eden supplies here in U.K. but I expect e-bay may prove cheaper if there's any on.Thanks Jerri.
Hazel.

You can cut the top off of 1 liter plastic water bottles or soda bottles, then flip them over and drill or cut holes in the bottom. For reusing you can cut the bottom off and rubberband a piece of nylon window screen over the bottom, If you wire or band three bottles together they will stand up. When rooted, you remove the screen and push the soil and plant out the bottom into a hole in a pot of soil made using another bottle. Slips right in ready to spread out and grow. When done start over or recycle the bottles. This works really well for seedlings because their roots go deep much quicker than cuttings. Bill

Check link for clear orchid pots

Here is a link that might be useful: clear orchid pots

Hey Bill!!!
Great system .. Works for me ..I don't have a Plumeria yet... But I'm working on it(or saving for it..LOL) But I use discarded H20 bottles to start Brug cuttings and it is perfect you can watch root growth and monitor moisture... When we aren't home we drink bottled water so for me they are free..
Chena

I don't like water bottles because the sides of the bottle are not straight. It makes them hard to get out of the bottle without breaking off some of the roots. I switched to clear soda like cups. I drilled out holes in my husbands shop. You could use a sodering iron too. I like to use perlite to root in too. It makes them come out of the cups with little root damage.The best method is with sodium halogin lights and bottom heat. I get my cups at Smart and Final,. It's like a resturant supply house.
Mickey