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Repot??

Hi everyone! :)

At what point do these babies need their own individual pots? TIA!


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  • 9 years ago

    Hi Yayi, I would probably wait a little longer before potting these into their own individual pots. I would let them get a little fatter & taller, but if you feel the need to repot them now - you could. A good pot size for each would probably be the yogurt container size many of the forum members use. (I think Maria Elena/Latin Lady uses yogurt containers.)

    I would stick with a similar soil mix to what you are using, as your seedlings seem to like it. As a guide - you could probably give them a weak solution of fertiliser now every two weeks.

    With all that being said, you may want to make sure that they are transplanted into the yogurt size pots with enough time to settle in & grow abit more before your Autumn comes and slows things down.

    Hopefully others from your area can give you a better timeframe, based on your weather patterns...as they would know how the weather there changes in Autumn. I hope that helps. :)

  • 9 years ago

    Oops, forgot to mention - if using yogurt cups or similar...don't forget to poke multiple holes in the bottom for drainage. :)

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  • 9 years ago

    Thank you Rachel! I'm really in no rush to repot them, just want to do what's right to make sure they thrive. As far as Autumn, who knows when that starts around here. South Florida doesn't follow the normal seasonal rules. It's basically hot, hotter and then less hot. Lol

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    As long as they aren't crowding on top of each other, I'd leave them for a while longer. You do have a growing season down there that doesn't really stop come winter as much as the rest of us. But Rachael nonetheless gives good advice to get ready to repot them while it is still plenty warm. I'd suggest something large enough that you won't need to repot them again before next spring or summer. Think about what fits easily into flats to keep them together and make them easy to carry without tipping over. Square pots being less tippy than round, should you have that choice. I wish I'd used square pots - these round ones are constantly getting knocked over even in the flats.

  • 9 years ago

    Thank you Patty! Do you think 4" or 5" pots will hold until next spring? And what do you mean by 'flats'?

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I probably wouldn't go larger than around 3 inch pots to start. You want them large enough to give the roots room for a little while, and the plants when the pots are close side by side, but not so much as to encourage the roots to rot. If you go larger, you might want a grittier mix that dries out faster. I pick up square pots on Ebay for example in packs of 50 or hundreds. If you are careful you should be able to get them for around 20 cents a piece including shipping, though 30 cents each still isn't too bad.

    A flat is a 10 inch by 20 inch black plastic tray you can line pots up into so you can carry a lot at once. Makes it easy to move them around and keeps them from falling over easily. I order heavy duty ones in sets of 10's myself but if you are careful when shopping around, you can still get them for about $2 each or less, ideally including shipping. I use a lot of them myself and get them with holes in them if they are for holding pots out of doors, or without holes if I'm using them inside under my lights.

  • 9 years ago

    I actually kept my seedlings in 2 inch wide pots (small solo cups with holes in the bottom) for the first winter. But mine barely got started growing before my summer was over and I had to bring them in over winter. I didn't repot them into larger 3 and 4 inch pots until they were growing well again late this spring and early summer. I did bump the largest seedlings into 4 inch pots but by then they were a lot further along than yours are yet.

  • 9 years ago

    Thank you so much, once again, for all of the information and knowledge shared. I'm looking all that up right now, want to have everything ready when the time comes. My seedlings are only a month old and our summers are sooo long. I think I can safely wait til September before I need to transplant them.

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