On 8/06/2014 5:22 AM, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Saturday, June 7, 2014 4:55:14 AM UTC-7, Fran Farmer wrote:
On 7/06/2014 4:39 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:

Higgs Boson wrote:



It is said that you should only sow cucurbits directly as they resent

transplanting. What they resent is root disturbance. You can avoid

this problem and wasting seed by planting in tubes, the tapered

square-section plastic kind about 12 cm (5 in) tall, that sit in a rack. They are

often used to raise tree and shrub seedlings. Plant one seed per tube and

plant out when the true leaves open. With care the soil plug with roots

and all will slide out in one chunk and can be planted with no root

disturbance.



Have never seen this Up Here. Any USA-ians know about product, what

it's called, and where get it?



TIA



HB



They come in round-section and square-section. I prefer square as the

roots don't go round and round. They also come in a fixed tray with many

holes or where each is separate and they sit in a rack. I prefer the

latter as they are easier to handle and to extract the plug one at a time.



I too prefer the square pots and have many of them and the racks they

sit in from our days of planting out masses of trees in windbreaks. I

like the root pruning feature that is inherent in the design of these

pots 'cos I'm rather prone to forgetting to put things in the garden

before the roots grow through the bottom.



I have hundreds that came with buying tubestock. They are called that

because they come in tubes, perhaps you call them nursery tubes or

forestry tubes.



http://www.arborgreen.com.au/product...mm,-720pk.html

Most hits seem to be in Oz, maybe they haven't made it to the world yet.

Sweetie- you ARE in the world,

Hmmmm. I have a strong suspicion that David wouldn't like being called
'sweetie' by a bloke (regardless of an interest in Mawson and
Antarctica) ;-))


and a very interesting part of the world g
(As a card-carrying Antarctic freak, I am re-reading book about Douglas Mawson.)

Having viewed your site, I see what they mean by "tube". I was envisioning something like a glass laboratory tube.

HB

Well isn't that interesting! I can't find any in the US either - the

nearest I can find is the following and it's not what you and I have and

are talking about as it's way too short:

http://www.landmarkplastic.com/ProductView/118/32/104



I found some in Italy called "square pot with grid bottom" that are close;

http://www.bamaplast.it/MM_S011_SCHEDA.cfm?id=17



Surely tubestock pots would have to be available in the US but Lord
knows what they are called. Hopefully some good google hound will tell
us their US name.