On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:37:48 -0000, "Graeme"
wrote:

~
~"jane" wrote in message
...
~ I have moved away from peat pots and bought rootrainers instead,
~ having been recommended to get them by fellow allotment holders, as
~ the peat pots didn't seem to encourage the deep root runs the beans
~ and corn liked. I had much better looking plants in the rootrainers,
~ even after I'd fished them out of the propagator. And because you open
~ them sideways, the roots aren't damaged when you plant out. And a pack
~ of the things fits perfectly in my propagator!
~
~Thanks - next time I am at B&Q this week I will see if they have any in.
~Are they generally in a complete tray, or is each cell separate to the rest?
~Because if I have a tray of say 10-20 cells, and they start coming up at
~different times, then I won't be able to remove them from the propagator
~individually (I would have to remove the whole tray).
~
~Although, if anything they should all come though at around the same time
~maybe (if they are the same type of seed of course).
~
~Graeme
~

They come in strips of 4, each the width of a seed tray. I think I got
eight rows in, so 32 cells. Rather like module inserts, except a heck
of a lot taller. You can therefore mix and match strips.

googles
obvious url! http://www.rootrainers.co.uk/supplies/rootrainers

I have the 5" ones.

I forgot to say - they come with a frame to stop them falling over and
a plastic cover, which can be used as a drip tray as plants stop
needing it as a cover. Round about now, there are sales in garden
centres, which is how I got a double pack for 8 quid...

As usual they are costly for pieces of plastic less substantial than
half the packaging you get these days, but they're easy to clean and
store (just stack them, open) and hopefully will last.


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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