Well. Mr. J.C., if the dang cups aren't causing your wilt, BROWNING
leaves, low yield, bugs and disease then what the heck is causing those
things? How can you grow a nine foot tall tomato plant in a coffee cup
anyhow? You might as well keep your string bean plants on your window
sill and your cucumbers on your doorstep in their little bitty cups.
Why are you so insistant on keeping the plants in the cups anyhow?
Sounds like your having a fight with your better half and youre
carrying this business too far. .

J.C. wrote:
I start seeds in styrofoam cups. I do exclusively square foot gardening and
have several boxes going. I use the 32oz cups that I buy in bulk from Sam's
Club. I put about 1 inch of potting soil in the cup.

When it comes time to plant I just cut the bottom out of the cups and plant
the whole things. This leaves me the proper amount of empty cup to do the
watering called for in the Square Foot Gardening book.

Well, everything that happens, wilt, browning leaves, low yield, bugs,
disease etc., happens because I PLANT THE DANG CUPS, according to my wife.
She, and others, say this is a definate no-no. I disagree. What do you say
and why?


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J.C.