"madgardener" wrote in message
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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?




after reading everyone else's responses, I've come to the obvious
solutions.

If one of the needs is to measure how much water he supplies the plants, he
could cut rings from 32 oz yogurt containers (like the way you make cutworm
collars), and press them only slightly into the soil. They won't crumble
into annoying little bits like styrofoam, and they're reusable.