Posted: 6/21/2011 8:03:05 PM EDT
| started my garden late and bought the plants in biodegradable pots i did soak before i planted them...should i have cut the bottoms or what? was thinking about checking and digging them up. The package/pot did say just plant the pot but not sure if roots will grow thru..thnx |
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It's a lie.
Take them out of the pot when you plant them. I've tilled up chunks of peat pots after two or three years. They don't degrade very well. And I've pulled root bound plants at the end of the season, plenty of them. I occasionally use peat pellets but only for stuff like cukes that prefer to be direct sown. And they're not as bad as the "peat mâché" stuff the peat pots are made out of. I certainly wouldn't leave a Bonnie pot on. It can only stifle root development. |
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It's a lie. Take them out of the pot when you plant them. I've tilled up chunks of peat pots after two or three years. They don't degrade very well. And I've pulled root bound plants at the end of the season, plenty of them. I occasionally use peat pellets but only for stuff like cukes that prefer to be direct sown. And they're not as bad as the "peat mâché" stuff the peat pots are made out of. I certainly wouldn't leave a Bonnie pot on. It can only stifle root development. This. Peat pots go into the compost/trash. They will not break down planted in the ground like they promise. |
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It's a lie. Take them out of the pot when you plant them. I've tilled up chunks of peat pots after two or three years. They don't degrade very well. And I've pulled root bound plants at the end of the season, plenty of them. I occasionally use peat pellets but only for stuff like cukes that prefer to be direct sown. And they're not as bad as the "peat mâché" stuff the peat pots are made out of. I certainly wouldn't leave a Bonnie pot on. It can only stifle root development. This. I planted a tomato last year that almost made it to a year old before finally freezing. It was huge. ALL of its roots were still contained in the peat pot. This year the few plants I bought got the pots removed. |
| I bought a few pepper plants in the peat pots, the label said to tear the bottom of the pot off and plant, but I tore the whole thing off, and then tore up the pot and added it to the soil. I can still find peices of the pot in the soil, so they do not break down the fast if at all.... |
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Quoted: Quoted: It's a lie. Take them out of the pot when you plant them. I've tilled up chunks of peat pots after two or three years. They don't degrade very well. And I've pulled root bound plants at the end of the season, plenty of them. I occasionally use peat pellets but only for stuff like cukes that prefer to be direct sown. And they're not as bad as the "peat mâché" stuff the peat pots are made out of. I certainly wouldn't leave a Bonnie pot on. It can only stifle root development. This. Peat pots go into the compost/trash. They will not break down planted in the ground like they promise. I had two pepper plants die because I left them in and they got root-bound. I don't understand why they promote that fallacy. |