beckygardener said: I grow mine in rows in small plastic shoe bins (with holes burned in the bottoms for drainage). I then transplant to styrofoam cups. 12 oz. cups. And then into another outdoor rectangular container where they grow until Fall. But I know they are not getting enough root room, so that is likely my dilemma. I need them to grow in something much larger or individual pots like you do.
So if I'm reading this correctly you actually transplant them more than once? From shoe bins to Styrofoam cups to rectangular container or is the Styrofoam cups being put in the rectangular container? Also, I'm assuming that in the fall the are them transplanted into the ground?
I think if you plant them in the fall you would have a better chance at blooms first year. Not all will bloom first year but you will get quite a lot. And also maybe not transplant them so many times as IMHO this is causing setbacks since each time they are transplanted the roots are disturbed and then they must regrow roots and get re-established. Unless of course when they come out of the containers you don't disturb the roots and it's almost as if they were never messed with. I would sow the seed however works best for you then transplant them into their permanent home instead whether it be a pot or the ground and forget the in between planting in the cups.
What do you use to mark the pods? I have seen some tags hanging from some pods, but I don't know what those tags are?
We use a couple of different things to mark the pods. One is the mini blinds cut into 2" pieces then a hole punched into them and a paper clip. You write on the tag with a pencil. Here is Fred's photo of them
The other thing we use is colored paper clips or colored wires. We give the pollen a color and write it down.
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