growing plants in cells

[vee]

I've just bought some half price cell trays in my local B&Q which is closing down. The cells are about 1.5 ins by 1.5ins each (or it says 4.5cm on the wrapper)

I was wondering whether there are any seeds you could sow individually into each cell and then plant out from the cells without doing any transplanting in between? I know they would be too small for beans, but would lettuce or brassicas or spinach do ok like that?

I suppose I'm just trying to save time and effort, but on a gardening programme I saw a while ago there was a supplier who was using plugs which were just planted straight out and they looked quite small.

What do you all do with cell trays - sow direct into them or transplant into them?

[vee]

[Derekthefox]

Many plants yes, lettuce, brassicas, onions from seed, peppers tomatoes etc

Derekthefox :D

[vee]

That's good. I haven't wasted 74 pence then?

[Mrs Ava]

I try to do as many in cells as I can, everything except peas, beans and squash, and they go in indivdual pots.

[Derekthefox]

At 74p I would say you have yourself a real bargain ...  ;D

Derekthefox :D

[wardy]

Yep I used cells and find the roots are better.  You can also use toilet rolls as cells don't forget  ;D

[Derekthefox]

Or even make your own out of tubes of newspaper ...

Derekthefox :D

[tim]

Yes, Wardy - if you have a B&B!!

[Derekthefox]

Which plants do you find best suited to loo rolls then Wardy? Seeing as we get through about 5 rolls a week ... (I think the children eat them ... )

Derekthefox :D

[adam04]

i grow in cells. thye sue less room than individual pots.

any seed that i can fit more than 3 times across goes in it!

Sprouts, Peppers, Tomatoes etc

Lettuces i use smaller calls, infact little plugs as they dont need much room.

I have loads of different size cells for every little job, so worth going gettin mroe at that price!

[wardy]

Sweetpeas, sweetcorn and cauli.  Anything which likes a long root run

They do tend to go mouldy but it doesn't hurt the plants - just looks a bit messy  :)

[Derekthefox]

Sweetcorn - of course !!! So I will need at least 100 loo rolls ...

Derekthefox :D

[undercarriage plan]

I grew my sweetpeas in loo rolls last or is it this ??? season, worked really well, will try it again this year for the caulis, still can't do sweetcorn though, still have smutt... ;D ;D ;D ;)

[terrace max]

My carrots did really well started off in bog rolls in the greenhouse.

[Derekthefox]

Sweetcorn are so easy here (bragging) that is why I had over 50% failure rates last season ...   :-[

Annual target is 100 plants, last year was perhaps 55 if lucky ... but the pumpkin harvest made up for it, approx 150 kg of pumpkins ...

Derekthefox :D