Well nearly!
I have been doing a bit of washing up this last few days as you can see here;
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Approx 800 x 3" pots
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Approx. 200 x 4" pots
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Approx 40 x24 cell trays and 4 Sets of Root Trainers
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Approx 10 x 40 Cell trays and 10 x 10 Cell trays
I have purposely cut them to these sizes in order to fit then into a standard 14" x 8" tray
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Stacked ready for use Feb / March
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Punnets to sow my seeds in.
Again for convenience I use these to sow seeds in as I can get four of these into a standard tray meaning I can sow at least four types of seeds at the one go.
Quite often I sub-divide these punnets into 3 or 4 sections and can then sow up to 12 varieties of seeds in the one tray.
This method saves lot of Propagator space!
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Approx 10 x 9 cell trays
I find these very useful when I sow things such as Cucumbers, Pumpkins & Courgettes i.e. things that I only need a few of!
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My tray rack
I may wash these but I find this not too important as I usually sit the cell tray inserts in these so my seedlings are not really in contact with them, so I find a good brushing with a stiff brush cleans them up sufficiently for my needs.
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The Grot Spot!
Like all gardeners I guess! We all seem to have a "Grot Spot" somewhere in our garden....I'm no different!
The bags are full of well rotted horse manure that has the texture and colour of damp cocoa powder.
I plan on mixing my own compost next year where I will mix some of this with, Peat, Silver sand and Q4 fertiliser to some recipes I have.
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Right that's more or less it for 2014 now I can get on with re-writing and updating my website!
You are putting me (and I guess others too) thoroughly to shame! This is very neat and tidy, all ready and to hand when the madness of early spring sowings starts again. Reminder to self - go and get this mess sorted! - need a kick-up-the-a..e smiley. Thanks for showing us. :wave:
For you - a well earned :coffee2:
QuoteFor you - a well earned :coffee2:
Thanks Galina but I have already had few might go for something a bit stronger later!
ps Don't be too hard on yourself I have pushed on because of other things I have on my plate, usually I do the 'washing up' in Jan/Feb
You call that a grot-spot, you should see some of the messy areas round my greenhouse.....
I absolutely hate washing pots, but got it done earlier this year, why did I bother, sorting out some big pots for new strawberry plants, I discovered the hard way that a wasp was overwintering between them....antihistamines, antibiotics, blimey this gardening is a dangerous business!
I knew there was something else I should have done today. :tongue3:
And I moan about doing the dish's....well done TeeGee
Someone after my owñ heart there! Spent many an hour washing pots and trays. Not quite as many as that though! Are they stored outside? I keep my clean pots and trays in boxes in the garage, while the unwashed ones are stored on shelves waiting to be used or washed.
I never wash my pots ... sorry! If something is diseased, which is rare, I throw it away - plot, soil and pot.
QuoteAre they stored outside?
The sowing trays are kept under the greenhouse bench but the pots & cell trays that I prick out into are outdoors until such times as I need them.
QuoteI never wash my pots ... sorry!
No need to be sorry each to their own I say!
QuoteIf something is diseased, which is rare, I throw it away - plot, soil and pot.
I throw the plant & soil and wash the pots!