Jiffy peat pots

dcarch · September 5, 2006

I use Jiffy peat pots to start seedlings because its convenient.

Recently I pulled a few dying plants and noticed that the plastic nettings which hold the peat ball together did not decompose and the roots were forming around it.

Is this a problem? The plants seem to do well just the same.

Thanks

dcarch

daylilydude · September 5, 2006

dcarch i just come in from cleaning out one of my tomato beds

and i noticed that almost everyone of my plants (18 plants) had the peat pot still on them and it sure didn't affect them but now i always tore the bottom off before i planted them i don't know why i just did but what i thought was weird was that they had been in the ground since early April and they had'nt dissoveld yet.

feldon30 · September 5, 2006

Peat pots are not a good choice for many people. The pot doesn't break down and often the pot steals water from the soil and then harbors fungus, mold, etc. Some people have great success with them.

dcarch · September 5, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by feldon27

Peat pots are not a good choice for many people. The pot doesn't break down and often the pot steals water from the soil and then harbors fungus, mold, etc. Some people have great success with them.

You watch out. The Jiffy people is gonna come get cha!

dcarch

daylilydude · September 5, 2006

Whatcha goona do when they come for you ? peat pots peat pots

psa · September 5, 2006

I would not recommend actual peat pots for anyone, for all of the reasons listed.

From dcarch's mention of netting, though, it sounds like we're talking about pellets. I've used the pellets in the past with great success, but I've never seen the netting break down, in any kind of growing situation. Tomatoes planted in them have never had trouble putting roots through for me, but when removing the plants at the end of the season the pots are always still there. Because of the way I handle tomatoes these pots would end up 12" under ground in the garden, so it's hard for them to have caused much trouble. Exhuming the root ball from the ground is difficult, but I have found fully intact netting.

These days I don't use the pellets for tomatoes because it's too inefficient for a large number of plants. In rare cases I still use them for certain plants, but in those cases I gently remove the netting before potting up.

Lomatia · September 6, 2006

psa, I too use the peat pellets for some of the plants that I am going to plant for myself. I use small plastic drinking cups for all that are to be given away/sold.
Usually I rip of the netting off because I have found it when digging over the garden in the following winter and it certainly hasn't rotted away. I suspect that the roots will still get through but I just do it anyhow.

September 5, 2006	#1
dcarch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 2,618	Jiffy peat pots I use Jiffy peat pots to start seedlings because its convenient. Recently I pulled a few dying plants and noticed that the plastic nettings which hold the peat ball together did not decompose and the roots were forming around it. Is this a problem? The plants seem to do well just the same. Thanks dcarch __________________ tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato

September 5, 2006	#2
daylilydude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iuka, Mississippi Zone 7b Posts: 482	dcarch i just come in from cleaning out one of my tomato beds and i noticed that almost everyone of my plants (18 plants) had the peat pot still on them and it sure didn't affect them but now i always tore the bottom off before i planted them i don't know why i just did but what i thought was weird was that they had been in the ground since early April and they had'nt dissoveld yet. __________________ Richard

September 5, 2006	#3
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Peat pots are not a good choice for many people. The pot doesn't break down and often the pot steals water from the soil and then harbors fungus, mold, etc. Some people have great success with them. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

September 5, 2006	#5
daylilydude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iuka, Mississippi Zone 7b Posts: 482	Whatcha goona do when they come for you ? peat pots peat pots __________________ Richard

September 5, 2006	#6
psa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: TriCities, WA Posts: 141	I would not recommend actual peat pots for anyone, for all of the reasons listed. From dcarch's mention of netting, though, it sounds like we're talking about pellets. I've used the pellets in the past with great success, but I've never seen the netting break down, in any kind of growing situation. Tomatoes planted in them have never had trouble putting roots through for me, but when removing the plants at the end of the season the pots are always still there. Because of the way I handle tomatoes these pots would end up 12" under ground in the garden, so it's hard for them to have caused much trouble. Exhuming the root ball from the ground is difficult, but I have found fully intact netting. These days I don't use the pellets for tomatoes because it's too inefficient for a large number of plants. In rare cases I still use them for certain plants, but in those cases I gently remove the netting before potting up.

September 6, 2006	#7
Lomatia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 147	psa, I too use the peat pellets for some of the plants that I am going to plant for myself. I use small plastic drinking cups for all that are to be given away/sold. Usually I rip of the netting off because I have found it when digging over the garden in the following winter and it certainly hasn't rotted away. I suspect that the roots will still get through but I just do it anyhow.