Tree pots

BucksCountyFigs

BucksCountyFigs

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So, I’m wondering what to up pot my fig pops into and was eyeballing tree pots, which really seem to vary in price.

May I ask which tree pots you recommend?
 

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Opiem10 said:
I like the Stuewe and Sons MT49 mini tree pots. They are 4 x 9 inches and hold a good amount of soil media.

I know Amazon has 4 x 12 tree pots at a lower cost per pot, but I don’t know how durable the Amazon pots are.
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Thanks for the model number- I am on their website and did not have any idea there were this many different tree pots.

Do other places sell Stuewe and Sons tree pots, or do you have to buy from them directly
 
Thanks, that’s good to know.

Maybe I’m missing the obvious answer, but (hopefully) as they get bigger in the tree pots and start leafing out, at some point before being ready for up pot, don’t their leaves get in the way of not being able to continue to be side by side in the trays, then how do you hold up the tree pots?

Or can the tray pot hold up the tree pots even with empty spaces in between them?
 
I’ve kept 12-16 mini tree pots in that tray for a full season.

I don’t recommend doing so because growth of your rooted cuttings will be stunted in the limited soil media. When that mini tree pots is full of roots, I recommend up potting to continue to get good green growth.
 
Opiem10 said:
I like the Stuewe and Sons MT49 mini tree pots. They are 4 x 9 inches and hold a good amount of soil media.

I know Amazon has 4 x 12 tree pots at a lower cost per pot, but I don’t know how durable the Amazon pots are.
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Okay, newbie question:
I’m starting in a fig pop, so would the MT49 mini tree pots be too small for the up pot? If so, what size would you recommend for the next size up?
 
BucksCountyFigs said:
Okay, newbie question:
I’m starting in a fig pop, so would the MT49 mini tree pots be too small for the up pot? If so, what size would you recommend for the next size up?
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I think the standard size for most people is 4 x 9 which I’m told is like a 1 gallon nursery pot. If you root in those it will be awhile before you need to up pot.
 
ohiobruce said:
I'll be the odd man out here and admit to using the thin Amazon pots. I use them for growing pawpaws and they have held up just fine. However, I give away the majority of my seedlings, so I'm not looking for a life-time quality pot.
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I used them as well this last year. They are definitely very flimsy. I grouped them all together and placed them inside of a few milk crates. Mine couldn’t stand on their own. I’m not sure I would do it again, but they work in a pinch.
 
I've heard that if you call steuwe directly that they will sell smaller quantities if you don't need a million of them. I'm not sure where the knee in that price curve exists against greenhouse megastore, but it's probably worth a call to find out. Greenhouse megastore also used to have a free shipping sale sometime in the fall but I haven't ordered from them in a while so I am not certain about that anymore.

I have the steuwe 16-pot holder but have also used Tupperware bins with success. I like both for different reasons. I usually use the steuwe holder outside in the spring since the bottom is an open grid and water will drip right through.

If you start them much before Christmas, they will start crowding and shading each other by spring. When starting a couple of trays, I would group them into trays by height as they grow to keep the lights close to the leaves on each tray. I've even left every other pot open to give more space. In my opinion the right answer is just don't start them too early in the winter.
 
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SlowRiver said:
I used them as well this last year. They are definitely very flimsy. I grouped them all together and placed them inside of a few milk crates. Mine couldn’t stand on their own. I’m not sure I would do it again, but they work in a pinch.
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When you say they couldn’t stand on their own, do you mean because of the shape, they tipped over? Or because the strength of the wall was thin, so it would kind of crumple up on itself?
 
It’s because the strength of the wall is so paper thin. I would only get them if you group them together in a bin or milk crate. Also, several of the ones I purchased did not have clean holes in the bottom. I had to poke some of the plastic all the way out.
 
hambones said:
I've heard that if you call steuwe directly that they will sell smaller quantities if you don't need a million of them. I'm not sure where the knee in that price curve exists against greenhouse megastore, but it's probably worth a call to find out. Greenhouse megastore also used to have a free shipping sale sometime in the fall but I haven't ordered from them in a while so I am not certain about that anymore.

I have the steuwe 16-pot holder but have also used Tupperware bins with success. I like both for different reasons. I usually use the steuwe holder outside in the spring since the bottom is an open grid and water will drip right through.

If you start them much before Christmas, they will start crowding and shading each other by spring. When starting a couple of trays, I would group them into trays by height as they grow to keep the lights close to the leaves on each tray. I've even left every other pot open to give more space. In my opinion the right answer is just don't start them too early in the winter.
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Yeah, the “problem” is that I actually started Sept 9, because I had just tasted my first fresh fig and went hog wild, wanting to learn everything + wanting to learn how to propagate before the big fig sales, so i practiced on every green cutting that I could get my hands on, and they are all growing great. Now I have to think of how to up pot them in a space efficient way for the inside of the house.

But yes, any dormant cuttings I get going forward I will try to time a bit better.
 
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