Reuse of plants pots, good idea or not?

Hort101 · 09-04-2012 10:01pm #1

Over the winter and for the last few months iv grown some oak and other tree seeds.. they need to be potted on as they were sown in plant cells.. is it ok to pot them into larger pots that other shrubs recently came out of or would this stunt the seedlings?? bad idea or is it ok??

Any help would be great

looksee · 10-04-2012 9:33am

Of course you can re-use plant pots. I feel obliged to tell you that you should wash them first (but I rarely do). Don't use just peat compost, use a mixture of soil and compost.

Hort101 · 10-04-2012 5:28pm

It it true that they can pass disease onto plants??

looksee · 10-04-2012 5:35pm

Theoretically, yes. I have never worried about it though, especially plastic pots.

Hort101 · 10-04-2012 10:20pm

Ok thanks for your comment

moceri · 12-04-2012 9:56pm

If you are concerned you can wash the pots in a diluted jeyes fluid and stand to dry.

Hort101 · 13-04-2012 10:31pm

Great idea.. i will do that

thanks..

kynzvart · 16-04-2012 12:22pm

I always wash my pots , I like to be on the safe side.

looksee · 16-04-2012 12:34pm

Going back to your original question OP, yes, you would plant on into plant pots for a couple of seasons, rather than put the seedlings straight into the ground (though you could do that, but its easy to lose track of them).

Reuse of plants pots, good idea or not?

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