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A simple wooden device called a paper pot maker allows you to make 2-½" pots from strips of newspaper. These recycled pots are great for starting seeds.
Torenia does not transplant well, so seeds should be started in peat or paper pots. Don't cover the seeds with soil. Torenia is one of those plants that needs light to germinate.
If you start your seeds indoors, use biodegradable pots, such as Cowpots, homemade Paper Pots or peat pots. The seedlings resent root disturbance, so it's best to have a pot that can go in the ground right along with your transplants.
This is a young, well-established plant. It is sometimes sold bare-rooted but is usually in its own individual paper pot or Jiffy_7. It is ready for you to grow on in a 9-10cm (31/2-4in) pot or you can plant it directly into a hanging basket.
Some gardeners make pots from strips of newspaper. Fiber or paper pots that break down in the soil are particularly good for raising seedlings that don’t transplant well, such as cucumbers and squash.
Lift and store maincrop potatoes when the weather is dry. Separate any slightly damaged tubers and use these first. Store only sound, dry tubers in paper potato sacks. Keep them somewhere dry, dark and frost-free and they will last all winter.
Individual containers are preferable, because the less you disturb tender roots, the better. Some containers, such as peat pots, paper pots, and soil blocks, go right into the garden with the plant during transplanting.
The use of transplants shortens the period to harvest and allows the gardener to complete a crop before it gets too hot or cold. Always remove plastic, or paper pots from transplants and crack peat pots so allowing roots to grow easily and ...
 See also: Plant, Water, Planting, Growing, Soil
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