Re: Re: Re: OT Flower Pots

No joke Jim - that's sweatshirt weather.

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: james singer
Sent: 9/7/2004 4:21:19 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: OT Flower Pots

> Yeah, I need a sweater when it's that kind of balmy.
> 
> On Monday, September 6, 2004, at 10:10 PM, ""  
> <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hold the phone - in what universe is 72 degrees considered balmy?
> >
> > :-O
> >
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp, TX
> > zone 8A
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Richard T. Apking
> > Sent: 9/6/2004 6:51:02 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: OT Flower Pots
> >
> >> Hi Char,
> >>
> >> Welcome to the group, I'm sure that any questions you may have on  
> >> just about
> >> any subject will either be answered or commented upon.LOL
> >>
> >> Seriously, this group possesses a wealth of knowledge on a bunch of  
> >> topics,
> >> especially on gardening.  I'm Rich in Northern Z-5 in Eastern central
> >> Nebraska, where it is a balmy 72 degrees with a slight North wind.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Char Holte" <cholte@wi.rr.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 1:05 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: OT Flower Pots
> >>
> >>
> >>> HI,
> >>>
> >>> I have an Iris garden.  I am going to plant my leftover Iris in the
> >>> containers and sell them when visitors come to see my Iris in bloom  
> >>> in the
> >>> spring.  If this works I will expand the effort.
> >>>
> >>> Char, New Berlin, WI
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 3:12 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: OT Flower Pots
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> So, Char, tell us what you are potting in all these nursery  
> >>>> containers.
> >>>>
> >>>> One reason I like the Morton cntrs that I mentioned is that they are
> >>> rather
> >>>> soft material.  I label my plants with a nylon tag gun and it's much
> >>> easier
> >>>> to get the needle through these than through some of the heavier,
> >> stiffer
> >>>> ones.  I have always purchased from Morton the bundle sizes which  
> >>>> for
> >>> trade
> >>>> gallons was, I believe, 75.  I notice that they now have removed the
> >>> bundle
> >>>> quantity info from their site.  I don't see anything re minimums.
> >>>>
> >>>> Kitty
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Char Holte" <cholte@wi.rr.com>
> >>>> To: <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >>>> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 2:30 PM
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: OT Flower Pots
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks, the best price I could find was .69 and I got them from  
> >>>>> Morton
> >>> for
> >>>>> .30.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Char, New Berlin, WI
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>>> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 2:09 PM
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: OT Flower Pots
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I get my nursery containers in various ways.  A good, fast  
> >>>>>> mailorder
> >>>>> source
> >>>>>> at a reasonable price is Morton Products.  Well, they're more
> >>> reasonable
> >>>>> for
> >>>>>> me than for you since Indiana is closer to Tennessee than  
> >>>>>> Wisconsin
> >>> is.
> >>>> I
> >>>>>> get 14 cent trade gallons from them and a terrific 8 inch mum pan
> >> for
> >>> 23
> >>>>>> cents - a great size when the roots are more wide than deep.
> >>>>>> I post a sign when I have my April plant sale telling people to
> >> bring
> >>> me
> >>>>> any
> >>>>>> and all containers and many people do.
> >>>>>> I'm a Master Gardener and work in our little nursery.  Lots of
> >> people
> >>>>> bring
> >>>>>> used containers there and we only keep certain sizes there. So I
> >> often
> >>>>> take
> >>>>>> home some of the excess.  We also get containers from local
> >> nurseries,
> >>>> as
> >>>>>> Jim mentioned.  They are often happy to get rid of certain kinds.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Kitty
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> >>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 1:30 PM
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: OT Flower Pots
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi, Char.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If you want new ones, most nursery supply stores will have them.
> >>> Home
> >>>>>>> Depot carries them also. If you want used ones, talk to local
> >>>> landscape
> >>>>>>> contractors. They generally have a bunch they'd be glad to get  
> >>>>>>> rid
> >>> of.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Monday, September 6, 2004, at 02:18 PM, Char Holte wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> HI,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I am looking for the 1 gallon size, nursery type.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Island Jim
> >>>>>>> Southwest Florida
> >>>>>>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >>>>>>> Zone 10a
> >>>>>>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>>>>>>
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