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Budge · February 23, 2010

Has anybody tried CowPots for seed starting?

http://cowpots.com/whats-a-cowpot.html

I see in the FAQs the following question and answer:

"I seem to be getting some mold on the outside of my CowPots.
What can I do? How do I prevent mold?"

"Our process does not include mold retardants. The molds you see are natural and harmless and do not inhibit plant growth."

Oh great. Just what I need. Plant containers that encourage the "natural and harmless" mold of damping off disease! Still, I'll give them a try for zinnias maybe, not for my precious tomatoes. Maybe I can finally start zinnias early without having to transplant them out of pot to ground, break a hairlike root or two, and watch them limp and quickly die.

February 23, 2010	#1
Budge Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brownstown, MI Posts: 13	Anybody Tried CowPots? Has anybody tried CowPots for seed starting? http://cowpots.com/whats-a-cowpot.html I see in the FAQs the following question and answer: "I seem to be getting some mold on the outside of my CowPots. What can I do? How do I prevent mold?" "Our process does not include mold retardants. The molds you see are natural and harmless and do not inhibit plant growth." Oh great. Just what I need. Plant containers that encourage the "natural and harmless" mold of damping off disease! Still, I'll give them a try for zinnias maybe, not for my precious tomatoes. Maybe I can finally start zinnias early without having to transplant them out of pot to ground, break a hairlike root or two, and watch them limp and quickly die.