Tomatoville® Gardening Forums


Notices

New to growing your own tomatoes? This is the forum to learn the successful techniques used by seasoned tomato growers. Questions are welcome, too.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old January 14, 2012   #1
Keiththibodeaux
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 587
Default Supplier for 4" Tall Pots?

Does anyone know of good economical source for 4" Tall Pots in bulk? These are the ones that are approx 4 inch x 4 inch by 6 to 8 inches tall.
Keiththibodeaux is offline   Reply With Quote
Old January 14, 2012   #2
easttx_hippie
Tomatovillian™
 
easttx_hippie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Piney Wood Hills
Posts: 423
Default

Last year I bought quite a few on e-bay. They were used so I tossed them in a wash tub filled with bleach water to make sure they didn't have anything on them I didn't want. I paid around 20¢ each for them.
easttx_hippie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old January 14, 2012   #3
Hastings
Tomatovillian™
 
Hastings's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 81
Default

The greenhouse and nursery that we have around here has a system where people can bring back their pots to recycle them. The company also disposes of their used pots there also. As long as you talk to them to let them know that you are taking the pots, they don't care. They like to see things get repurposed. Nothing's more economical than free.
__________________
Shannon
Hastings is offline   Reply With Quote
Old January 14, 2012   #4
Keiththibodeaux
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 587
Default

I am looking for several hundred. After following easttx_hippie's lead to ebay, I found small qtys, but was able to use the part number on the ebay listing and Google to find the supplier. Seems like a case of 360 goes for $108, or .30 cents each, from http://www.stuewe.com/products/treepots.php. Now the game is on to see if I can beat that price.
Keiththibodeaux is offline   Reply With Quote
Old January 14, 2012   #5
Fusion_power
Tomatovillian™
 
Fusion_power's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,250
Default

http://www.mortonproducts.com/page.cfm/1278

The 3.5 inch by 5 inch deep are about 61 cubic inches capacity. Be careful about the size, larger pots may not fit evenly in the trays you will be handling them in.

DarJones
Fusion_power is offline   Reply With Quote
Old January 14, 2012   #6
whistler
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: PA
Posts: 100
Default

I buy the deep 3.5" square pots from Novosel Enterprises. 18 fit in a 1020 tray nicely, and they work great for my tomato seedlings. Novosel charges $0.22 per 3.75" deep pot right now, but they give you free shipping for orders over $75, and a 20% discount for orders over $200. I think I got them on sale last year for $0.13 each (before 20% discount they were $0.16 each).

http://www.novoselenterprises.com/pr...quare-pots.asp

You could also try the Solo Squared beverage cups by the case. You could poke holes in the bottoms easily enough for drainage. They are $0.13 each when you buy a case of 12-20 packs on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Solo-18-Ounce-...6591419&sr=8-1
whistler is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:51 AM.


★ Tomatoville® is a registered trademark of Commerce Holdings, LLC ★ All Content ©2022 Commerce Holdings, LLC ★