This is what every nursery person likes to see in spring, the first rows of new potted plants about to begin growth. It used to be a worry that customers could be offended because I use a lot of old pots, ( cheap ) but then we put up this sign. I hope you approve, sometimes you can be cheap and moral.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Big commercial operations will always use new pots. A local garden centre digs out what you want and places it in a plastic bag for you to take home. They prefer you to bring your own container when buying plants.
flower_nut
Level 7
Mar 12, 2019
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Lots of my customers bring their own containers. I also grab the used fruit boxes from the suppermarkets when I go there and use them for customers with large orders.
It should say "Please clean and reuse your pots."
JackPedigo
Level 9
Mar 12, 2019
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Yes Robecology said the same thing, but most gardeners should know that, and it is not hard with the plastic ones.
@Fernapple At our take-it-or-leave-it site at the transfer station there is a stack of pots of various sizes. One needn't buy pots here.
@JackPedigo Maybe someone will find a good substitute for plastic pots soon, and then we need not worry too much. Having said that, you buy a plant in a plastic pot and it lasts ten/ fifty years, and you reuse the pot a couple of times, but you buy a suppermarket meal in a plastic box and how long does that last ?
@OwlInASack There is a big movement now to reduce or eliminate plastics from our lives. I try to wash my plastic baggies and reuse them. I even rinse out the packaging that cereal comes in and use it. Here, the transfer station bought a plastic shredder and shreds plastic water bottles. This brings in lots more money because it is used in 3d printers.
Most who re-use pots don't clean them well enough...and leave a trace of. a mineral or material that can, indeed, cause the new plants to be affected. RE-USE also implies CLEAN THOROUGHLY!
Robecology
Level 9
Mar 12, 2019
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True.
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