Question on clear pots

[Dorothy]

or chinese food containers (and not the paper cartons ones )
Anyone for a couple of quarts of won ton soup?
Melting holes could be a way of not tearing into the plastic ..
so long as you are in well ventilated area.
After you eat your soup, get out the soldering iron !

[quiltergal]

Keep in mind deli containers aren't going to stand up to UV light for very long.

[AHAB]

Try a restraunt supply store... or just buy from Ray's:
Welcome to First Rays Orchids

[Dorothy]

ROSS !
Paph & Phrag Pots

[gmdiaz]

Dorthy!!!

You are one awesome blossom!

[Dorothy]

but they aren't clear

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Dorothy

but they aren't clear

"Clear" is a relative term. Semi-clear? Do we need to get really exact here? The idea is we can see the state of the roots. Jeesh, hasn't anyone ever wondered what the roots looked like? Sometimes I wonder how folks can tell what's going on in the pots? With mine I can see if the roots are really green (not time to water), the medium is wet or the pot sides are flecked with water (not time to water), etc. You get the picture. I don't water the Paphs or Phals till the roots tell me to water - and I haven't lost anyone yet

[Dorothy]

Translucent!

[caseydoll]

Originally Posted by Dorothy

Translucent!

Tall clear pots would also come in handy for some phals. I recently had to pot up a phal keiki in a 6 inch pot simply because the long roots wouldn't fit in anything else. It's a mini but now I have to make room for a large pot and it looks stupid! Almost all clear pots are so short that nothing fits in them properly. It definately is frustrating!

[Ross]

Originally Posted by caseydoll

Tall clear pots would also come in handy for some phals. I recently had to pot up a phal keiki in a 6 inch pot simply because the long roots wouldn't fit in anything else. It's a mini but now I have to make room for a large pot and it looks stupid! Almost all clear pots are so short that nothing fits in them properly. It definately is frustrating!

That's my point Sarah! Why can't we get what we are willing to pay for? In the mean while the market moans that it's going out of business! Maybe someone's not listening? I don't have the means or I would. But somewhere there's a manufacturer who will listen? Or maybe not