Details are on the Winter Sowing form (linked top of this forum page) on how to convert these as well as many other types of plastic containers. Winter Sowers use every kind of plastic bottle they can get their hands on to make mini-greenhouses. ;) Dave

I liked it so much I made a copy off the internet www.toppers--place.com/pop_bottle.pots.htm You never know how many people we know would like to know the same thing. After they are collected and made up there is more time than money if you ask around for some one who drinks soft drinks. Saves all that going into the trash can. If you don't have a sodiering gun a drill will do just as well. And they can be used over at least until they give out.

I am embarking myself in the project of making a small 6 square feet 3 to 4 feet tall greenhouse. I think I have most things figured out. I think. I am starting small so problems don't turn into nightmares. But I have not been able to find a place where I can buy a small cooling pad. For the size of greenhouse I think I only need a third of a square foot. It may be more practical to go a bit bigger. And extra backup pad would be a good thing. So I'm probably looking for 2 or 3 square feet of cooling pad. And I just can't find anyone that would sell so little. I am to the point that I am considering taking a bunch of cardboard boxes I have in the garage cutting them into slits and gluing them together. Although from the looks of what I see on the internet the groves (holes) look much bigger than the ones on the cardboard. So I suppose it could create a difference in pressure. And maybe It should be thinner...... Ughh If anybody knows where to buy a small cooling pad or has an extra one that they would sell, any information will b greatly appreciated. FYI I live in Austin, TX

I have almost no experience. Give my comments the respect you would give to a beginner because that is what I am as ir respects propagation. Over the winter I rooted three cuttings from roses in a terrarium under grow lights. I originally had five, but two died when I took the plastic bags off. The air was too dry in the terrarium under grow lights. So I put the bags back on the other three, and eventually doubled the size of the bags to two gallons and that helped tremendously. This spring I slowly worked them out of the bags, putting them outdoors; they needed a lot of watering. I was not lackadaisacal with watering but I have a job, and I cannot babysit plants all the time. Two of the three lost their leaves. I put one of the naked roses, which was being grown in a 4 inch pot back in a plastic bag and the buds on the canes swelled. I determined that I am back in business. I transplanted it outdoors tonight, and I think it will do well, now. Thought I would get it outdoors in the ground before the leaves come out and grow acclimated to the greenhouse type babying effect. The second naked rose was transplanted directly outdoors without putting it back in the plastic bag. It actually had one five leaf set that was not the best. It lost that set and it appears to be starting some leaf buds that are beginning to swell. It is about a day or so behind the one I had put back in the bag. There were sufficient roots which together with the moisture around the roots to keep the potting soil together when I transplanted. I could see some good sized roots at the bottom of the pot when I took the roses out. But I was a bit surprised not to find the same abundance of roots on the side of the pot. The third rose that kept its leaves when I transplanted it outdoors has new growth. This is a major stride for me in learning how to propagate. If you have any advice on what to do to care for a cutting shortly after transplanting, or during transplanting outdoors, post your advice here. It is the next logical step in the sequence of this post.