Remove the planting cups before transplant??

Lowlander · April 30, 2013

I have always CAREFULLY removed the planting cups (you know, the brown degradable ones you buy at HD or lowes etc) when I transplant into the garden. As I look as my Toms, and peppers ( thai chili, ghost, yellow ghost, naga viper, carolina reaper, and choc douglah

) under the lights, I see the roots have grown quite readily out of, and around on the sides of the cups.

Would I shock the plants less during transplant if I simply bury the whole cup in a hole with organic compost, or will it not matter that these will be pulled off the plant if I remove the cups?

April 30, 2013	#1
Lowlander Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eastern Shore of Maryland Posts: 76	Remove the planting cups before transplant?? I have always CAREFULLY removed the planting cups (you know, the brown degradable ones you buy at HD or lowes etc) when I transplant into the garden. As I look as my Toms, and peppers ( thai chili, ghost, yellow ghost, naga viper, carolina reaper, and choc douglah) under the lights, I see the roots have grown quite readily out of, and around on the sides of the cups. Would I shock the plants less during transplant if I simply bury the whole cup in a hole with organic compost, or will it not matter that these will be pulled off the plant if I remove the cups?