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Jon suggested using Uline bags that are sold in cartons, 1000 bags each:
http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-1331/Poly-Bags-Flat-Open/3-x-8-2-Mil-Industrial-Poly-Bags

I would like to try the method but it is too many for me. Anybody has some extra so I could buy a 100?
Please PM me.
Thanks you in advance!
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I buy them from eBay. There is a seller in pflugerville Texas that sells 100 for $5.70 with free shipping. Sorry. I don't have extras. I'm about to order more.
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James, PM me, I may have a deal for you.
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Ebay. These are ziplock  bags, but you could just cut the zip part off, or just ignore it.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-Ziplock-Bags-3x8-RECLOSABLE-CLEAR-POLY-BAGS-3-x-8-2Mil-PLASTIC-BAG-/191113801674?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c7f452fca


100 Ziplock Bags 3x8 RECLOSABLE CLEAR POLY BAGS 3" x 8" 2Mil PLASTIC BAG, under $4, free shipping. I did not do a complete search, so there might be more choice.
 
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Item 111252237950
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What size do you order James?
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I use the 4X8 bags.
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I have a bunch and I don't use them anymore so if anybody is interested in picking mine up for relatively cheap let me know.  Could sell the whole lot or a part of it.  I will check on quantities tonight.
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Mike/Rob, did you guys switch to something different? why?

I've had good luck with them last year.  This year things are still pretty good, but it would be good to know if there are potential pitfalls I haven't encountered, yet.
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They can be good.  It's just that my needs and thoughts have changed somewhat. 

I think they are good if you are going to do a large quantity of cuttings and are able to leave them in the bags until it's time to put them outside.  The main advantage of the small bag approach is allowing some root and top growth while keeping it compact and being able to fit a bunch in a small space.  In my climate most of the successful cuttings really will need to be put in a 32 oz container or 1 gallon pot before I'm able to put them outside, so I have to plan for enough space to handle 1 gallon pots.  So the compactness thing doesn't help me that much, since they all outgrow that initial compact space and then where would I put them? 

Also, I already have as many trees as I can handle so I really limited the number of cuttings I started this year.  Another reason the compactness wasn't as big a deal. 

Another issue is that in the past I've had trouble with over- and under- watering, or both at the same time (dry top and soggy bottom).  Frankly it's a hassle to get it right and requires a lot of attention.  So instead this year and last I put them in sphagnum moss in the beginning and then put them in 32 oz deli containers when they started sending roots.  Sphagnum moss is more idiot proof and I can ignore them for 1 or 2 weeks and feel confident they will be fine when I get to them. 

I used to think that one of the main advantages of the baggie approach was that you wouldn't break tender roots like sometimes happens when moving from sphagnum to cup.  But now I don't think that's a big deal.  If you break a couple roots, that's not likely to doom the cutting.  Over watering is much more likely to kill a cutting than breaking a couple roots.  And a 32 oz container is just about right so that when April/May hits, they are ready for a 1 or 2 gallon pot.  Then I put them outside. 

Also when using the baggies I was never that great at cutting the bags and sliding the cuttings out.  It's actually worse with the 32 oz containers because the plastic is thick and somewhat rigid.  Have to use a knife to sort of convince them to come out sometimes.  But by this time they have a very strong root system and there are enough tough roots that it doesn't matter if you nick a few. 

I would use them again if I were doing a very large quantity of cuttings, or if I lived where winter was shorter.  But I don't foresee either of those things happening any time soon. 


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James, ditto all of the above by Rob. Also, I started using the Root Riot Cubes last year and by far that is my favorite and most
productive method. I have about 800 more baggies of the 3"x8" size if anyone looking for them at a good deal. Also, I am trying
to wind down the number of cuttings after this year.
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I have some 1 mil, 12 or 14" tall, maybe 3" wide (when flat).  Yours for shipping or maybe you could send a cutting.  And by "some" I mean hundreds.
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