Plastic training pots

[Paradox]

Yeah, even just buying 40 of them, with shipping it's about $6.50 per flat. $15 is quite the hike. I'm sure they buy a bigger bulk so it should be even better than that. Still deciding whether to bite the bullet and get them or buy the superfly plastic training pots. I was also looking at the AFLAT3 20 x 15 x 2.5 roughly, seems nice for a forest or seedlings. Anyone know if you order more than one type, does the shipping increase?

Those TSC are flexible plastic. Maybe if it was light soil and small tree.

I also use anderson flats and have about 20 of them. They are solid, have good drainage and work very well.
The seed germinating trays posted from Amazon and the other company look like they wouldnt drain nearly as well

 

[Timbo]

You can call them and they'll give you a shipping quote in real time. They are actually pretty large when it comes to shipping. They stack, but they don't stack very flat (unlike pond baskets which nest right next to each other). My last order was for fifty baskets and it came in quite a large box. Much better value, IMHO, than 10" pond baskets which I can only get for about $3 each at Lowes with my military discount.

The flats are made in very heavy plastic. Their original design intent is to serve as a reusable tray for nurseries to use to hold smaller blow-mold plastic square pots for seedlings and cuttings. However they work great for bonsai, and the only way you can't reuse them is if you step on them and break their lip The mesh on the bottom is a little large for pumice, so I line the bottom with a square piece of plastic window screen.

Yeah, I'll call them next week I think. Just doesn't seem like any better option than these or buying big pots, which of course would be paying way more. I have 10 trees to collect this spring and many others to repot this coming year. Just wanted to make sure they were worth it and would hold up! Much rather spend more money up front, have good quality, last, then replace cheap stuff every year or two and have to dispose of the plastic somewhere. I use the Aluminum window screen also in my wooden pots.