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That's my standard the 3.5 inch pots for tomato's/squash and 2 inch pots of peppers with the trays that hold them. leafy greens, brassicas, and other small plants I still use the 6 packs . Trying to find the balance, 72 cell trays are to small for me , anything bigger then a 3.5 is a chore to transplant and lot of soil by volume.
I am trending towards starting seeds later and using smaller size pots/cell trays. I always start seeds to early and end up with huge transplants i just need to wait and not get so excited an plant pre maturely.
To avoid spills I bought boot mats. They're under 20 bucks and fit my tables really well. I can see how the trays would be better for transport but I have several dozen collapsible boxes from work I got for free and they're really good for multiple tasks. For moving trays and such outside I use a steel mesh cart, keeps everything flat and I can complete other chores with it as well.
I'm in South Jersey and stagger my start indoors during March and April to keep things under control, I don't have the space to start in February because I also overwinter Passion Fruit, peppers, and small citrus. Gotta manage my space. I have a window filled with Orange Hat Tomatoes, they're a micro variety but they're covered with small fruits. The goal is to move to a larger property and build a walipini (or two) so I can go crazy and grow everything I want.
I still use the yogurt/cottage cheese containers as my grow out containers before they are transplanted into the garden or given away to friends and family. I have garden friends save any container that can be reused so when I give the plants away it’s no cost to me.
Last spring I got a couple dozen of the 2" and 4" pot trays and lots of assorted pots and six packs from home depot for free. They had a cart covered in them with a free sign when planting season was winding down. Our local Lowes still has a couple cart loads of this kind of stuff out on the edges of the parking lot.