[massa]

does any one know where i can get hold of a polystyrene box for free/cheap i want to have a go at making my own incubator and all the home made ones seem to use these boxes but i dont know where i could get my hands on one!

[Jamie Butterworth]

Ive been looking for some asweel to grow my leeks in, no joy in finding any so far

[Yorkie]

fishmonger?

[ktdelain]

Can't quite remember who, and yet to try it myself, but someone also told me that you can sometimes get them from pet shops?  I think because of reptiles and incubating eggs or such things....

[Mosslane]

Try veg wholesalers - if they buy watercress it comes packed in ice in polystyrene boxes.

[8doubles]

Shops that sell tropical  fish are a good source. 

[DeadlyNightshade]

Try your local large animal vets, alot of the bottles come in polysterene boxes, 12 singles compartments with matching lid

Anyone in Co. Tyrone wanting them, I can supply loads of them as well as 25 kg plastic bags and baler twine

[spottymint]

Hi

As 8doubles has mentioned, try tropical fish sellers.

Fish are often flown in/shipped in from suppliers in large poly containers.

A chain like Maidenhead aquatics have a high fish turnover & may be a good bet.

Maybe ask at the fish counter in large supermarkets, if they have them in, they may be happy to give them away.

[Jodie A]

Not tried it myself, but I think Morrison's will let you have them. (Fish counter).

[fish]

or local watercress/fish farm.

[bradberry]

We have a permanent indoor market in town and every day  they put all their unwanted polystyrene boxes, plastic and wooden trays at a collection point where anyone can help themselves to what is there.  I use the polystyrene boxes for growing salads in in my greenhouse and I also find them useful for overwintering fuchsias in.  On the allotment I use them as mini seedbeds for starting off leeks and brassicas.  I also have one sunk into the ground filled with water for a wildlife pond there.

[rhysdad]

It's always the way. I'm in Kent, and behind our unit is.... A tropical fish seller! He has about twenty of those boxes in a skip right now.....

I'll happily send you one but post might be a bit....

[Tania]

Have you tried a GP surgery or pharmacy. Vaccines are delivered in polystyrene insulated boxes. They are a good size too!

[monsta]

try http://www.jbpackaging.co.uk/ 97p each

[noshed]

Chinese supermarkets have loads of them for the fish