Cardboard tissue and foil roll middles.

hayles62 · « **on:** January 13, 2007, 07:51 »

Make lovely little air pockets in the compost bin and go towards you brown content.

muntjac · « **Reply #1 on:** January 13, 2007, 11:50 »

also make lovelt pots for sowing beans in ,and stuff them with a little sawdust seal with wax then top up with more sawdust or flakes . pour a little white spirit in before you pour in wax to seal top ,,,,,, plastic airtight bag ,you got firelighters, no sawdust to chuck away ,,,, now thats frugal hehehe

silver8 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2007, 14:51 »

Ive got access to a much wider and longer toilet roll holders. What i thought I do with them, as the soil on the lottie tends to be on the heavy side , is to partly put them in the ground and then fill them with fine compost for carrots.Might also help to keep the carrot fly off.Will this work?

muntjac · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2007, 15:07 »

dont see why not matey, you can try it and report back on it

noshed · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2007, 22:49 »

You order stuff for the elephant lavs I suppose - Silver8?

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2007, 21:03 »

How tall are they Silver? They reckon its gotta be over 2ft to fool the carrot fly.

you'd have some nice long carrots wouldn't you though?

DD. · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2007, 08:03 »

I used toilet roll middles to grow my sweetcorn in 2 years back. I got a load of little fungi growing on them & only about 25% gemination!

muntjac · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2007, 10:55 »

toilet rolls if they get to wet willl rot and the milky mould takes ya plants as well mate

ziggywigs · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2007, 16:17 »

Apparently the mould comes from the glue on the rolls. I use the paper pots as they are quick and simple to make. The loo rolls i use for my leeks to keep the ground from backfilling too quickly.

Gwiz · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2007, 09:18 »

stood upright in a seed tray, filled with compost, and parsnips sown in them in the greehouse.
better germination than at the lottie ( well, for me anyway )
just plant the whole thing in the ground when its time.
lurvlly

Trillium · « **Reply #10 on:** February 13, 2007, 15:49 »

If you water only from the bottom, sparingly and never ever the top, the rolls last long enough - without fungi- until they're planted into the ground, up to the very top. Otherwise, more fungus starts up outside.

muntjac · « **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2007, 19:25 »

flatten them both ways .fold and then fold again splitting the distance , they become square and fit lovley in a tray

noshed · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2007, 23:18 »

That's right - took me ages to realise that. Much easier to collect as well.

muntjac · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2007, 23:19 »

im sure someone on here told me that cos i didnt know that lolo ,,,

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Cardboard tissue and foil roll middles.

Gwiz

Trillium