[loubylou29]

I have been very excited to make and begin using some of these paper pots, I packed them together  in a plastic box, as suggested to keep them sturdy, but a week later and the paper smells fusty mouldy, and the middles seem to dry out quickly with the outside being mouldy.

Does anyone else do this or is it generally considered rubbish!

Is the mould going to hurt my leek seedlings which are just sprouting up?

Thanks
Lucy
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[Heifer73]

Hi

I use paper pot after being given a pot marker for my birthday last year, my husband has this habit of overwatering so this might be why I have not noticed the pots drying out.

I can not say that I have noticed a smell.

I really like the paper pots and think they work well.

[Aidy]

dont use them myself as I scrounge from the local garden centre, they have loads of plastic pots which get binned. One thought tho, if you watched gardeners World the other week the chap who used his papaer pots for peas put them into a plastic pot and covered them in compost, I assume this is to starve the mould of air.

[WG.]

 if you watched gardeners World the other week the chap who used his papaer pots for peas put them into a plastic pot and covered them in compost, I assume this is to starve the mould of air.

Didn't watch GW but I imagine that covering the paper pot with compost / soil prevents it from acting like a wick and drying out the very plant it is intended to nurture.

Seems a helluva lot of trouble for peas though!   I just plant them directly in the ground after it warms up a bit.

[slow_worm]

dont use them myself as I scrounge from the local garden centre, they have loads of plastic pots which get binned. One thought tho, if you watched gardeners World the other week the chap who used his papaer pots for peas put them into a plastic pot and covered them in compost, I assume this is to starve the mould of air.

moulds grow aerobically... that could be why