[paintedlady]

Painted Lady, when you sow into loo roll holders what do you put across the bottom to stop the soil faling out when you plant out?

Cawdor

Actually, it was strips of newspaper loosely folded and pushed down the loo roll to form a cup shape (only a couple of sheet thick - the idea is that the root will push through it and it doesn't act like a barrier).  Once the compost has been moistened and settled it was fine - may be some gentle handling when lifting.  As for keeping them upright, I save plastic trays (eg for mushrooms) which are about 2 inches deep and wedge in about 8 loo rolls quite nicely.

[cawdor2001]

good idea thanks