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Richy's paper pots
Aunt Sally:
They held together OK for my broad beans. and the roots were coming through the paper nicely :D
Stripey_cat:
Last time I tried this (it always worked fine for my Mum), the paper rotted and took the seedlings with it in the end. There was this gross white slime over everything. What did I do wrong (I think I had a double thickness of paper, for instance), or was I just unlucky?
Aunt Sally:
Sounds like you kept them too wet to me.
richyrich7:
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I'll be using this method for other deep rooted plants and things whch don't like root disturbance - Sweetcorn springs to mind.
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I'm tempted to give Parsnips ago, being notorious to germinate and they don't like transplanting, I reckon if you ripped open the bottom on planting it may work.
gus:
I just got the new yellow pages and as we can't put the old one in to the recycling box do you think i could use the paper to make pots?
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