using toilet rolls as pots

Why is it time to move on from this subject? True the views posted so far have mainly been against using toilet roll holders but there has been a couple plus views to.

So if there are any 'if it works for you good' views i wold like to hear more of them.

thankyou all for your post

im going to have ago with them as i have a black bag full i'll just do 50/50 some in pots and some in rolls as theres no harm in trying

  i just want to get on with planting  but i'll wait

I did it last year with peas and sweetcorn.

Both worked fine - the peas were a second attempt having sown the first lot directly into the ground and 1 lone plant grew. When I sowed them in loo roll inners I had a great germination rate - only two or three failed from about 35 sown.

Sweetcorn was a similar result - very few failures and the plants all grew lovely and strong. I had a block of 12 (small I know, but I was late sowing and wondered if it was worth a try) and most had two cobs by the end of the season. Unfortunately, due to me planting late and the cr*p summer none of them ripened...

The outsides of the rolls did go a bit mildewy, but I found a good watering system that worked well for me - I only filled them with compost to about 1/2-1cm from the top, then when I watered I used an old water bottle with a sports cap, then just squeezed a good squirtful of water into the top of the tube - this was just about enough to fill the tube to the top. This was more successful than sprinkling water over the top of the trayful of tubes, which would have soaked the cardboard quicker than squirting into the top.

Hope this makes sense!