[moose]

Friend who works in local supermarket has turned up with several of the large banners that the store put on it's outside walls to advertise special offers. When offer is over banners are thrown out. They are thick plastic similar to weed control stuff, white backs but multicoloured printing on the front. Will these be safe to use or are the inks likely to be on the not recommended list?

[3759allen]

i would say any chemicals has been washed of by time you get them so go for it, anything that saves some money can't be bad.

as for using them as paths they will get very slippery when wet.

[Yorkie]

I tend to agree, particularly about the slipperiness ...

[JayG]

For weed control it probably doesn't have the same properties as the weed control fabric you can buy, which is permeable and lets water drain through it, so it would be more like covering with plain black plastic sheeting, except that facing upwards it will be either white, which won't warm the soil as well as black, or advertising out-of-date offers, which may or may not appeal to passing wood pigeons (depending on their reading skills, intelligence and supermarket preferences.  )

[3 allotments]

I have quite a few of those things left over from when the olympic torch came through Bridlington,they are great for making a carrot enclosure the white bounces the light all round just stick net curtain over top 

[moose]

3a that sounds like a good idea, they are very bright white and carrot fly can't read that the offer was for carrots. Hope they don't recognize the picture.

[3 allotments]

   exactly it works a treat stops the fly especially with fine net curtain over it ;)Darren