Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: mtoyne on January 05, 2009, 10:24
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Hiya, has anyone tried those wooden things that turn newspaper in to plant pots? Im all for recycling and they sound a good idea but do they work?
Many thanks in advance for info.
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I've also seen them and would be quite interested in finding out if they are any good. Was thinking of making my own as I'd like to have larger pots. With my excess seed's I intend to grow plants for the school's summer fayre, don't really want to buy pots if I can help it.
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Save your money and try this 1st Richy's paper pots (http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=11390) so easy 8)
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Perfect, I wont even have to build any thing.
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thanks richyrich7, youve just saved me £12. can just spend more on seeds now.lol
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lol thats cool , now im off to buy a paper , nice one richy.
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where in york r u morewhiskey? just noticed where u are from
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Got a paper potter for Christmas and so far made in the regeon of 200 pots, dont know wether I will run out of room before I get to actually use them! Great gift but wouldn't have bught one myself. :D
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where in york r u morewhiskey? just noticed where u are from
Hi Fulford what about yourself? we also have Yorkie from York on here if u didnt know. Any others??
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Hi morewhiskey. Im in Pocklington, about 15 miles from York. Its handy knowing people in the same area.
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:cheers: :salut:
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Bought one about 18 months ago and havent used it for about 17 months... its a great idea but very time consuming i think for not a great benefit either in terms of money saving of environmentally. Consider that you can re-use plastic pots and if you look around you can usually get some for next to nothing to start with so to re-coup your £12 outlay you have to make a shed load of pots... which will take you a shed load of time that could be spent sowing/weeding/watering etc etc.
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The main advantage is no root disturbance and I also made some tall pots and some short ones.
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Bought one about 18 months ago and havent used it for about 17 months... its a great idea but very time consuming i think for not a great benefit either in terms of money saving of environmentally. Consider that you can re-use plastic pots and if you look around you can usually get some for next to nothing to start with so to re-coup your £12 outlay you have to make a shed load of pots... which will take you a shed load of time that could be spent sowing/weeding/watering etc etc.
Using the method mentioned by Richy, you don't need to buy anything so no cost. You can make the pots while your watching TV etc so your time could actually be more productive.
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To be honest I quite enjoy making the pots, when the kids where little I used to sit in the garden or living room and have a chat with the kids, now I stand there ,making them having a natter to the OH so either way the time seems productive.
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The main advantage is no root disturbance and I also made some tall pots and some short ones.
Sounds like that might work well with leeks, will have to experiment with different sizes.
Hiya yorkie.
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Yes, I found a selection of sizes of aerosols and I even made "root trainers" for sweetpeas.
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To be honest I quite enjoy making the pots, when the kids where little I used to sit in the garden or living room and have a chat with the kids, now I stand there ,making them having a natter to the OH so either way the time seems productive.
the reason i got the lotty is so i dont have to : if you know wat i mean
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I have a pole lathe course coming up and will be making some paper potters in other sizes. There should only be six people on the course if we get that many booked. Im going to be making dibbers, line holders and any thing else that might come in handy that can be turned on a pole lathe.