[3 allotments]

this week i bought 6mx1.5m pea netting £1, they had 300 onion sets £1, garden gloves £1, potato fertiliser £1 BFB £1, seed potatos £1. saved ££££££'s compared to supermarkets etc 

Dont buy their compost its full of white mouldy stuff ive just found that out killed all of my onion and leek seedlings.

[shoozie]

I've bought a 'few' things from poundland over the years.  Some wins and some losses for sure. 

My best buy would probably be their cat trays - our old cats are long gone, and the trays would never have been big (long) enough for my crew (they're yoga wasn't too good)  - poundland must think there are midget micro cats, and mine would never fit into this category 

but for seeds and general use for pots and bits and bobs  etc  they're ideal.  I did look a little silly at the checkout with 10 or so (or more!) .... a few holes drilled in the base and they're still going strong a few years later   .

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Their pots are best value. The huge ones are about £4-7 in garden centres.

[cadalot]

I buy there gardening rubber coated gloves and last year the watering soakers which I weaved down the runner beans and the grapes added to my extended watering system. The large tubs are good and the stacking strawberry pots are a fraction of the price compared with the Garden Centre 

[Yana]

I bought their onion sets and was well pleased with them.
Also bought cat litter trays for leeks.
You do have to look carefully at pack size as not always the cheapest.

You buy cat litter trays for leeks ha ha.... there's a joke in there somewhere Yana lol...

Someone on the forum said they used them for leeks and that they were a good idea because they were deeper than a normal seed tray and a lot cheaper. Just need a few drainage holes drilled is all. Sowing the seeds thinly means that there is no need to transplant until they go into their final place at the lottie I think.
Had to be careful tho as my house rabbit is litter trained and nearly lost a tray full. Still, the manure would have helped!!

[cadalot]

Don't drill the holes use a soldering iron and melt them they don't split doing it that way

[Yana]

Don't drill the holes use a soldering iron and melt them they don't split doing it that way

When I say 'drilled' I mean I gave them to the OH and said please can you put holes in these trays. How he did it I don't know but they didn't crack. But thanks for the heads up anyway. 

[RJR_38]

Don't drill the holes use a soldering iron and melt them they don't split doing it that way

A metal skewer heated up over a gas ring works as well - for those without soldering irons

[blackberryjam]

I saved a few pennies, buying my pots and few other bits at poundland, I recently bought some of their wire fencing and potato fertilizer don't know if it's any good,never used it before.

[shoozie]

Don't drill the holes use a soldering iron and melt them they don't split doing it that way

A metal skewer heated up over a gas ring works as well - for those without soldering irons

Just my tuppence, I use a wood bit to drill holes in tubs/pots/ etc. Works for me   . Sorry have taken this a bit off topic 

This thread has reminded me I haven't been to poundland for ages ...  Twitch twitch

[3 allotments]

Looks like you'll be twitching around pundlund then

[DD.]

Don't drill the holes use a soldering iron and melt them they don't split doing it that way

A metal skewer heated up over a gas ring works as well - for those without soldering irons

Just my tuppence, I use a wood bit to drill holes in tubs/pots/ etc. Works for me   . Sorry have taken this a bit off topic 

Just to  bring it back off topic (huh?), cadalot is right. You'll get away with a drill if the plastic is soft, but if it's the stiffer sort, it will crack. It best to use a heated implement to be sure.

[marcofez]

Bought various stuff from poundland when I first started growing.
This year i have red and yellow onions and the potato fertiliser from them.

[candygold1]

the wife has just brought back a gooseberry and redcurrant back from poundland and they both look healthy, will get them in asap