[flowerlady]

One word of warning!  

... when you plant loorolls out onto the plot be sure to submerge them under the soil otherwise when it getss hot and sunny they will dry and draw moisture AWAY from your seedlings!!  

... I use them and have had great success ... lettuce hate having their roots disturbed and I also used them for sweet corn ...    

[sweet nasturtium]

I've been using the paperpots for germinating (although none of my peppers have come up so far), but once out of the propagator they do seem to dry out very quickly, is this normal?

Do you mean peat pots or Richy-style paper pots?  Peat pots are a waste of money, time and peat as far as I remember.

[mashauk]

I've been using the paperpots for germinating (although none of my peppers have come up so far), but once out of the propagator they do seem to dry out very quickly, is this normal?

Do you mean peat pots or Richy-style paper pots?  Peat pots are a waste of money, time and peat as far as I remember.

Home made newspaper pots, I did buy some peat pots once before I realised how naughty it is!

[Rob the rake]

thank you,i will try it out and pass it on to my mate as we both couldnt work it out,

Get your mate to join up, JJ. The more, the merrier.

[jolly jen]

have started collecting loo rolls,but used them to start a fire to set alight all the brambles with instead.my plot is well overgrown,my first  week as a plot holder

[Sally A]

Don't be ashamed to start off a carrier bag for empty loo rolls at work, an office with 30 employees should give you at least 2 innards a day.  When people ask why you're collecting them, they are likely to bring them in from home too.

[Snap Dragon]

have started collecting loo rolls,but used them to start a fire to set alight all the brambles with instead.my plot is well overgrown,my first  week as a plot holder

I'd love to have a big bonfire on my plot but we're not allowed fires at our site as the neighbouring houses complain!  

[jolly jen]

have started collecting loo rolls,but used them to start a fire to set alight all the brambles with instead.my plot is well overgrown,my first  week as a plot holder

I'd love to have a big bonfire on my plot but we're not allowed fires at our site as the neighbouring houses complain!  

we done our's in an old oil drum left there.luckly we'll in the middle plot and there is only a  main road behind us,the kids loved helping out with the fire,i was more than a bit nervous though with them .

[jolly jen]

this may sound a nit dom  of me but i was thinking.when you fill the loo roll with soil,do you lay it on its side and fill it up and cut a hole in the top to let the seed grow through???

[sweet nasturtium]

Sorry to say that is a nit dom!  Keep them vertical darling!

[Rob the rake]

this may sound a nit dom  of me but i was thinking.when you fill the loo roll with soil,do you lay it on its side and fill it up and cut a hole in the top to let the seed grow through???

     

[slugtrap]

I've had the kids collecting loo rolls all winter... I put the bag in the garage and my son (6) asked me where it had gone? I said "we had a bag full now but that we could start another"... my son said "we've got one more than a bag full now Daddy!!"
Good for: Any Peas/Beans, Sweetcorn, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Aubergine, Courgettes...

[jolly jen]

Sorry to say that is a nit dom!  Keep them vertical darling!

ok DARLING!!!

[nipper31]

I sowed some leeks in loo rolls tubes on 4th feb, there's no sign of life yet. They are in one of those plastic mini greenhouses in my conservatory. It's a bright sunny room but can get very cold in their at night...am I being too impatient or is it too cold for them to germinate?
Jan

[paintedlady]

I sowed some leeks in loo rolls tubes on 4th feb, there's no sign of life yet. They are in one of those plastic mini greenhouses in my conservatory. It's a bright sunny room but can get very cold in their at night...am I being too impatient or is it too cold for them to germinate?
Jan

Don't worry too much yet - I sowed my leeks about then and was getting a bit worried too.  Then this morning as I drew the curtains on the window back (my seed trays are on a pasting board in the bedroom facing south) -   I could just make out tiny green threads, so there is life, phew!