Cheap rootrainers

I've never used root-trainers. How are they an advantage?

Hexcuse my hignorance! 

I use the long roottrainers to start my beetroot off, i like the trainers but not at full price.
Well worth buying at the price Sarah paid.

I did sweet peas in toilet role tubes this year. One full wrap of selotape and pack them into an old cardboard salad box from the supermarket. Left out in all weathers they came up a treat. Cost one strip of tape !

I use toilet roll innards -- not smart but free.

£4 for two does sound fairly cheap though 

Not on an early retirement pension it isn't! 

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8doubles I find my beetroot does really well sown in mini-cell modules. 180 sown in one go lets me plant out in batches over several weeks with the last lot staying well in the tiny cells (providing they are watered regularly) until they are needed up to six weeks later. 

For toilet roll innerds; you can get the same 'downwards effect' if you fold them.

First, flatten them, then unflatten them and flatten the other way - making a square. Then fold each side of the square the other way [inwards] to make a star shape.

This helps to drive the roots downwards, and also means no gaps or sellotape needed when putting them into a seed tray, as they fit together nicely and take up the full space.

You can also just keep them as squares, and use in square pots to separate the spaces, as per the post on here
http://linearlegume.blogspot.com/2009/04/using-loo-roll-insides.html

And check out the first photo of how to store them over winter.....

Will definitely save loo roll inners. Thanks for the storage tip.