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    Old tights anyone?

    Just had this Tip from FoE - conjures up a funny picture!

    "Don't throw away old pairs of tights - cut the legs off and fill them with compost to make a mini grow bag. Simply tie the open end and cut small holes along the length for planting vegetables or flowers. Alternatively, use them to tie larger plants to stakes. "

    Why bother to cut the legs off - you could have a complete pair stuffed with soil and laid out on the floor like something the police could draw a chalk line around
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    i just use old tights for storing onions. never though of using them as growbags.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Matt94 View Post
      i just use old tights for storing onions. never though of using them as growbags.
      So do I. I tie a knot in between each onion so they are not touching. I start cutting them off from the toe end .

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      • #4
        I've cut mine up to use as ties for my tomato plants.
        Location....East Midlands.

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        • #5
          I don't wear tights. Maybe I could make very small planters from pop socks...
          Proud member of the Nutters Club.
          Life goal: become Barbara Good.

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          • #6
            You could hang them from the clothes line, ready planted, whirling round in the wind.....

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            • #7
              I use mine for onions too and also for tying shrubs / trees. Don't use grow bags much either.

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              • #8
                I don't use tights

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                • #9
                  neither do i now you mention it!

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                  • #10
                    I had heard about wearing tights to keep yourself warm. While on gate guard in the middle of winter, I tried it - rubbish, I think it is just an excuse to wear tights ! ! ! Cheers, Tony.
                    Semper in Excrementem Altitvdo Solvs Varivs.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
                      I've cut mine up to use as ties for my tomato plants.
                      What well dressed tomatoes!!

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                      • #12
                        The legs make good ties for trees as well. (I wear stockings, so less waste )
                        I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
                        Now a little Shrinking Violet.

                        http://potagerplot.blogspot.com/

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                          What well dressed tomatoes!!
                          The toms might as well use them because I can't stand to wear the things
                          Location....East Midlands.

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                          • #14
                            I remember tights/stockings being used to make earth bricks to make a bank to hold higher soil back.

                            Fill the foot with soil to the size of a large brick. Twist the tights around to keep the soil in and then pull the tights back over the 'brick' so it is covered with two layers. Twist and pull back over again to give it a covering of three layers. Tie off the end and cut off the surplus.

                            These bricks are used to make a wall. They do look odd when they are new, but when matured they look very natural with moss and plants growing over them.

                            I am tempted to say this was another Geoff Hamilton idea.
                            Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
                            Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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                            • #15
                              I use pop sox at school: Mr Sawdust Head | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
                              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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