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is it an idea to transplant chilli plants into toilet roll then into potswhen thewy are big enough? 
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I always plant my chillies in tiny little newspaper pots (about 1.5" across) and then, when the first true leaves have come, they go into 3" pots. Before I did this, I'd sow 3 to a 3" pot and then prick out. They're pretty easy to transplant and don't mind their roots being distrurbed. Toilet rolls are usually used for things that need a deep pot (eg beans etc) or that don't like root disturbance. There's no reason why you shouldn't use loo rolls (that I know of anyway) but there is no great need and you'll have quite a bit of redundant compost in the bottom of the tube where the root won't reach for a bit. Could cut them in half and plant one per half if you wanted, suppose it depends on how many loo rolls you have, we don't get through many so don't have enough to use anyway.
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I just put them straight into 3" pots when they get their true leaves. It seems like introducing an extra step to use a loo roll in between?Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Waste of a good loo roll methinks!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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Thought we'd got some weird form of masochism on here when I read the title..........!Comment
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I misread it at first as "CHILD in toilet rolls"Originally posted by burnie View Post
I know people grow a wide range of things in their gardens/allotments but
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