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Hi all

This was mentioned in another thread and as it's that time of year again I thought I'd post the link to my Newspaper pot instructions. I found them very effective last year and will be using them again this year.

http://www.wizer.co.uk/?p=29

Some of you who may have noticed that the pictures on the site had disappeared recently. I have fixed that now

Try it! Hope you find it useful..

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Thanks Wizer! I was just wondering a few days ago which of the computers that got consigned to the loft last year held the instructions for making paper pots. Splendid timing!

And after reading some of the comments after the post, apparently the pink Financial Times is the only paper that uses completely non-toxic ink, or so I read in a home-ed forum a while back.

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Kris

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thanks for that, will get the kids manufacturing some !!!!!

Good tip there Poledragon. I'll have to keep my eye out for the FT on the tube!

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Rain is keeping me in today, too heavy to go out to the lottie and work in it so I'll make some of those paper pots later. Anything likely to save me a bit of dosh it always worth a go.

Kirsty

Thanks for that. Tried bog roll tubes in the past but always ended with a mouldy mess. I take it these are the same principle, shove them straight in the ground when the plant is ready to go out so the paper rots and the roots aren't disturbed.

that's right Norm.

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I've seen the Financial Times recommended as matting for the worm bin too! Sneaked some out of my neighbours recycling bin, only fair my worms get the best!
Sue

excellent, I will give them a try
Loz

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Thank you so much, had a try and they are brill. Will definatly be making loads of these. We already make the small paper pots using the wooden things from our local garden centre, but only able to make small ones. So your instructions will be fab.Thanks again.

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Hi, Just made a stash of paper pots to put my cauliflower seedlings in & it's just occured to me (as a first time paper potter) should I put grit in the bottom to aid drainage or just fill with compost? Really appreciate your help!

Hi Weavie, I just fill with compost. The pots being made of newspaper they drain quite well. Happy potting!

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yep just compost seems to do the trick.

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Thanks WiZer, will definitely give it a go, but Mr M thinks he can get enough T-roll middles to do the trick - we have got family and half the street on the case!

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Thanks for the paper pot instructions Wizer. Am now hooked All I need is something to plant in them

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I'll be making a stash of paper pots over the next week or two and sowing onions, shallots, caulflower and broad beans, a few experimental sowings of early leeks and lots of lettuce and spinach. And some peas in pots made from broad sheets.

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Kris

I child-proofed my house, but they still manage to get in.

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You're a star, I was just in the process of ordering some new pots and I saw the thread.

Our local shop does not carry the FT so will look for another suitable paper. Would the Sun or Star be better as they seem to be already full of manure?

lol very good.

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Hello Crivens,and welcome. I reckon you've got the hang of it! Either would do I guess, but maybe the News of theWorld would be best??

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A quicker way to make paper pots is to use a loo roll and wrap several thicknesses of folded newspaper round it to the last 3" then fold that piece inwards from the top half way along. The bottom can then be twisted or folded into the loo roll and the whole thing pulled out of the roll and you are ready to make the next one.

Not my idea - read it on another forum - but it works very well indeed.

Tricia

I've always found that toilet roll and kitchen roll inners go really mouldy, I think newspaper might be the answer as it won't hold as much water as cardboard does. Daughter No 1 is busy constructing pots as I type

I can think of a better use of these "quality" newspapers - my cat's litter tray! I use my daily local paper to make my pots, using my little pot making tool I bought last year. DDL

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These are FAB wiZer... thank you SO much...

great idea will now be busy making these pots thanks