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hi all i have a big rougly 600x600 polystyrene box that my medication was delivered in and as this is my first growing season i was wondering what if any thing i could grow in it also has a lid it also has fairly thick walls thanx charmaine 
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Sheet of glass/perspex/bubblewrap on top and it will make a good propagator. Store seeds in it. Make holes in the bottom and sow leeks in it.
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thank you for your suggestions i will right them down or i will forget lol
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Perfect for carrots & parsnips......2 foot square is a decent size box.sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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Depends what you enjoy and what you already grow - you could try lots of different things in it! Maybe a cut and come again salad box, some hearting lettuces. With the type of material and having a lid, you could even experiment with some mushrooms?I don't roll on ShabbosComment
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On Gardener's world online there is a video that shows presenter using one of these boxes to grow courgettes or beetroot in.Comment
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I was going to suggest mushies. Things in polystyrene sweat a bit and beware that it will leak even if you don't put holes in (have left them out in the lab before with ice in and come back to a flood!!).Originally posted by Rhona View Post
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I was going to suggest mushies. Things in polystyrene sweat a bit and beware that it will leak even if you don't put holes in (have left them out in the lab before with ice in and come back to a flood!!).Originally posted by Rhona View Post
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I seem to remember Wayne asking this question a year ago (or more!) - wonder what he did with his?
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thank you every one i have wrote them all down. we love mushrooms and i also baught 15 lolo rosso lettuce plugs from aldi today for £1.99 along with some toms peppers and strawberries
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at present i have several on the go, thanks to a neighbour who has her meat delivered from Scotland three times a year.
Salad bar 1.5ft x 3ft
carrots sown in early Jan 1.5ft x 3ft
leeks 1ft x 1.5ft
beetroot 1ft x 1.5ft
and I also use them for protecting my tomato plants and pepper plants etc when I first put them in the polytunnel.
I have a good supply of these boxes but I've found some from last year are still suitable to use again.Comment
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thats good to hear i had some other bits of polystyrene in rectangular pieces could i use this for something also
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I was going to suggest mushrooms but already been said. I dint realise you can get medication delivered lolhttp://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jamiesjourney
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try it, the boxes she gives me are off a decent size with the depth of some being deeper than others. Guys down the lottie laughed when I said I was going to plant in them (that was two years ago) guess who has lots of requests for spare onesOriginally posted by charmaine View Postthats good to hear i had some other bits of polystyrene in rectangular pieces could i use this for something also
I like the courgette idea, I normally start an early one in the polytunnel and then when the outside ones take off I compost the PT one. If grown in one of the boxes I could just move it outside. I'll check out the monty videoLast edited by marathon; 25-03-2010, 09:56 PM.Comment
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A deep one would make a fab incubator/brooder! All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
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