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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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?http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk - A guide for moon planters
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Originally posted by crivens View PostYou'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?Last edited by madderbat; 23-01-2007, 11:42 AM.
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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
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Originally posted by madderbat View PostThanks 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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Originally posted by madderbat View PostHello 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??Bernie aka DDL
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Fabulous - thanks so mch for re-posting this, i missed it the first time round!
Making good use of our free weekly rag that usually goes straight in the recycling bin! 5 down (pots that is - not newspapers )many, many more to goThere's vegetable growing in the family, but I must be adopted
Happy Gardening!
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My husband had a couple nights making pots, says it's relaxing. He ended up making about three hundred. That should see us through this year....and the next.Last edited by Piper; 29-01-2007, 01:37 PM.Piper
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Like a sheet of driven snow.
Be careful how you tread it,
As every step will show
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I must have missed this too, thanks Wizer. Got your pics saved to my desktop! We only get the Shetland Times once a week, so will have to go hunting for some more papers!
When you've got them planted do you stand them in deep trays? or do they stand up well in a low tray?~
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