Sowing in cardboard boxes!

[veggiechicken]

Why don't you chuck one in a bucket of water and see what happens to it? Then tell us

[redser]

VC - one of these days you will start one of these recycling threads and end up a millionaire

[veggiechicken]

With my luck some entrepreneur will snap up my moneymaking idea before I've had it tested by the Grapes.
Do you think I should register "Veggie Chicken" as a brand name, just in case

[redser]

Bingo! Yes, and you can sell the name for a fortune!!

[mrbadexample]

[Bigmallly]

Why don't you chuck one in a bucket of water and see what happens to it? Then tell us

Why would I want to do that?

[veggiechicken]

To see if the packaging disintegrates when wet.......

[Bigmallly]

To see if the packaging disintegrates when wet.......

It would disintegrate with the original content ......oh, you've confused me again......

[veggiechicken]

Noooooooooo!! Just put an empty carton into water and see if it disintegrates or leaves a plastic liner. If it does then planting it out in its entirety (with contents) may not be a good thing.

[Bigmallly]

Noooooooooo!! Just put an empty carton into water and see if it disintegrates or leaves a plastic liner. If it does then planting it out in its entirety (with contents) may not be a good thing.

I'm not gonna gamble as it's got some kind of barrier impregnated onto it.......best play safe.

[veggiechicken]

Phew - glad we've got that sorted How about trying the cardboard box option next?

[Bigmallly]

Phew - glad we've got that sorted How about trying the cardboard box option next?

I tried it last year with old cereal boxes but found they were a bit unstable when filled with damp soil. The only thing I use now are loo rolls........whole ones for Peas & Beans and half ones for Beetroot.

[veggiechicken]

I've tried loo rolls but they go mouldy. Guess I'm doing summat wrong
Maybe the same thing will happen with my boxes

[snohare]

I've tried loo rolls but they go mouldy.

Microwave 'em, Veggie, it kills the moulds in the cellulose. (Good idea if they are going in a hamster/gerbil cage, too. ) (No Mallly, I didn't mean at the same time..! )
No, Tetrapaks don't break down properly, I've tried them. They turn into horrible squidgy messes. I always used to put holes in the bottom on the rare occasions I put them into the soil, but usually I got better results from simply cutting them open and putting the plant and rootball straight into a hole.
Ise a paper potter for making wee pots that hold seedlings, works fine. I wouldn't use shiny cardboard for growing anything though - the shiny surface means a calendaring process, which requires heat to fuse the fibres, which means the inks are nasty heavy-metal-and-solvent-containing toxins instead of relatively safe soy-based pigments.

[veggiechicken]

Hi Sno, I've missed you
When you say shiny do you mean any cardboard that isn't just ......umm.......just cardboard? Nothing with advertising on? 'cos there's not much left otherwise