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Guest repliedPringles tubes - cut them in two or three. Stand in a tray and use them as bottomless pots for large seed i.e sunflower, sweet peas or runner beans. Then plant the whole thing out when established.
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Originally posted by Teabag View PostWhat can I do with the pringles tubes?
I have also saved the plastic lids off the large tins of peanuts and gravy granules as SWMBO gets the hump when I use her saucers and plates for the job.Last edited by Cadalot; 10-01-2017, 07:12 AM.
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Just read through it all too, awesome thread! Just bin dived (yes at half 12 in the night) and salvaged a 4 pinter, jam jar, quality street tub, 2 kitchen roll inners and 2 pringles tubes
What can I do with the pringles tubes?
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Great thread!!!
Just read from beginning to end and feel the need to bump it into our new season of growing so that we can be as DIY and eco as possible...Happy New Year!
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Those of you that own fish tanks, use the water from there to water your plants. It's packed full of nutrients and is forever replenishable.
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Those plastic tubs you get oxidising laundry helper in. They are firm and have a plastic screw on lid. Ideal for sealing in seeds for overwinter storage.
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Originally posted by Norfolkgrey View PostSorry Cad hope you don't mind, but had to share this one as both my girls love them.
Last edited by Cadalot; 03-05-2016, 10:03 AM.
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Guest repliedPop bottle windmill/spinner
Sorry Cad hope you don't mind, but had to share this one as both my girls love them.
Alans Allotment: Tuesday 25th June 2013
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Some good ideas here.
I use loo rolls for sweet peas , mushroom trays for radish/salad, grapes/tomato plastic tubs for sowing seeds, polystyrene in pots for drainage..although we gets loads so the idea of in a high raised bed I like, card we have loads of which goes to recycling for animal bedding and pallets I need to make more use of, currently screening off 'messy zone' by greenhouse and raising staging, compost off the ground there too.
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Coke bottles are ideal for making into a closh just remove lid and saw off the base, you will be able to see a actuall ring/crease around the bottom, thats where to saw. They are stronger than cheap pop bottles.
Old book cases, bed side drawers, chester drawers could be used to make bug hotels
Coffee grounds for acidic plants, just mix into soil.
We drink bottled water so use the massive bottles we get the water in for rain water. Because I have a bent bit of guttering that comes off the neighbours out house we get loads so I re fill and leave a few in the greenhouse to heat up for the seedlings.
Polystyrene is the bane of my life but now I use it in the bottom of large pots to save on compost, it can also be used whenbuilding high raised beds it will help them heat up quicker as well as saving on compost/ soil.
I also use the lumpy bits of compost you get after sifting for my potatoes that are in pots, along with all the bits I sweep up.
Space saveing is that one? Well i use the parcel shelf in the car to start off seeds when i have no room.
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OK as I am always skint I thought I would share with the whole world my D.I.Y plant labels.
Bits needed are-
old canes
permanent marker
tape
old milk bottles
Der Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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