Water Containers as Cloches

[Chiana]

Tesco has 5 litre bottles of "mountain spring" water for 95p

[dexterdoglancashire]

Tesco has 5 litre bottles of "mountain spring" water for 95p

Thanks for that.....will go and have a look as its part of the store I never go to.....tend to wander down the wines and spirits dept in preference! LOL
Bernie aka Dexterdog

[dinky_doo]

i am starting to use cake tubs
the ones from morrisins that contain little cakes they come with lids and make good propagaters

[NOG]

Please does anyone know where I may get some emptly water containers.:

The companys collect them when they deliver more water. But back at the depot they are checked and the well used ones are dumped...in a skip then sent off for chipping to be used in plastics...but the firm have to pay to have them removed.

I have about 50 on my plot. I cut the flat end off with an angle grider and leave the open end for ventilation and watering. Work great on Coliflowers keep the slugs out.

Some people cut the top off and used them the other way up. We went up the depot last year with a couple of transits and then sold them at our trading hut for 50p each....made a fortune for club funds and the compay was well happy to be shot of them.

I will take a photo tomorrow of my plot with them on.

[NOG]

Here is a pic of my plot with the bottles on it.

[Flummery]

The company we had at work used to charge �1 deposit. Looking at the cost of buying and postage above, that was a bargain! Unfortunately it was the school that would have paid - and as I was in charge of the budget I'd have had an auditor's boot up me bum sharpo!

[dexterdoglancashire]

Well done Nog! Your water bottle/cloches look fabulous!
Bernie aka Dexterdog

[NOG]

Well done Nog! Your water bottle/cloches look fabulous!
Bernie aka Dexterdog

Thanks the bin has parsnips in it. Cos we are on clay they don't grow...well they are about 3inch across and 1/2 inch deep.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Im growing some large parsnip seeds in the old legs from my bosses desk! They are metal with a plastic base on the bottom which is OK for drainage - Ive filled them with compost and planted a couple of extra large parsnip seeds in each - we'll have to compare notes!
Bernie aka Dexterdog

[JennieAtkinson]

LOL DDL! Can't wait to go into my bosses office next week and ask for the legs off his desk!

[dexterdoglancashire]

Tesco has 5 litre bottles of "mountain spring" water for 95p

Finally got down to Tesco tonight and purchased a couple, just to try. The water will go for feeding my seedlings and then I will use the bottles. Thanks for the advice!
Bernie aka Dexterdog

[dexterdoglancashire]

LOL DDL! Can't wait to go into my bosses office next week and ask for the legs off his desk!

To be fair, he had got a new desk and was just going to junk the old one. Ive used the main piece of wood in my greenhouse as a top to my staging so I can plant seeds, a couple of smaller pieces I used as shelves, the drawers underneath are now being used as storage in my shed and the legs.......at least two are sprouting already!

Bernie aka Dexterdog

[has-bean]

May be a silly question but on an exposewd site how wpould you stop the bottles blowing away If planted more than a couple of inches in soil they wouldnt cover much in the way of caulis

[dexterdoglancashire]

May be a silly question but on an exposewd site how wpould you stop the bottles blowing away If planted more than a couple of inches in soil they wouldnt cover much in the way of caulis

Um er, not sure was going to use them in my sheltered back garden. Would guess you would have to drill small holes then use pieces of wire through and deep into the ground.....any other ideas peeps?

Bernie aka Dexterdog

[NOG]

May be a silly question but on an exposewd site how wpould you stop the bottles blowing away If planted more than a couple of inches in soil they wouldnt cover much in the way of caulis

I just push them in the soil and they stay there.