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Posted by pippi21 Zone 6b Silver Sprin (My Page) on Mon, Sep 5, 11 at 10:42
| Attention Wintersowers..I just had a brain storm AFTER I've already potted up my plants I want to take to the upcoming plant swap this weekend. Instead of using up your 4 in. nursery pots that you might need for yourself..why not use the milk jugs you use for wintersowing? Punch drainage holes in the bottom, and cut the milk jug in half..You can pot up and not have to give away your good nursery pots. Now if somebody could come up with a way to save on potting mix! You can write on the side of the milk jug like we did during Wintersowing season. Why didn't I think of this before I potted up my plants. I'm not going to undo them now. Next year, I will do that. Remind me in case I forget! |
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| I save ALL of my plastic milk jugs, OJ containers, yogurt cups, soda bottles..... I use them all year long; wintersowing, Spring sowing, rooting, and as swap containers..... I always have a black leaf bag full in my potting shed.... |
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| After transplanting my wintersown babies to garden beds, I use the bottoms of the jugs for swap containers and give-aways. |
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I use paper cups for starting seeds...I can plant the whole thing. I get BIG packs at Costco or Sam's.
If cut correctly, milk jugs make great apple pickers when duct taped to a long pole or broom handle. |
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| I do paper pots for swaps.That way you recycle and also, plant the whole thing. No transplant shock to roots. |
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- Posted by FaeQ none (My Page) on
Fri, Jan 27, 12 at 0:06
| I use my plastic containers for swaps and giveaways too. |
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