Last year, we did not start collecting these soon enough, so we had a shortage. We made some from newspaper, making tubes (slightly wider than the toilet paper tubes) and folding the bottoms in. Mostly they stayed together, but I should have bunched them together in a container of some kind, like this guy on the ever-helpful Baker Creek forum... Here's a picture from his post:
I like peat starts, but at this quantity, they are kind of pricey. And I like the small, plastic planters, but I never have enough and I wouldn't think of buying them new. I like reusing plastic containers with holes punched in the bottoms, but since I am limiting my plastics now, I don't have enough to use.
So, it looks like paper planters are going to be all up in my garden this year. I think it's a good thing.
I've started my collection of TP rolls. This is such a nifty idea, can't wait to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteHurray! Remember to open up the bottom before you transplant them, so their little feet can get into the new soil.
ReplyDeleteLast year, I found "peat pots" made from coir (coconut husk), they are sustainable and worked well. But these are waaay cheaper! :) I like to "winter sow" (put planted, covered seed containers outside in the snow to get their start as spring progresses), and I found the styrofoam mushroom containers work great for this purpose.
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