Likewise except I only re-use opaque plastic containers as I can put the clear plastic in the recycle bin. Love it when I get a paper carrier bag for collecting seeds, beg coloured plastic 2L pop bottles from anyone cut the bottoms off and use as cloches for peas and beans and so on and so on..................
Love those little lids with spouts that you can screw onto squash bottles for watering seedlings and such like.
I have found that most people who grow their own veg are very environmentally aware and they work with the world - I do because I am essentially lazy!
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
I did try that @Dee73 but I am too heavy handed, you are clearly more patient than me. I found the bottles cracked after a while because I kept squeezing them! Squash bottles seem to be more durable and they are narrower so not so much to squeeze.
My little cap things were about 5p each and are about 5-6 years old now. Punching holes in things is always a dicey business for me......
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
You sound a lot more capable than me @Dee73 I was given a new big trough for my lettuce which needed the holes pushed out, I have a dodgy knee so can't kneel down so I did it on the coping stone. Coping stone broke in two so I had to mix a bit of mortar and repair that and I still had no holes in my trough.
My brother suggested using the lawn and a flower spike - result! Punching holes is not my forte!
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
I've been using 1 cm cells with 1 seed per cell. I can fit loads of them in a propagator, they use a minimal amount of compost so if it's a failure i've not wasted much and they can build a decent root system in there before i plant them on into bigger cells. No more futtering about trying to prick out tiny wee plants from a seed tray. They are quite sturdy so have been used several times already
Edit* Sorry, just re-read and realised you were curious about unusual items folk have used for seeds. Mine are very mainstream. I did find a potato chitting away in a boot if that helps!
So many good ideas here! Hadn't thought of ice cream tubs for long rooted things. Loo rolls also in high demand here for those.
Other thing I use is the paper bags from sandwich and coffee shops - I collect them from my colleagues at work and use them to collect kitchen composting. They degrade much faster than the 'compostable' liners.
I've been using the hinged containers that tangerines come in. They're like little propagators , nice and deep with a clear top. My courgettes have just sprouted in one. I'm going to use them for beans too. I also use those strong metallic trays
Another re-user of kitchen waste here, I use meat trays and mushroom trays. I prefer the huge trays that 5kg's of chicken breasts or mince comes in, and have been known to scrounge them from the community kitchen!
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Love those little lids with spouts that you can screw onto squash bottles for watering seedlings and such like.
I have found that most people who grow their own veg are very environmentally aware and they work with the world - I do because I am essentially lazy!
My little cap things were about 5p each and are about 5-6 years old now. Punching holes in things is always a dicey business for me......
My brother suggested using the lawn and a flower spike - result! Punching holes is not my forte!
Edit* Sorry, just re-read and realised you were curious about unusual items folk have used for seeds. Mine are very mainstream. I did find a potato chitting away in a boot if that helps!
Other thing I use is the paper bags from sandwich and coffee shops - I collect them from my colleagues at work and use them to collect kitchen composting. They degrade much faster than the 'compostable' liners.