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Plug plants with a teabag type liner
Do you plant the plug plants that come in teabag type cloth liner as it is or do you remove them before planting? I thought they were degradable; however, the ones I planted in spring still have them around the roots. Thanks.
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I can't comment as it's something I rarely buy, and any that I have, have been in proper cells not the teabags.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They are claimed to be biodegradable and they say you can plant them. Don't. They're not. They restrict the roots and keep water out of
I've found them in the soil years later or around dead plants with bone dry roots.
It's entirely to facilitate the industrialiation of horticulture.. It is of absolutely no benefit to the gardener and even less benefit to the plant.
I have had plants that mysteriously died, pulled them out and found the roots trapped in bone dry compost whilst surrounded by appropriately damp soil.
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