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Plug plants with a teabag type liner

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  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    Go on @B3 😠😠
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    @Wilderbeast stop egging me on unless you care to share your own hobby horse and we can ride in tandem😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    @B3 plastic in teabags and the new phenomenon of coffee bags which also contain plastic why why why why why why why why why why put the plastic in the bags 🤔 it makes them impossible to recycle and also compost. Loads of people do compost them without realising and then incorporate a load of plastic into their gardens, it's just bad 😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited October 2020
    I don't drink tea or coffee. Just think hot drinks are medicinal so I don't have that problem.  I suppose if you want cheap plants, they have to come off a production line. I'd rather pay a little more.
    Same with meat
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Allwoods, a high quality, family run nursery specialising in carnations state categorically that the net container should not be removed and if you have the temerity to do so then the guarantee will be invalidated. Well I’m a devil-may-care sort; I took them off and hang the consequences.
    Rutland, England
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited October 2020
    FAmily run is not always  good. Ask the Sici!ans
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Wilderbeast said:
    @B3 plastic in teabags and the new phenomenon of coffee bags which also contain plastic why why why why why why why why why why put the plastic in the bags 🤔 it makes them impossible to recycle and also compost. Loads of people do compost them without realising and then incorporate a load of plastic into their gardens, it's just bad 😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
    Because they have to stand up to being dunked in boiling water without falling apart. I believe they're trying to get them to a stage where they do that job, but will still break down. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Can they make the bags out of tea or coffee dust?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Fairygirl said:
    Wilderbeast said:
    @B3 plastic in teabags and the new phenomenon of coffee bags which also contain plastic why why why why why why why why why why put the plastic in the bags 🤔 it makes them impossible to recycle and also compost. Loads of people do compost them without realising and then incorporate a load of plastic into their gardens, it's just bad 😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
    Because they have to stand up to being dunked in boiling water without falling apart. I believe they're trying to get them to a stage where they do that job, but will still break down. 
    Yes, they're working on it. This company says their new bags will be industrially compostable, but I guess a hot domestic heap might do the trick.
    The other solution is to use loose-leaf tea.


    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    I'm not a tea/coffee drinker, but why the sudden need for coffee bags?

    Does this look like the kind of thing we're talking about? The roots of this pomegranate plant do seem to be getting through though.


    East Lancs
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