I like Monty too, he seems to be a great guy. BUT... I don't relate to his garden at all. I can hardly believe the prog is now so 1 dimensional when Toby et al had so many different ideas at Green Acres - there tended to be something for all
I have used toilet roll middles in the past for starting sweetcorn off, but I am a bit concerned about the recent news on the risk of printing inks in recycled paper and card. The news item related to these inks leeching from cereal boxes through the inner bags into the cereals. Should I be worried about germinating seeds in paper containing printing inks?
I am thrilled to see Monty back in Gardeners World programme.. Have been watching the programme since Geoff's time and it is part of my friday evening..Well done BBC.
Have used toilet roll insides for many seasons now, especially for sweet peas, that need room for their long roots and have great success. I also recycle white bleach bottles, after thoroughly cleaning them, I cut them up and make anything up to 40 name tags for my plants, I also use lollipop sticks for the same purpose.
milk containers, the white plastic ones, can be hard to cut with regular scissors, but i have found that they cut easily enough with pinking shears to make good looking plant labels. The same 4 pint containers can be divided into 4 internal sections using cut lids from takeaway containers,,plant up sweet peas, or anything needling long root space,,when ready to plant out just use a craft type knife to cut around the bottom of each sectiona and then up the sides to allow one section to fall gently into your hand,,place the plastic with the seedling lying in it into the hole then gently pull out the plastic,, perfectly planted sweet peas with no disturbance of the roots.
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Love it.