Don't forget to put holes in the plastic pots. You can do it with a hot carving fork held over the gas burner. I haven't tried electric. You must clean the fork while is still fairly warm or the residue (plastic) sets and it's difficult to remove! I've also found that the polystyrene drinks cups you get from some machines are great to put plants in (and easier to make holes in)
Well said, gardeninggenes. We have a soldering iron, which is absolutely ideal for making holes in plastic yoghurt & cream pots etc. Before we had it, I used to get a metal BBQ skewer and heat it up on the gas hob until the end was very hot. It worked, but it cooled down quite quickly and it created soot and was messier.
sotongeoff has a brilliant idea with Freecycle. When we were moving house I got rid of tons of stuff which would otherwise have gone to the recycling centre to be put into landfill or burnt, by advertising it there.
Ask people at work or at your kids' school if they have any spare pots or would save you some. You'll probably end up with more than you can handle!
Our local farm shop sells yoghurts in very sturdy plastic pots. We eat loads. I'd send you some, willingly, but the postage would cost more than buying new plantpots.
Also, you might have a local gardening club who can help with pots.
Look at Homebase, the garden centre bit, they had a big boxful of used plant pots with a please take what u want sign last time I went. Also as the man said try the Garden Centre our local one has a plant pot recycle bin, u can just help yourself 4 free
Hollie- Hock I have found that if you stab a hole in a plastic pot quite often it will crack across the base. That might not matter, but if you want to preserve its strength and stability it's better to melt a hole.
I collect the used polystyrene drinks cups, really easy to make holes in. They are also sold in pound shops and the like really cheap. I also like them as I can just write the names straight onto the cup rather than use plant lables.
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Hello Lavender Lady
Like you not long started in this garden and greenhouse I started to save all yoghurt pots and cream plastic pots to bring on plants and seeds.
Hi Lavender Lady
Don't forget to put holes in the plastic pots. You can do it with a hot carving fork held over the gas burner. I haven't tried electric. You must clean the fork while is still fairly warm or the residue (plastic) sets and it's difficult to remove! I've also found that the polystyrene drinks cups you get from some machines are great to put plants in (and easier to make holes in)
Well said, gardeninggenes. We have a soldering iron, which is absolutely ideal for making holes in plastic yoghurt & cream pots etc. Before we had it, I used to get a metal BBQ skewer and heat it up on the gas hob until the end was very hot. It worked, but it cooled down quite quickly and it created soot and was messier.
sotongeoff has a brilliant idea with Freecycle. When we were moving house I got rid of tons of stuff which would otherwise have gone to the recycling centre to be put into landfill or burnt, by advertising it there.
Ask people at work or at your kids' school if they have any spare pots or would save you some. You'll probably end up with more than you can handle!
Our local farm shop sells yoghurts in very sturdy plastic pots. We eat loads. I'd send you some, willingly, but the postage would cost more than buying new plantpots.
Also, you might have a local gardening club who can help with pots.
Hollie- Hock I have found that if you stab a hole in a plastic pot quite often it will crack across the base. That might not matter, but if you want to preserve its strength and stability it's better to melt a hole.
I collect the used polystyrene drinks cups, really easy to make holes in. They are also sold in pound shops and the like really cheap. I also like them as I can just write the names straight onto the cup rather than use plant lables.