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B3
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This is the salad tray from my recently deceased fridge/freezer. I was thinking that I could use it as a cloche or a propagator. It's quite deep. What do you think?
In London. Keen but lazy.
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Hi B3,
I've been using a couple of mine placed over pennisetum grasses during the winter to keep them dry and a bit warmer ... need to put a brick on top but works well.
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I've never used a cloche before. Are they best for keeping plants alive in the winter or for getting ahead with your seedlings? I was thinking more along the lines of putting some small pots in rather than finding a tray to fit.
Thanks for the advice about the brick Bee.
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I think it would be ideal for popping a few plants under. You'd need some sort of drip tray for watering - or saucers. The only issue is, if it's too good a seal when you have the lid in place, you'll get a build up of condensation, but a bit of wood or something to prop it up on will allow the excess to evaporate.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
For drip trays that Fairygirl mentioned, I use ASDA white plastic trays £1 each, inner dimension 32x25cm.
(No association with ASDA)
No asda near here, but will look out for something suitable. I was just going to put it on the patio slabs. It seems this is the lazy option
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I've reused the innards of a nineties freezer, a noughties fridge/freezer and a 1970's fridge and I can tell you that '70s basket has been my veg basket in countless kitchens and is by far the strongest of them. The noughties clear tray things have since cracked and demised but the nineties freezer drawers are still in use.
I think if you get any use out of it at all you're ahead of the game.
Slanted slightly off topic but hope it's useful nonetheless
B3, I have two from the defunct f/f and I'm using them for garden twine, metal rings,labels etc etc Easy to see what's there.
Mine was a nineties and is pretty robust - so here's hoping Cloggie
I used a basket from my sixties one for sifting twigs etc out of my compost. It's still knocking about somewhere in the undergrowth or the nether regions of the garage.
Joyce. It would start with good intentions and then I would lob stuff in there. I would end up with a tangled mess