Re: CULT: Potting
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Potting
- From: J* C*
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 19:22:42 PDT
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
> I didn't realize my little post on using solo drinking cups instead of
>pots
>would develop into a full blown thread. I have learned a lot.
>
> Glenn, we have no such wholesale garden center within a
>reasonable driving distance. I could go to Memphis, but where
>would I store all of this material after I got it? We do have a place
>that is called the co-op, but their prices are as high as cat's back,
>and I am as tight as Dick's hatband, so I will struggle along with
>the Super Wal-Mart because they are much cheaper than the co-
>op.
> Thanks to everybody who contributed.
> Walter Moores
OK, I'm probably coming into this thread a little late, and, because Hotmail
has been giving me a hard time with my mail, I haven't read everyones posts.
Anyhow - My parents are pensioners, and keen gardeners, and keep all their
milk cartons, margarine containers, tin cans, etc. for potting, and any
little plastic trays for seed raising.
I can remember as a child, that everything was potted in tin cans, or
hessian containers. Seedlings were grown in wooden trays, and you took them
home wrapped in recycled newspaper.
Recycling is a good way to go - it seems that we consume far too much in the
way of plastic goods. In Australia fruit juice is available in large (approx
6" x 8"). These make excellent larger plant containers, and you just use a
can opener (the type that makes a triangular notch )all around the bottom to
provide drainage holes.
Hope this gives you some ideas,
Cheers, Jan Clark
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