pot maker

arkonite_babe

angie_loves_veg wrote:

The problem with using loo roll tubes (etc) is that they can very easily get too damp and rot off, either make a paper pot (see my earlier thread on this board - make paper pots with no tools),

Here's the link to angie's other thread and the link to the site she mentions

http://www.wizer.co.uk/?p=29

troll35

This is another method of making newspaper pots but I think the square pots look better.

Jnelhams

amyandoli wrote:

I would never have bought the fruit rack - I was thinking along the homemade lines, from some old furniture and offcuts, but i just wondered if anyone actually knew why it should be better for fruit/veg?

the same with the pot maker, id rather get instuctions online for free, but mountains of information is coming up whenever i write in pot (tsk tsk)!

The reason it supposedly better is nothing touches one another and the air can circulate freely lowering the loss from fungi, however you can do the same by stacking the wood boxes greengrocers chuck out. It is important that you check weekly for any mouldy stuff, and keep it in a cool airy dark place, and NEVER store windfalls or bruised/marked items.

Penelope_Penguin

Jnelhams wrote:

The reason it supposedly better is nothing touches one another and the air can circulate freely lowering the loss from fungi, however you can do the same by stacking the wood boxes greengrocers chuck out. It is important that you check weekly for any mouldy stuff, and keep it in a cool airy dark place, and NEVER store windfalls or bruised/marked items.

I stack my fruit in store in the big cardboard fruit boxes from the supermarket. They come with a dimpled cardboard insert, which keeps the fruit separate in storage.

I'm chitting my potatoes in one atm, and storing onion sets in another.

HTH, Penny. x