Using toilet roll tubes for seeds question (MERGED)

miss_corerupted

omg this is such a good idea!!

going to start doing this asap

HariboJunkie

I put some scrunched up newspaper in the bottom and then the compost.

emmahip

When I've grown sweet peas like this in the past I stuffed a couple of sheets of kitchen roll in the bottom of the tube to stop the compost coming out.

Will definitely be trying parsnips this way this year - thanks for the inspiration guys!

MMMMMmmmmm Roast Parsnips!!!!!!!!!!!

rubiales

ghp wrote: »

I'm impatiently waiting for more empty toilet roll tubes!

Not much of a problem in my house atm - we all have streaming colds and are giving the Andrex puppy a run for its money after using up all the Kleenex!! Just need to get better now so I can get outside and use them all!!

do_it_today!

thanks everyone - will try this one!

billieboy_2

Good idea/bad idea? Has anyone tried it? I thought I'd try it out this year as one could in theory just plant the whole thing in the ground without disturbing the roots and it would then biograde and it would give the roots more room to grow downwards. The only thing I'm worried about is the whole thing disintegrating when it gets watered. Your thoughts please . TIA.

rhiwfield

Worked ok for me last year though germination was about 90% instead of 100%. Put inners in a seed tray to keep inners together. Got some mould on the cardboard but that seemed to do no harm.

Slugs had their usual field day tho

billieboy_2

rhiwfield wrote: »

Worked ok for me last year though germination was about 90% instead of 100%. Put inners in a seed tray to keep inners together. Got some mould on the cardboard but that seemed to do no harm.

Slugs had their usual field day tho

Yes I thought mould could be another problem. Thanks.

robnye

i tried this last year with loo roll inners cut in half...... cardboard did get soggy adn some mould, but held to gether and roots grew through it, had thought about doing full length ones this year

ended up with loads of tommies..... yum yum

Greenlou

billieboy wrote: »

Good idea/bad idea? Has anyone tried it? I thought I'd try it out this year as one could in theory just plant the whole thing in the ground without disturbing the roots and it would then biograde and it would give the roots more room to grow downwards. The only thing I'm worried about is the whole thing disintegrating when it gets watered. Your thoughts please . TIA.

Hi, i tried this before and found it very good for all types of peas and beans. The rolls do disintegrate but not until planted out. Some of the rolls did get a bit mouldy but i just ripped the worst off when damp.