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paranoid mandroid
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degradable pots made from newspaper?
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June 05, 2005, 17:54:54 »
can anyone tell me if it is safe to use newspaper to make pots to start things off in? i.e. as a replacement for peat pots?
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Svea
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Re: degradable pots made from newspaper?
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June 05, 2005, 18:06:05 »
well, lots of people do it. you are worried about the ink, i guess?
svea ~ happy newspaper pot user :)
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paranoid mandroid
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June 05, 2005, 19:19:55 »
yes, because i've read allsorts about carcinogens in ink and i was wondering if the plants could absorb these and in turn affect the vegetables which come from the plants.
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Kepouros
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June 05, 2005, 21:47:06 »
I`ve been burying newspapers under my vegetables, and using it in my compost heaps, for over 20 years, and it doesn`t seem to have done me any harm yet.
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Merry Tiller
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June 05, 2005, 22:47:47 »
I believe about a quarter of what I read, most people that write this stuff about everything being unhealthy and "bad" for you have a vested interest. Making pots from newspapers is far more useful than reading them
Anyway soil contains carcinogens and so does the air we breathe
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kenkew
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June 06, 2005, 13:33:21 »
It's the only form of landfill that makes sense!
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Greenfingers Jo
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June 06, 2005, 14:29:27 »
Just for info. Paper mills regularly give/sell deinked and dewatered paper pulp to farmers. Its a good source of nitrogen whih is released on the second year of application and it can be used on fields wherer edible crops are raised.
Though most inks are now non carcingenic and many are biodegradable
Jo
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paranoid mandroid
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June 07, 2005, 09:40:02 »
the kind people at the times answered my email very quickly and they said -
There is not nowadays any problem with printing inks (at one time printing ink contained lead and cadmium), but there is a problem with glossy magazines. Newspaper is fine but it does need scrunching up.
;D
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Diesel
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Posts: 126
Re: degradable pots made from newspaper?
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June 07, 2005, 15:19:34 »
Has anyone got any pictures of the process of making pops from paper?
I had a search but the topics had no pictures by the time I got to them
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slugcatcher
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June 08, 2005, 08:54:52 »
There is a link on A4A somewhere as I have read it myself, but sorry I dont seem to be able to find it.
Maybe it will get reposted after this thread.
Ron
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Gadfium
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June 08, 2005, 19:00:01 »
It's over in 'top tips' section, half-way down the page... Paper Pots MkII; the pics seem to have disappeared from the thread... try a post and see if they can be re-inserted?
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tomatoada
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June 12, 2005, 19:53:24 »
Just get a rolling pin and 4 pages of a tabloid size newspaper. Roll 2/3rds round the rolling pin and twist the end not on the rolling pin so you make half a christmas craker. It is surprising how it holds to-gether. Stand in a bucket or deep pot. On harrods site is a wooden thing which makes smaller shallower ones. Hope you can follow this.
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kenkew
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June 13, 2005, 10:32:58 »
I'll see if I can rescue the pic's again.
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kenkew
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June 13, 2005, 10:44:18 »
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/yabbse/index.php/topic,8351.0.html
This is paper pots mk1.
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Diesel
Half Acre
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June 13, 2005, 11:04:36 »
superb thanks kenkew
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portway farm
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June 14, 2005, 20:46:16 »
Go for it!!
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