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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
free black flower buckets
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March 24, 2007, 21:48:20 »
just ask at your local asda, they throw these things away..we've got 40 in the last three weeks, not just for us !! ;D
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flossie
Hectare
Posts: 892
Lincoln
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #1 on:
March 24, 2007, 22:06:05 »
Thanks for the tip will go to work via Asda
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katynewbie
Hectare
Posts: 2,823
Manchester
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #2 on:
March 24, 2007, 22:12:06 »
8)
Lish will be along shortly...
;D
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lorna
Hectare
Posts: 7,837
March. Cambridgeshire
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #3 on:
March 24, 2007, 23:00:40 »
katy. Why? did all the freebies Lish got fall to pieces ;D
Glad I am off on my hols won't see the flack coming my way!!
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Hyacinth
Hectare
Posts: 8,276
I love Allotments 4 All
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #4 on:
March 25, 2007, 00:10:36 »
Oi! Lorna :o
Black buckets....the
Co-Op
give them away - by the bucketful 8)
And you can get to choose the size you want.
And it is not true that they self-destruct half-way through the growing season. I hope :-\
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marestail murderer
Half Acre
Posts: 149
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #5 on:
March 25, 2007, 08:00:21 »
MIL works there...........wonder if i could persuade her to fit a basket to her broomstick?...............lol...........only kidding..........she got me loads last year!
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lorna
Hectare
Posts: 7,837
March. Cambridgeshire
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #6 on:
March 25, 2007, 10:25:49 »
Lish My co-op charged me 10p each :'(
They say women are always late, sitting here waiting for 12year old to decide when he is ready!!!! (my clock has gone haywire on PC.) it is now 10.27am
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flytrapman
Half Acre
Posts: 135
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #7 on:
March 27, 2007, 11:46:37 »
My local co-op throw the buckets in the skip around the back I liberate them from the skip along with the out of date milk which I use instead of beer to catch slugs/snails
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mikey
Acre
Posts: 390
Head Gardener
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #8 on:
April 03, 2007, 17:26:08 »
asked in my Co-Op last Wednesday (Market Rasen, Lincs) 'what do you do with the black flower buckets' ?
Today, told ... 'at the moment we throw them away, but next week we will sell them for a nominal amount'
I asked, can I have some now for free ?, told no, come back next week
Next time we are in Lincoln ... ASDA or Morrisons here we come
Lish, you must have more helpful staff in your Co-Op than we have, unless you are doing a midnight raid round the back with a torch ;D
Mikey
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gordonsveg
Acre
Posts: 440
68 years old ,
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #9 on:
April 09, 2007, 19:37:54 »
;D
Morrisons in Plymouth are charging 99p for 8 thought that was a good buy.
Im going to try growing peppers and toms in them this year.
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Amazin
Hectare
Posts: 1,939
N W London
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #10 on:
April 10, 2007, 00:15:51 »
Gordonsveg, I did that last year - peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, etc - highly recommend it.
;D
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moudie
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Posts: 34
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #11 on:
April 11, 2007, 13:29:47 »
Nice one manicscousers.....got 9 today from Asda + told to come back anytime for more.
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Hyacinth
Hectare
Posts: 8,276
I love Allotments 4 All
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #12 on:
April 11, 2007, 16:27:30 »
Still free at my Co-op today 8) 8) 8)
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moudie
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Posts: 34
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #13 on:
April 11, 2007, 18:24:18 »
Oi wots this ...somebody trying to cash in !
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=150107839609&rd=1&rd=1
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Hyacinth
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Posts: 8,276
I love Allotments 4 All
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #14 on:
April 11, 2007, 18:59:25 »
dash.....you found me :-[
please don't tell anyone that they biodegrade 2 days after they receive them, will you? ::)
;D
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cambourne7
Hectare
Posts: 6,132
Growing in the back garden having lost lotty
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #15 on:
April 11, 2007, 19:02:53 »
wow i am off to collect 20 from asda for free!!
Will try and get more now!
ebay here i come ;)
only joking ;D
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LJ
Quarter Acre
Posts: 56
Bridgend, South Wales
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #16 on:
April 11, 2007, 23:12:45 »
Silly question..........What's everyone growing in these black tubs?? Could I do potatoes or does that pot need to be biggers?? Just wondered if I put just one potato in it might be ok??!! ???
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Hyacinth
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Posts: 8,276
I love Allotments 4 All
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #17 on:
April 12, 2007, 08:21:12 »
potatoes? hmm, wouldn't get many, would you, tho you'd certainly get a few little ones for a salad for one praps :-\
mainly I cut the bottoms off mine and use them for ring culture of toms, aubs (or would if I grew them :D) cucs, peppers (again, if I grew them ;D), etc.
I'm growing some Harlequin carrots for fun in 3...
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moudie
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Posts: 34
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #18 on:
April 12, 2007, 10:44:09 »
I'm intending to use them for hydroponic tomatoes - one as the reservoir + one on top holding one plant.
I'll give it a try anyway.......... :-\
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froglets
Hectare
Posts: 1,150
"Chust sublime"
Re: free black flower buckets
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Reply #19 on:
April 12, 2007, 10:57:14 »
They get spare seeds chucked in them and dahlias, and divisions that are being given away/swapped, a couple of left over shallots, a bit of peony root that got accidentaly severed but might still grow, mint, a pineapple lilly bulb, soem ornamental grass that I want to contain, and anything else I can think of down the year.
My potatos are in bigger pots.
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