Topic: Loo roll innards

[manicscousers]

could've been alishka..no use ??

[Hyacinth]

oh yes, I remember it did the trick - just that I didn't rate the loo rolls method, is all.

[manicscousers]

ah, I've done it for leeks, worked okay apart from the mould..might go back to the rootrainers  ;D

[Lauren S]

a question....how do you keep them upright when filled? They fall over in trad. pre-formed shapes, etc......so what's the knack here, please?

Form them into a circle and tie them together, one in the middle too helps keep the circle.  8)

[Hyacinth]

Oh flip,  Lauren!....it's all so simple now you've come up with that :-[
 ;D

[star]

I have been collecting my loo rolls for arts and crafts with my boys, but have far to many, I do like the idea of starting the parsnips in them and the corn so I will def be trying that

I started corn in loo rolls last year and some in plastic pots. The ones in the rolls did not do well, so this year I will stick to pots for the corn

[Lauren S]

Oh flip,  Lauren!....it's all so simple now you've come up with that :-[
 ;D

I'm glad it worked for you too  ;D

[aromatic]

 :) Put most of mine in my composter.... so I have a mix of browns (IE cardboard) along with the greens..... also use egg boxes and kitchen roll tubes.... but will save some of them now for the brilliant ideas already on this thread!!

[Lauren S]

If you thread them onto string you can hang them up out of the way either in your greenhouse or shed.
When the kids are bored on rainy holidays, you can get them to decorate the loo roll tubes, then hang the *art* up as previously mentioned.  ;D

[sawfish]

Remember a week or two ago Bob Flowerdew was going on about some of the toilet rolls inner tubes containing fungicides that might stop seeds germinating.

I use them with mixed success so maybe he's right, I'd love to know the brands that use chemicals.

[jesssands]

I have my sweet peas in "tesco value" loo roll tubes.
So far have 54 of 64 germinated  :)
We only have el cheapo loo roll lol, as son likes to use 10 times what he needs!  >:(

[Old bird]

I order stationery and stuff for work.  Just this week ordered some horrendous recycled loo paper 48 rolls for £9.  Stupid silly little rolls which won't last a day apiece at work - but I will get a HUGE supply of roll innards!

Old Bird ;D

[cornykev]

I'm with Aromatic, straight in the compost with the peelings.  ;D ;D ;D

[tishop]

Interesting about toilet roll manufacturers using fungicides :( I try always to buy the recycled brands, but suspect now that these might be thought to require more. Like bleaches in tea bags, the chemical industry in Britain gets away with murder.

In the past I've had a problem with the comspost falling out of them whilst planting, so I'm experimenting this year with this nifty trick:



Click below to see how I did it (Honest, it's far simpler than it looks!):

How to seal the end of a card tube in three easy steps: http://plot61a.blogspot.com/2008/03/breaking-code.html

[star]

How easy is that?..........Thanks for showing and sharing Tishop ;D ;D ;D ;)