Topic: Paper Pots

[Lauren S]

While browsing last night I found this (useful ?) video on how to make paper pots/cups. I'll be making some as liners for my pots, might save on the heavy washing afterwards.

http://www.viewdo.com/now_viewing.php?id=364

Lauren  :)

[thifasmom]

cool i like it, I'm going to experiment with one side of a tabloid newspaper to see if i could get a size similar to a root trainer :).

[Multiveg]

Somewhere on here was a plan of using newspaper to make paper pots by folding.
Also, another thread with pics:

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,47475.0.html

[kt.]

I treated myselft at Christmas to a wooden paper-pot maker for £11.

http://www.kingsseeds.com/kolist/1/SUNDRIES/TOOLS/10/45978.htm

[thifasmom]

here's an old link to other designs:

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,27698.0.html

[asbean]

One kitchen roll tube = 2 loo roll tubes  :) :) :) :)

We have a huge quantity saved, will try carrots as well as parsnips.  Though I still swear by the root trainers, they are fantastic for beans & peas and sweet peas, and take up a lot less room.

[kenkew]

Pic's and 'How to'.

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,38563.0.html

[Plot69]

I treated myselft at Christmas to a wooden paper-pot maker for £11.

http://www.kingsseeds.com/kolist/1/SUNDRIES/TOOLS/10/45978.htm

I got one exactly the same as that for xmas. Is it addictive or what? I've got houseful of paper pots now  ???

[Emagggie]

You can make them any size you choose, the fiddly bit is filling them with compost. I devised a scoop from a small plastic bottle (good move) and a funnel too, but that was a waste of time. Easier to make a mess in a tray, then re-use the spilt compost after.

[kenkew]

I treated myselft at Christmas to a wooden paper-pot maker for £11.

http://www.kingsseeds.com/kolist/1/SUNDRIES/TOOLS/10/45978.htm

I got one exactly the same as that for xmas. Is it addictive or what? I've got houseful of paper pots now  ???

For Sale: Heinze baked been tin; Ends removed for safe easy rolling of paper pots. Other sizes available....Only £10.99. Save a penny on shop bought ones.... ;D ;D

[Little Bee]

Hi Kenkew ,do you do discount P&P for 5 or more?LOL ;)

[kenkew]

Not exactly, LBee, however;- for this month only, the first 100 people to send me a PayPal payment of £10.99 will receive by return, a Tesco voucher for 6 quid which can be used against bulk purchases of tins (with free bean thrown in.)

 :D

[Emagggie]

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Plot69]

For Sale: Heinze baked been tin; Ends removed for safe easy rolling of paper pots. Other sizes available....Only £10.99. Save a penny on shop bought ones.... ;D ;D

But some of us grow our own beans, we don't have to buy the tinned variety.

Baked bean tin sized pots for one onion seed, seems a bit overkill.

[kenkew]

For Sale: Heinze baked been tin; Ends removed for safe easy rolling of paper pots. Other sizes available....Only £10.99. Save a penny on shop bought ones.... ;D ;D

But some of us grow our own beans, we don't have to buy the tinned variety.

Baked bean tin sized pots for one onion seed, seems a bit overkill.

Check the above link. I also show photo canister ones... ;)

[Plot69]

Check the above link. I also show photo canister ones... ;)

Yes, they're cool, I can't deny that. But can you imagine what my wife would say if I dumped my eleven quid, state of the art, innovative, cutting edge paper pot maker in favor  of a rusty old tin can?

Hell hath no fury like a women who's Christmas present has been scorned!

[lottie lou]

I have made what I hope will be root trainers.  However I made them out of typing paper/computer paper.  Would this be too thick and rot the seeds.  Made pots out of newspaper last year but I think the newspaper was too thick.  The long and short of it was I didn't get anything to grow in them

[thifasmom]

I have made what I hope will be root trainers.  However I made them out of typing paper/computer paper.  Would this be too thick and rot the seeds.  Made pots out of newspaper last year but I think the newspaper was too thick.  The long and short of it was I didn't get anything to grow in them

I made paper pots out of newspaper last year http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/pots/index.htm but didn't sow direct into them as i made them after already sowing the seeds into trays/ modules. i used them to transplant into and then when the plants were big enough they went straight into the ground paper and all.

did you sow directly into them i don't see this being a problem unless the seeds dried out from the initial compost not being damp enough.

how did you construct you root trainers?

i don't think the paper you used would be to thick after all some use toilet paper inner tube as root trainers. when planting out into the soil ensure the tube/ paper is wet through and completely under soil level so it remains moist and soft cause if it dries out the paper takes longer to breakdown and the plant's roots can become constricted.

[kenkew]

'Puter paper doesn't rot down as easily as newsprint. Stick to old newspapers. 2/3 wraps thickness is ideal.
 Sow direct or transplant into. Either way is fine.
Some seedlings, like corn, don't like disturbing, so start the seed off and leave in the paper-pot. Plant the whole thing out.

[samela]

Can I grow all of my seeds in paper pots? Flowers and veggies alike?  This will be my first time ever growing things from seed so need all the advice I can get!!!!  :)  Do the pot sizes differ for say carrots and cabbage etc?