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Hullo digindep,I use newspaper pots, and find them really helpful. I also use toilet roll tubes for the same purpose as it means I don't have to prick out the seedlings, don't risk damaging their roots or stems, and don't have to buy plastic pots!One tip I would give when growing parsnips in the pots is that the root shoots out pretty darn quick once the thing has germinated! Within a day or so of the little hook-like shoot coming up from the soil, you'll see a tiny white thread of a root poking out the bottom of the module. I plant them out a day after the seedling has emerged, and cover them with jam jars as cloches. I did this this year, and it meant that I got bigger roots from the germination inside. In fact, the biggest roots by far were the ones that I had started in toilet roll tubes, and they hadn't forked or wibbled at all from the cardboard...Herbigerbi - I did a little photo guide to making the pots. Here it is: http://fennelandfern.co.uk/2009/04/24/newspaper-pots/
can you use coloured newspaper? I think I read somewhere that the ink is not good for plants. There aren't many totally black and white newspapers around these days!
then you will have extra manure because they are full of it.