I have had a look at both and cannot decide. So am grateful of opinions of which people think are best.
Toilet roll tubes / Kitchen roll tubes.
Versus
News Paper Pots.
Gary.
I have not used any but intend to use toilet role tubes this year. Once veg grows to this length it is obviously well established. Dont see why use kitchenroll tubes.
I am also gonna try thr paper making pot method. See which does best.
Have been cutting kitchen roll tubes into two!
Gary
never tried paper pots but dislike loo rolls as they always go mouldy.
guess it's to do with temperature and humidity but it's happened every time i've used them.
someone tell me why and what to do, or not to worry ! PLEASE !
::)
Just ignoring the mould here KP, hope it's ok to do so otherwise I'll have no sweet peas. :(
awaiting an answer in fear and trepidation............................. ???
same here !!! sowed my final sweet peas here at the weekend in loo rolls.
had to bury about 10 hollihocks neck deep in a huge pot at the weekend due to the mould (so i couldn't see it). am thinking hoping mould is natural ! ::)
I use paper pots occasionally I get white mould but increasing air movement around them gets rid of it.
I find it helps if you tear the pot when you plant out so the roots can escape a bit faster otherwise the plants are a bit slow to get established. Never tried toilet roll tubes so I cant comment on the difference.
I've never thought to use toilet rolls, although I have grown sweet peas and runner beans in Grow Tubes (http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=60_164&products_id=611) which, as I recall, also developed a coating of white mould on the outside. It didn't affect the plants though so I always assumed that it was something in the Grow Tube construction.
I have used toilet roll tubes and paper pots. Both types got mould on them, not pretty, but no problem. Loo rolls are quicker, as you dont have to make them, but getting enough can be a problem if you dont have a big family, dehli belly or loads of friends who save them for you!
cj :)
Think I read on another thread that paper pots rot down quicker?
Hmmm, my mould is sooty black. The sweet peas are thriving though, so I'm assuming all will be well.
Have been using toilet roll and kitchen roll tubes for years no problem mould on the outside has not done any harm to the plants.
Did carrots in the kitchen roll tubes last year a bit slow but will give it another go this year.
ALL peas runner beans sweet peas done in the loo rolls every year great way to start them of.
If you have a good supply of loo you can start allmost any vegetable or flower in them and have good results.
we used toilet roll tubes last year for leeks, we got FUNGUS growing in them and on them, I think it was because it was very wet, the leeks grew but were small, again, I think the bed was too wet :)
It's big polystyrene cups for me. (Bash a big hole in the bottom.) Ideal for sweet peas, French and runner beans, etc. Rootball knocks out in tact for planting. OK there's a small initial outlay but, on the plus side, with reasonable care, they can be reused for donkey's years. And they don't seem to grow any kind of mould. ;D
I use loo rolls for peas and beans last year seemed to work well but as it was my first year of planting had nothing to compare it with.
Claire
We popped sweetcorn in loo rolls (as I read somewhere on here they needed long root roomand don't like being transplanted) - went mouldy, we worried , but they grew up big n strong and many delicious cobs.
Ran out of loo rolls and potted up leeks (they were a bit molly coddled). broccoli, cabbages, runner beans & borlotti beans in paper pots , they went mouldy, we worried some more, they grew up big n strong and had lots of beansand brassicas -yum yum. The paper pots were a little bit fiddly to plant out as they were beginning to collapse and stick together.
This year we've saved many more loo rolls and will be using them for anything that doesn't like to be disturbed as they are definitely more robust.
mOuse
Used paper pots and loo rolls for my parsnips, 100% germination in the airing cupboard, BUT the parsnips in the paper pots forked and gave multiple roots where as the ones in the loo rolls grew straight and true. The initial root was to thin to break through the paper pot so bent sideways and forked.
Quote from: MikeB on January 18, 2007, 22:01:10
Used paper pots and loo rolls for my parsnips, 100% germination in the airing cupboard, BUT the parsnips in the paper pots forked and gave multiple roots where as the ones in the loo rolls grew straight and true. The initial root was to thin to break through the paper pot so bent sideways and forked.
Sounds like paper pots will do for most things but will definatley be toilet-rolls for my parsnips. ;)