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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

Thanks for the tip will go to work via Asda

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Lish will be along shortly...

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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!!

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 :-\

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!

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

My local co-op throw the buckets in the skip around the back I liberate them from the skip along with the out of date milk which I use instead of beer to catch slugs/snails

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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   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.

Gordonsveg, I did that last year - peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, etc - highly recommend it.

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Nice one manicscousers.....got 9 today from Asda + told to come back anytime for more.

Still free at my Co-op today  8) 8) 8)

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

dash.....you found me :-[

please don't tell anyone that they biodegrade 2 days after they receive them, will you? ::)

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wow i am off to collect 20 from asda for free!!

Will try and get more now!

ebay here i come ;)

only joking   ;D

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??!!  ???

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...

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.......... :-\

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.