Paper pot maker
"Ophelia" wrote in message
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John T wrote:
"Bigal" wrote in message
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At he begining of the year a friend showed me a wooden paper pot
maker that she had bought for her mother. The idea was that as I do
a bit of wood turning I could make one for myself and one for her. So I
did. In fact I also made a slightly bigger one and a smaller
one. I had tried using peat pots and I wasn't very impressed as they
seemed to retain the roots inside rather than let them grow through.
It was a completely different story with the paper pots. I tend to
use them now instead of plastic pots , and transplanting has been
made a lot easier and minimal root damage.
I have found that the smallest one that I made was ideal for growing
single seeds as there was no root damage caused by pricking out, and
allowed the plant to grow on with minimal hold back on growth. The
bigger ones I use for bigger seeds.
I recently planted some lettuce seeds (3 - 4) in some bigger ones. I
was being lazy and not wanting to make some smaller pots. Those
that were left after transplanting I left to grow on in the
greenhouse in their pots, and it suddenly struck me that they are
ideal for making small leaf salads I am now trying other varieties
of suitable greens.
I know that some people use grass bottles to make the pots but
usually use a paste to stick the base down - then have to wait for
it dry. No such problem with this system.
I thought it might be of interest to some of you, and I hope I havent
bored too many people.
Bigal
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Bigal
Interesting one Bigal,
This is something i thought about, but didnt think it was worth
forking out ten quid or so for the ready made one in case it didnt
work. I was thinking the bottom of the paper pot would not be very
stable. So are there any tricks in the esign and making i should know
before I try to mke one?
I am also very interested in this. Bigal mentioned using a bottle and
pasting the paper. Since I have no knowledge of how this works, does one
not have to use paste using other methods? Is there some special way of
folding?
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