Plastic Bottles

[Jason Cartwright]

HI,

On page 23 of Novembers GYO Mag I spotted plastic bottles being used.
To me it seems a great idea as I don't have a lot of space.
My question is - What can I grow in them? Are they used as if tiny greenhouses?
How would be best to use them against a wall? ie Once I've planted do I hang them with hole against wall and plastic towards sun?
Can they be use them over winter?

Thanks

J

[Samurailord]

I use 2L plastic pop bottles as mini cloches.

Carefully cut off the bottom of the bottle and place it over the plant or seedling that you want to protect - it keeps slugs and snails out (unless you have trapped one in the soil under the bottle) and also helps to protect delicate seedlings from too much cold and wind.

Andy

[veggiechicken]

Just looked at the photo - for those without the magazine to hand its a row of plastic bottles, suspended by their necks from a horizontal pole with some sort of wispy seedling inside. Top open but no other modification that I could spot.
TBH, I don't see how it could work as you can't get to the plant without carving up the bottle Watering would be fiddly too as you have to pour it down the neck of each bottle. Would have been nice to have an explanation alongside the photo.
I've seen something similar done with plastic milk containers threaded through the handle onto a pole - top cut off.
Plenty of ideas on Goggle...........

[Bill HH]

If you use them as mini cloches as Samurailord just said you can also pop a cane through the top into the soil to stop them blowing away.

[Bren In Pots]

Just looked at the photo - for those without the magazine to hand its a row of plastic bottles, suspended by their necks from a horizontal pole with some sort of wispy seedling inside.

I remember a thread about the same thing a couple of years ago.

[veggiechicken]

Here's one but we never did see the pictures http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...bottles-2.html

[Bren In Pots]

Think the thread had photos in it something like this :-

Coach House Crafting on a budget: Greenhouse space saver plus milk carton recycle

[veggiechicken]

And another one http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...tml#post856134

[Bren In Pots]

I always meant to have a go at making one of those but we have door step deliveries in glass bottles so it would take me forever to collect cartons.

[Jason Cartwright]

I come across this

Make a self-watering pot from an old plastic bottle | Make it and Mend it - upcycling, craft with a twist, cookery, gardening and more

Can strawberries be grown and kept in something like this?

[Two_Sheds]

Strawbs do MUCH better planted in the ground. Container ones are never as good

[Tripmeup]

Strawbs do MUCH better planted in the ground. Container ones are never as good

Definitely true in my view......And given that summers like this year's are going to be the norm (he says hopefully), the containers dry out way too quickly and you end up with stressed plants...

[Bigmallly]

Think the thread had photos in it something like this :-

Coach House Crafting on a budget: Greenhouse space saver plus milk carton recycle

I like this idea & wonder if it could be used inside a blowaway as a nursery or unheated prop........

[veggiechicken]

^^^^ One of those tomato growbag blowaways - that have no internal shelving might work.
I'd use metal curtain rods or broom handles to thread them onto and drill a hole in the carton cap for drainage - that would drip through onto the plant below.

[Bigmallly]

I think the problem with broom handles is the bottles would spin too much whereas a piece of timber would hold them more rigid.