Egg Boxes

[yancancook]

Help! Having read the grape for inspiration I am now sowing seeds in paper pots, loo rolls but have also tried to grow some in egg boxes (can't remember where I got that idea from) but my little seeds don't grow in the egg boxes. Can anyone shed any light on what I'm doing wrong please?

[Two_Sheds]

Egg boxes don't offer a lot of space per plant, and they get real soggy. I wouldn't use them.
Paper pots are best for things that grow fast and don't like their roots disturbed: French and Runner beans. Otherwise I use plastic cell trays.

[bazzaboy]

Well they offer enough space for a seed, Two Sheds, they're bigger than some of the modules I start stuff off in.... But what seeds, Yan? If they're parsnips.... (currently attempting my third sowing without any sign of life to date...) even prayer doesn't seem to work but something easy like lettuce or radish should work OK. I guess once something happens and bearing in mind TwoSheds point, you'll need to pot them on/out fairly quickly but if the egg boxes/trays are the absorbent variety that should act as a good water reservoir. Perhaps an egg person (bound to be one on this List) can tell us whether egg trays are impregnated with anything hostile?
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p.s. Can someone explain to me why we never get a bad egg these days...? Is it just because they're delivered fresher and better marketing etc or some other reason...? Grandma used to crack eggs into a separate bowl before adding to the cake mix in case they were bad (and they sometimes would be) but Jamie and Nigella and probably everyone now just lob 'em in without a thought that anything could possibly be amiss....

[kernowyon]

Can someone explain to me why we never get a bad egg these days...? Is it just because they're delivered fresher and better marketing etc or some other reason...? Grandma used to crack eggs into a separate bowl before adding to the cake mix in case they were bad (and they sometimes would be) but Jamie and Nigella and probably everyone now just lob 'em in without a thought that anything could possibly be amiss....

this is because of the Edwina Currie & Salmonella fiasco, eggs now have use by dates printed on them. so yes they are fresher because now they have a shelf life.