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    I've run out of empty milk cartons/fabric softener bottles to make comfrey tea. Can I use transparent pop bottles, or can I decant the already brewed tea into clear bottles? I suppose the alternative would be to brew what I have left in a bucket.
    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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    mine is in a barrel with a lid on,ask peeps that know you,i would have thought anything that has a tight lid on will do,empty paint tins,juice cartons,just as long they got a lid,on acount of the stench,
    sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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    • #3
      Clear bottles (plastic) are fine Flo.

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      • #4
        Bless you both, thank you. Only problem now (apart from stuffing such a small aperture with leaves) is that I have to retrieve all the tops of the bottles from the black bin. If you don't hear from me later, you'll know where I am

        Ooh BTW, I had a live spider in my bras this afternoon and I don't mean cabbage today!
        They weren't on the washing line either
        Last edited by Florence Fennel; 07-09-2012, 05:43 PM.
        Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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        • #5
          Yep any bottle would do, although if you're storing it for a long time, I would keep it out of direct sunlight

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          • #6
            Yo Flo, just to say that I decant my tea from its home (chicken poo tub) into a 1.5l mineral water bottle - clear, definitely. keep it in the shade though as northepaul said.
            re: the spider...er yes, very familiar!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Florence Fennel View Post
              empty milk cartons/fabric softener bottles
              I don't use those any more, they aren't UV stable (and so they shatter into a million splinters after a few months).

              My weapon of choice for the comfrey tea is now those large 5 litre water bottles (buy when on BOGOF, or ask on freegle).
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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              • #8
                I hadn't thought of that TS, I must have been lucky, I've twice refilled the ones I've got, so I'd better watch out, thanks. I do keep them in the shade and I don't tighten the tops too much. Thanks all
                Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                • #9
                  Just had a thought - I kept it in the stayput last winter. It couldn't have blown away but I might have blown it up!
                  Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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