Is it a common affliction...

[1Bee]

To constantly be assessing containers to see whether they'd make good plant pots?

I think this one's a beauty.

[roitelet]

Yes we all do it!!!!! There is no cure!!!!!!!

[fishpond]

To constantly be assessing containers to see whether they'd make good plant pots?

I think this one's a beauty.

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I can see some men in white coats, coming to take you away!

[vixylix]

Nope, perfectly normal - I have cupboards full of pots and jars and tubs which I might use (I hardly ever do) - it drives OH mental!

[fishpond]

Nope, perfectly normal - I have cupboards full of pots and jars and tubs which I might use (I hardly ever do) - it drives OH mental!

Vixylix
Are you saying that because you also do it, it is normal?

[lottie dolly]

All normal,that would maybe make a mini propergator on account of the see though lid.

[Nicos]

It's pretty grim too when you're (i.e. Me!) out looking for new clothes and the thought " will this be suitable to wear for gardening when it's old?" Pops into mind!

The French have clear flat plastic trays with lids which click down on them...for tarts, croissants etc...they are brill little propagaters!

[Lumpy]

Of course it's normal......huge popcorn pot now waiting for carrots...............whayever makes you think that it's not......................oh the venerable Monty pays for his then.......what a surprise.

[happyhumph]

I was quite annoyed when PH threw away a cattle feed tub I was going to use in the gh. V pleased as have managed to get 5 big pots for the gh for free this week!

[Cadalot]

Ummmm I did suffer but I recently had a clear out and then found myself putting stuff to one side and had that give myself a telling off. I'm kinda frustrated because I have made all the bird scaring windmills, slug traps and self watering pop bottle propagators and have enough bottles for deep watering so I'm having to put them in the new recycle bin from the council.

But I'm still collecting milk bottles for making soft bricks

[happyhumph]

Milk bottle bricks??

[Cadalot]

Milk bottle bricks??

HH that's correct Milk Bottle Soft Bricks - Not harsh sharp edge baked clay things, but smooth milk bottles with no sharp edges, filled with dried sand that have little handles and are not so abrasive on fleece or nets and they assist in holding down my weed membrane.

When they start to weather, you just dry the sand off again if needed and fill another milk bottle.

[Baldy]

I'm getting this particular habit under control ( a bit ).
I'm moving all the (most of the) MFB and buckets from home up to the plot - getting rid of the really bad pots and things that were already at the plot, trying to move the best pots to the 'herb' area near the seats and table on the plot etc.
Home is looking a bit better i have to say. I reckon they could have done a special edition of one of those "lets laugh at the 'hoarder' shows on Channel 5" with me...
I'm getting there - but a discarded builder's bucket always gets my attention and I can never walk directly past a skip

[Cadalot]

Balders - I feel your pain, I've actually invested in some 5" pots for potting up too from the vending machine cups, I'm getting quite angry at all the differing shapes and size pots and most of the ones I needed at home were still on the allotment from last year. I need a good sort out as the cold frame is full of pots and trays etc. I need to become more streamline and organised.

All my flower buckets apart from the 22 I use for my tomatoes in the back garden are on the allotments, currently a load of them are full of manure so I can move the heap around whilst I'm still developing, digging and weeding and putting in the infrastructure on the new plot.

[Bren In Pots]

I save those 450 gram yoghurt pots in case I need to pot on any leggy toms, they're the perfect height.