Old tights anyone?

[veggiechicken]

Just had this Tip from FoE - conjures up a funny picture!

"Don't throw away old pairs of tights - cut the legs off and fill them with compost to make a mini grow bag. Simply tie the open end and cut small holes along the length for planting vegetables or flowers. Alternatively, use them to tie larger plants to stakes. "

Why bother to cut the legs off - you could have a complete pair stuffed with soil and laid out on the floor like something the police could draw a chalk line around

[Matt94]

i just use old tights for storing onions. never though of using them as growbags.

[Sanjo]

i just use old tights for storing onions. never though of using them as growbags.

So do I. I tie a knot in between each onion so they are not touching. I start cutting them off from the toe end .

[Bren In Pots]

I've cut mine up to use as ties for my tomato plants.

[Kaiya]

I don't wear tights. Maybe I could make very small planters from pop socks...

[veggiechicken]

You could hang them from the clothes line, ready planted, whirling round in the wind.....

[Alison]

I use mine for onions too and also for tying shrubs / trees. Don't use grow bags much either.

[veggiechicken]

I don't use tights

[Matt94]

neither do i now you mention it!

[Kleftiwallah]

I had heard about wearing tights to keep yourself warm. While on gate guard in the middle of winter, I tried it - rubbish, I think it is just an excuse to wear tights ! ! ! Cheers, Tony.

[veggiechicken]

I've cut mine up to use as ties for my tomato plants.

What well dressed tomatoes!!

[BarleySugar]

The legs make good ties for trees as well. (I wear stockings, so less waste )

[Bren In Pots]

What well dressed tomatoes!!

The toms might as well use them because I can't stand to wear the things

[singleseeder]

I remember tights/stockings being used to make earth bricks to make a bank to hold higher soil back.

Fill the foot with soil to the size of a large brick. Twist the tights around to keep the soil in and then pull the tights back over the 'brick' so it is covered with two layers. Twist and pull back over again to give it a covering of three layers. Tie off the end and cut off the surplus.

These bricks are used to make a wall. They do look odd when they are new, but when matured they look very natural with moss and plants growing over them.

I am tempted to say this was another Geoff Hamilton idea.

[Two_Sheds]

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