Mr BlueSky
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Milk cartons as plant potsIs there any reason why empty milk cartons shouldn't be re-used to start seedlings off in? You know, the foil lined types. We get through loads of these and they all go to the recycling but I was stuck for pots when potting up my tomatos yesterday and wondered if I could use these. Cut the tops off, rinse them out and make a few holes in the bottom. Being square they would then stack neatly into a box to keep them upright.
Would the metalic inner affect the plants though?[/u]
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cab
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I've used 'em. The only down side is that they get a bit gooey as water leaches in to the inner cardoard; the outside and inside are waterproof, but the cut surface is not. As a consequence you get one use out of them (or, I got one use out of them) before they're useless. Better option may be to just recycle them and scavenge free pots elsewhere.
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Mr BlueSky
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I was only planning on single use. recycle them after planting out. I can't find ordinary plantpots here although a friend of ours happened to be in Limoges when they were plating up the city flower beds and got and got a million out of the skip, lucky so&so. Gotta be in the right place at the right time I s'ppose.
Anyway thanks, I'll try them.
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Green Rosie
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I've used yoghurt before pots but they are a bit small. And why are flower pots so hard to buy in Fance? I did find some in Jardi Leclerc but they were extremely expensive.
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Mr BlueSky
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The French are heavily into recycling and buy all there milk in cartons?  That's France. 
Well here goes. First batch of toms under way. We'll se how they do.
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Woodburner
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Tres bon! Very efficient use of space, I think I might try that for leeks (and other things too) as seed trays are a bit shallow and run out of nutrients too fast.
Another use could be to open them out and use as reflectors to help stop seedlings getting leggy.
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