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https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/dwarf-fruit-trees/p10014038Thanks.....Lidl shop today
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/dwarf-fruit-trees/p10014038Thanks.....Lidl shop today
Yes ... I think some sort of containers will be the answer ... I've got to get some sort of organisation into the present chaos, I'm fed up of falling over plastic plant pots that seem to have a life of their own !I use our now defunct kerbside recycling boxes (was donated a few by various neighbours). They're like the brittle clear stackable boxes that you'd use indoors but made of really tough flexible black UV resistant stuff. I have them stacked round the back of the shed in a low wall. Particularly good for the smaller odd sized pots which make up tall little towers inside.
If you stand them in towers, would they be less likely to topple if stacked upside down perhaps.I have lots (I mean hundreds) of plastic plant pots ... various sizes fro 3" to 10", some of them nest, some don't. I've tried storing them in plastic mushroom trays but inevitably the trays don't then stack. I've tried standing them in towers on the floor and they tipple over. I've tried putting them on their sides on shelves, they roll about. I have space under my potting bench where I store them but it always turns into an unholy mess.
Has anyone got any novel ideas about how to store the things.?
Mine have accumulated mostly from plants and seedlings we have bought at nurseries so they don't match particularly well ... if they were all the same it would probably be less of a problem.
Yes ... that's how I stack them ... the bigger ones are alright but the 3" ones seem to bend over and as soon as I get near them scatter themselves over the floor !If you stand them in towers, would they be less likely to topple if stacked upside down perhaps.
Bigger pots could have bamboo cane through to keep them stacked.Yes ... that's how I stack them ... the bigger ones are alright but the 3" ones seem to bend over and as soon as I get near them scatter themselves over the floor !
I love these. I have ichi kuri ( sp) and still have some in store. Six or seven squashes per plant.I really can't recommend these butternut squash enough. They are called wallnut. The plants are not too huge, they have at least three fruits to a plant. They are bigger than butternut normal, but not too huge. They have stored so well in a cool room. Last one here, just about to go in a curry![]()
Ichi are the only others we growI love these. I have ichi kuri ( sp) and still have some in store. Six or seven squashes per plant.
I’m trying something called Casperita. Free seedsIchi are the only others we grow
Let me knowI’m trying something called Casperita. Free seeds
Just right size for a bait hive Phil!Another heads up ... I find these 40 litre flexible tubs really useful in the garden ... some of the cheap ones are rubbish and split in no time - these are really heavy duty not all thin and floppy. On promotion in Toolstation at 2 for £13 ...
https://www.toolstation.com/flexi-tub-40l/p79794?bvstate=pg:2/ct:r
Just right size for a bait hive Phil!![]()
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