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Post by daylilydude on Jan 2, 2011 14:34:05 GMT -5
I take and hack off the bottom and use them to cloche my plants in case of a late frost.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2011 19:33:30 GMT -5
I use the exact same containers for winter sowing
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Post by rintintin on Jan 2, 2011 21:19:18 GMT -5
Or fill them with hot water at sundown, and set them between/around plants. They will radiate their warmth to the plants most of the night...enough to ward off a light frost.
You can just leave them there all day, and they will absorb heat from the sun. Kind of like putting a hot water bottle in your bed before jumping under those cold, clammy sheets.
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Post by Trudi on Jan 2, 2011 21:28:01 GMT -5
If you're saving milk jugs for WS, after you rinse them out don't keep the caps. Even one little speck of milk can spoil inside a jug and affter a few months storage the scent will knock you over when you take off the cap. Peeeeewwwww!!!
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Post by w8in4dave on Jan 3, 2011 22:25:02 GMT -5
Or fill them with hot water at sundown, and set them between/around plants. They will radiate their warmth to the plants most of the night...enough to ward off a light frost. You can just leave them there all day, and they will absorb heat from the sun. Kind of like putting a hot water bottle in your bed before jumping under those cold, clammy sheets. I was reading about using 2 liter bottles like this altho I kinda got a negitive responce to the post so.... I didn't know what to think...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2011 20:07:10 GMT -5
For soda bottles, I cut them in half and fill the bottom with a 50/50 mixture of vermiculite/perlite. Kind of squish the bottom a little to fit the top back on. Use this as a mini greenhouse for starting cuttings. The lid can be removed to allow moisture out and air in and then be replaced. Handy for rooting cuttings of geraniums and the like.
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Post by daylilydude on Feb 7, 2011 23:35:10 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2011 18:20:25 GMT -5
Now that's cool! I'm going to have to try that.
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Post by daylilydude on Feb 17, 2013 5:54:17 GMT -5
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Post by paulf on Feb 17, 2013 9:44:40 GMT -5
All that stuff that can be done with soda bottles is neat. But research has been done about protection of plants from low temperatures indicates it does not help and in fact seedlings with milk jugs or soda bottles as protection fared worse than without protection. Using them for protection from wind is another story; that does help.
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Post by peppero on Jan 10, 2018 15:36:15 GMT -5
I have an 8x12 greenhouse and use about about 200 laying on top of each other and add more as I can. Works pretty good.
jon
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Post by guruofgardens on Jan 21, 2018 18:40:44 GMT -5
I use gallon milk jugs for irrigation. Cut off the top 1-2" around the lid, add 2-3 round stones for weight. Using the tip of a push pin, lightly pierce 3-4 tiny holes into the bottom. Then fill with water once they're in place.
In the garden, I place them in between my pepper plants, which are about 20+" apart.
I can fertilize easily using these jugs so the plants hopefully won't get burned from too much fertilizer.
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Post by aftermidnight on Jan 23, 2018 10:16:05 GMT -5
I've cut the bottoms off 2 litre pop bottles and used them to water and fertilize tomato plants. Sink the necks plus a bit in the ground at the base of the plants. Keeps the water off the leaves. Bought some tips from Lee Valley to stick in the necks to slow down the release of water.
Annette
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Post by aqua on Jan 23, 2018 18:13:00 GMT -5
I use cardboard half-gallon juice and milk containers for sunflowers, to share the plants with other people when I have too many.
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