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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 12:38:04 GMT -5
make great cups!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 13:35:46 GMT -5
too cool! you are a smart fella. do you handroll? I saw an ad once selling a "machine" that turned newspaper into planter cups. Nice lookin' maters too!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 21:59:23 GMT -5
They look great. How do you keep em from falling apart when you water?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 9:11:56 GMT -5
I roll my own!lol
I take a full sheet of newspaper, fold it, roll it up on a plastic bottle, fold the bottom, apply a small piece of paper tape to bottom and side.
The cups hold together very well. Just don't move them when they're wet.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 11:34:40 GMT -5
Do you plant them newspaper and all?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 18:48:47 GMT -5
I usually tear the bottom out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 21:34:56 GMT -5
Sounds good to me!
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 22, 2011 21:57:51 GMT -5
Cool!! You rock!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2011 5:14:41 GMT -5
They are actually more sturdy than one would think. We roll ours around an old tin can for starting seeds and tear the bottom when we plant them out.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Apr 23, 2011 7:10:53 GMT -5
Great Idea ...well done!!
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 23, 2011 21:44:44 GMT -5
If I didn't winter sow I would do this
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 18:21:58 GMT -5
I told DLD that I would post a few pics of my paper pot making, so here goes. First I prep by tearing off some pieces of masking tape about 1.5 in. long and sticking them to the edge of the table. The tape is approximately 1.5 in.wide.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 18:26:35 GMT -5
Next I fold a full sheet of newspaper. There will be 4 layes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 18:28:46 GMT -5
Next roll the paper around a bottle.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 18:30:55 GMT -5
Fold the paper 4 times at bottom of bottle as shown.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 18:33:41 GMT -5
Place a piece of tape on bottom.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 18:34:45 GMT -5
Place a piece of tape on the side.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 18:35:47 GMT -5
And there you go!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 19:12:22 GMT -5
Excellent! We get a free weekly "alternative" paper and they are piling up...need to set up my assembly line. Thanks for sharing, southerncomfrey!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2011 8:37:31 GMT -5
dld asked me if the tape is biodegradable. I checked several sites and was unsatisfied with the results, except that the backing of the tape is made of paper. the adhesive can be made of a natural rubber based substance to more exotic stuff.
the tape I have settled on is called 'Tartan', made by 3m. It has a warning to those who are allergic to natural rubber based substances. I do not know if it is recyclable or biodegradable.
if any of you guys can shed more light on this I would be very interested.
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Post by daylilydude on Apr 25, 2011 23:50:27 GMT -5
southerncomfrey, thank you soooo much for the picture show of how you make the paper pots, they look great, and we all know that pics are worth a thousand words!
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