"Ten ways to go green in the garden" - Democratic Underground

trud

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Apr-23-11 12:13 PM
Original message

"Ten ways to go green in the garden"

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Gardening/diggin-it/2011/0422/Earth-Day-10-ways-to-go-green-in-the-garden?cmpid=ema:nws:Weekend%20Weekly%20A%2004232011&cmpid=ema:nws:NTI5OTYzNDUyNwS2

I think the biggie that affects everyone is those darned plastic pots stuff comes in. Yet another reason, besides cost and more variety, to grow your own seedlings.

Refresh | 0 Recommendations

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

Retrograde

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Apr-23-11 01:21 PM
Response to Original message

1. I got a little overenthusiastic about recycling plastic pots last year

Now I find I'm needing them to pot up seedlings before final planting out (I like to give them a month or so to develop some actual roots before subjecting them to the "soil" in the garden).

My curbside recycling claims to take all kinds of plastic, so after a quick cleaning I put the gallon ones with the little triangles indicating what type they are into the recycling bin. The bigger and smaller ones I keep to reuse.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

trud

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Apr-23-11 03:44 PM
Response to Reply #1

2. my curbside recycling

is fussy about plastic - no 3-7 or unmarked plastic.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

WhiteTara

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Apr-24-11 08:24 PM
Response to Original message

3. I keep mine and recycle them year after year.

I'm working a new garden these days and I find that I am short of flats for starting forest planting...things that take a year or so to show.

But, those coir pots are great too. Just plant the whole thing.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Wed May 01st 2024, 03:57 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.