Posted by Marla on 3/9/2002, 12:47 pm PLASTIC GALLON MILK OR WATER JUGS: * Use jug bottoms as saucers for pots, shallow starting trays, or cutworm * With tops and bottoms removed, jugs become mini-greenhouses. Pushed an * The jugs can be used as watering or fertilizer funnels for smaller plants * The jugs can protect tender plants from late frosts. Fill four or five jugs
PLASTIC GALLON MILK OR WATER JUGS:
Posted by Marla on 3/9/2002, 12:39 pm
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* Cut strips from the flat center portion of plastic jugs for use as plant
labels. Use pens with indelible ink to write on them.
guards. For the guards, cut a slit from one side to the center, and remove an
inch-wide hole at the center for the plant stem. Slip the plastic into place,
with the bowl directed downwards.
inch or so into the soil, the containers form a barrier to cutworms,
snails, slugs, and other crawlers. Rest the snap-on caps lightly over the
tops for some protection from nighttime chill. Be sure to remove them
during warm days, however, or the plants will steam. When the plants have
outgrown the containers, they will be
sturdy enough to thrive without their protection.
such as lettuce. For slow percolation of water and nutrient solutions into
the soil, punch holes in the lower halves of the jugs, and sink them into
the soil between plants or seedlings. For faster irrigation, invert the
bottomless mini-greenhouses, and bury them between seedlings so the jug is
about a foot deep and the bottom edge is just above the soil level. Place a
shovelful of manure in this container for manure tea each time water is
added. Roots will
grow deeply in search of this nutrition and moisture. During longer periods
of hot weather, these deep roots will keep plants thriving--especially
contrasted with shallow-rooted plants that are barely surviving.
with water, and place them around each plant so that the corners touch. This
wall around the plant will protect it from light frosts by radiating the
heat it
stored in the water during the day.
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