A couple of hours taking cuttings in the rain. Led Zeppelin 'Fool In The Rain' began to play in my mental jukebox.
My bottle cloches made from plastic bottles last year. If I had took them intact to the 'Return' deposit machines in our supermarkets I would have claimed back 25 Cents a piece for them. Have you got the ' Return' machines in Blighty and other overseas countries yet?
My repurposed bottle cloches are brilliant for 'striking' cuttings. They keep the cutting moist and store the water when the rain or myself waters them.
Anyone else make cuttings this way?
We use plastic bottles in that way too. It does work well, doesn't it.
ReplyDeleteThey are brilliant for retaining moisture and protecting young vegetable plants and act like mini greenhouses for the cuttings. DIY plant cutting cloches JayCee.
ReplyDeleteWe've had Return machines for plastic bottles in Sweden for decades, I think. (Having written that, of course I had to check for details. Machines for plastic bottles were introduced in 1994, and for aluminium cans ten years earlier.)
ReplyDeleteThe "Return" machines came to Ireland last year DT. It can be a bit of a chore putting one drink can or plastic bottle at a time. They don't accept glass bottles, pet food cans or cooking oil bottles. So we take them to a private recycling centre and we pay three Euros for the privilege.
ReplyDeleteNo returns system here but we are expected to sort such things for recycling. I don't buy them so have to make do with recycling plastic bags into cloches.
ReplyDeleteRecycling is a chore at times TM and we use hot water to wash them and then use car fuel to take them to the supermarket or Recycling stations. I often think the price of the can or container should be on the tin or bottle or even plastic packaging.
ReplyDeleteI always used to use plastic bags 'Monty Don style' for cuttings until I saw your bottle method I now use bottles and it is so much easier as the bag always collapsed onto the cuttings whereas the bottles a rigid and hold their shape. I only do a few cuttings compared to the amount you do but then I don't sell mine at car boots just donate to the local church plant sale table.
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous. Many thanks for your very encouraging comment. I would gladly give free plants to people or charities like your own. I can not solve the the tide of plastic but I can help repurpose the plastic before it's recycled or landfill. Thanks.
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