Cardboard paper towel and toilet tissue tubes

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  1. PepperDude

    PepperDude In Flower

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    Here's 2 things you can use these for just to keep them out of the landfill.

    1- You can fill them with seed starting soil plant your seed in it and when it's time to plant just put the whole thing in the ground. The cardboard roll will rot away rather quickly.

    2- You can put the cardboard roll around the base of your tomato plants and it will keep the dreaded cutworm from doing any damage (if you have cutworms there that is)?
     
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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    It always amazes me what we gardeners find of use to us. I use cardboard toilet roll tubes too for planting seeds in.
     
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    petunia Young Pine

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    These are some good ideas, also your milk jugs, these are some good recyle uses.
     
  5. glendann

    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    Love all your ideas .
     



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  6. kuntrygal

    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    All good ideas. By the way, have you all seen the NEW gallon milk containers??? :rolleyes:
     
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    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    Great idea! We usually put them in the paper recycling bin, but stem protection sounds like a smart idea. We've got slugs that love to kill plants by chewing through the stems.

    kuntrygal, what's with the new gallon milk containers? I'd love to see one.
     

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