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Author Garden: Bottles for Mini Greenhouses Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                    Some of us here are already aware of this trick . . . but I'll share it anyway - just in case somebody's here that doesn't know it. Save your plastic fruit bottles - get an exacto knife and slit them in half. Then when you have planted something and you're not sure if the temps might drop, just place your top over the plant or seeds. Leave the cap off, of course, so the plant can breathe. Put stones around it to hold it in place or put a stick down it. Don't discard the bottom part of the container - they come in handy for collecting pine cones, stones and little twigs you might want to save for fill. Waste not - want not! * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206 Bill The Garden Helper Member # 1 posted                    Footnote to Cindy: You are not permitted to use exacto knives without proper supervision... * * * * Plants: 11227 | From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Seeded: 69.33.97.176 tkhooper Official Blabber Mouth Member # 4875 posted                    lol@Bill I use a great big carving knife is that ok? What I love about the plastic bottles is that they stack for storage so they don't take up much room when I take them off of the plants. BTW thankyou for the idea for staking them I had a bit of a problem with that earlier this year. * * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005  |  Seeded: 4.249.150.215 Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                    OK - I've been sleeping the cold away all day - now, I feel so good, I'm puttin' on me clothes and going out to rake up some more mess. Thursday is going up to 12 celsius everybody! YAYYYYYYYYY! * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                    And the stones around the base add a bit of heat to them too!!! * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.115.46 Michael15r Super Gardener Member # 8472 posted                    very interesting... * * * * A Sunflower Garden #7 Check out my website. Plants: 530 | From: Stockton, California, Zone 9 | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 67.182.68.233 Triss Garden Pro! Member # 3367 posted                 Good idea! And everyone, not just Cindy, should be careful when cutting plastic cuz it slips very easily!!! Another good way to store these if you are conserving space is to hang a string from a hook and at the end of the string tie a piece of stick a little wider than the opening of your containers, thread all of the containers through and then flip the stick sideways, instant hanging containers that are out of the way. * * * * We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Plants: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 66.235.45.83 MissJamie Garden Pro! Member # 3266 posted                    I bend my bottles a little and cut them with scissors (but I don't run with scissors like cindy does! ) * * * * *~*Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts. *~* http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2125497034 Plants: 2003 | From: Madison Heights,Va | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 152.163.101.7 Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                    Good point, Weezie. OK, Cindy - back away from the knife. Nobody's gonna' hurt ya' here . . . that's it - easy now. ;-) (the exacto blade makes it easier to cut 'em) * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206 suzydaze Garden Pro! Member # 3229 posted                    I used both ends on mine. I cut almost in half and then used hubby's drill holes in the bottom for draining. (wondering if that's a bad idea ) and then use a little tape to hold it back togather. * * * * I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Plants: 1952 | From: Arkansas | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 64.233.156.14 comfrey Garden Pro! Member # 6055 posted                    I have alot of those large soda bottles and I just use scissors on them, but an exacto knife would proable work better. * * * * Plants: 2524 | From: Arkansas | Registered: Jul 2005  |  Seeded: 209.142.143.168 Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                    Triss, thanks for the great idea about hanging them. I'll try that. * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206

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