Have you ever thought of running some day classes? I've so much to learn and have so many questions! I'd happily drive up and attend!

I used the inside carton roll of loo paper, made 4 equidistant cuts around an inch and folded those in to make a base. Filled them up with soil and placed them in plastic trays. Then sowed the seeds and when the plants were the right size, I planted the whole thing where i wanted them. Cheap and wuick

Thanks John for the ideas, been watching for awhile an good to see an Aussie doing some garden tutorials.

Clever. Enjoyable to watch, John.

Great idea mate. I might have to give it a try.

All the best in growing 👍🏻

What a stunning idea. Thank you, sir

This is great! I did something very similar (pipe cut to length, glued together to form a cluster) however my approach to having a "base" was a little different to yours. I just used a perforated rigid seedling tray rather than creating individual bases for the tubes. This has the added benefit of supporting the weight when I move the seedlings about. Then I created a single base piece and screwed it onto some dowel for a handle. It looks a bit like a plunger. It works really well to push the seedlings out without disrupting the roots, and it avoids the fiddly bit of creating lots of bases (trying to flatten PVC, cutting to size, hot gluing, drilling holes, etc).

Very clever design!

That looks like a wining idea John! I will have to see if my husband can whip me some up :D

Just find a nuget on KZread. This is gold, thank you

Great idea!

I save our toilet roll tubes and use those for beans and corn seed. Just have to make sure you bury the cardboard under the soil as they will wick the water upwards. Beryl in NZ

@homesteading

Жыл бұрын

Toilet rolls work too...once.

@berylhunter7509

Жыл бұрын

That's all you need, once. Adds carbon back to the soil as well. I currently have my first batch of corn growing in TP rolls ready for planting out in 2 or 3 weeks time. I will then do another batch. Beryl in NZ

Very clever. I hope it works for you.

Interesting John but that is quite involved for me anyway. I will continue using my trays. Cheers Denise

Brilliant idea I have off cuts of PVC going to make some

John, go and buy yourself some yogurt in 6 oz cups. Eat the yogurt . Put holes in the bottom of the empty cups. You will save money and time as you grow your seedlings in the yogurt cups. Ray Delbury Sussex County N J USA

@homesteading

Жыл бұрын

No, we save more money by making our own yogurt! Make these once, and they will last a long time.

Sounds like a good idea. What about when the roots grow through the bottom holes, you may compromise the roots trying to get them out I think it would be a better idea to put it on a flat surface. Definitely going to try with a deeper height. Thanks.

@stevemartino6961

Жыл бұрын

Cutting roots is like topping a plant as long as it’s at the ends it only increases the roots and won’t stress the plant…..some people actually put razor blades in their soil so they get cut as they grow

Looks like my grandpa.... like.... a lot!

Genius!

Hi John, can you do an update on how they worked for you in an upcoming tutorial. Thanks.

@homesteading

3 ай бұрын

You can see the result briefly in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIhnmpmfqJXMg9I.htmlsi=Bb3Dkklx75UwzNxM&t=222 But I may do more on them next spring.

Some great ideas there John, Thanks for Sharing. Was thinking about you today and hope everything is going okay for you through all this aweful torrential flooding rain. Stay safe mate !

@homesteading

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! All good, just very wet! Hope to have a new video out in couple of days.

@Katiegwen777

Жыл бұрын

I came here to check on you, too. Hope you haven’t been affected by the flooding in Tas

@GR8Tmate

Жыл бұрын

@@Katiegwen777 I think he's fairly elevated but even when you're not directly affected by the flooding such extensive rain can cause all sorts of problems, everything from destroying crops, roads, damaging buildings. From his reply I am guessing he's going to show us some of the local flooding and damage, good news he's okay as this is one of my favourite KZread channels, theres not many people that willing to share such extensive knowledge.

@Katiegwen777

Жыл бұрын

One of my go-to channels, too. 😊 Im in southern Tas so have been keeping a close eye on the weather up north.

@GR8Tmate

Жыл бұрын

@@Katiegwen777 I love d southern TAS, beautiful part of the world 👍

i just use commercial grade cell trays, which are not available in usual stores. last a lifetime. instead of more wastes of time, which is not free.

Nice! Your videos should be seen by more watchers. May I repost your channel without changing anything on the clean platform named Ganjing World? Thank you!

@homesteading

Жыл бұрын

No, you may not repost these videos.

let us know how them plugs go

PVC is really not the material you want around your plants. The trays are made of HDPE for a reason

@homesteading

Жыл бұрын

Yes PVC can leach and a HDPE version would better...but do you have evidence that there would be significant leaching in the short time period that seedlings would be there - 4-8 weeks?