Use for fleece

Great idea. Shall try that. I found another use, cutting out circles to fit round the top of plants in pots and covering with gravel. I thought it might stop the dreaded vine weavil getting in to lay its eggs. I had so many problems with them this year.

Thats a great tip,Denise..fleece is so useful isn't it? I tried the j cloths this year,after seeing the tip on here..It has worked as far as nasties not affecting my plants,but I haven't emptied any yet..so I know what to expect then! ah well,fleece seems the way to go ..but it's good to trial a new idea ...live and learn :o)

I will try it round the top Cinderella as under gravel should protect from wet and splash. Anything that gets rid of crocks has to help in the weight of pots alone Bloomer.

I agree..especially if you want to move them around..I just put Polystyrene in mine now..and I will also be trying the tip from Cinders too..good one ..

Brilliant idea Drc. and it lets the water out nicely too, also i like Cinders idea and your poly.idea B. 3 tips for the price of one, brilliant. Lol..

Thanks Grandmage its great to enlarge on an idea.

I never throw any Poly packaging away,G.mage..all stored in the loft,for another time..and big pieces go in the bottom,and sides of my cold frame for insulation in winter,and springtime..

It is great stuff Bloomer, stays so warm.

Is it a horticultural fleece you are using Drc? When I started to read your paragraph I imagined the shelves at Joann's fabric shops full of fleece bolts we make the jackets from like this:
http://www.joann.com/fabric/fleece-fabric/

yours looks definitely different.

Horticultural fleece

I save large poly-trays - the sort that you buy mushrooms etc. in at the supermarket - and stand several small pots of cuttings in them in the unheated greenhouse for a bit of extra warmth during winter. Not lost one yet. :o)

Ours are usually thin plastic Nariz.....

It was sheep fleece that came to my mind. ( I used to spin....)

Another hoarder,Nariz ! :o) We all seem to do our recycling bit ,don't we? ..The deep ones you can buy a chicken in,are also good for popping one on top of the other as a mini cloche..they only hold about 3 or 4 small pots though..but better than going to landfill :o) I seem to have amassed more plastic containers than pots! Lol.

That's a good idea. I'll try it myself ...

Thanks B.......note to self......save the poly, now is there any room left in the garage.hmmm.... Lol

Sorry should have said standard garden fleece. I use to use those containers Nariz, great insulation but sadly dont see them much anymore.

Very good tip there Denise - might try it myself!

Thanks Sheilar.

Maybe they're all over here, Drc? It seems to be the only medium supermarkets use - mushrooms, meat, 'posh' vegetables when Spanish housewives don't want to get their fingers dirtied by picking up veggies that have actually been grown in the earth!

Great ideas and tips snowballing from yours Deise, I use the plastic meat trays for standing pots in and also like Sandra as a a mini cloche, love blogs like this one when everyone shares useful tips;0)

When I put plants into a large pot, where I want to save on peat. I put some upturned small plastic flower pots in the bottom, nice and light too.

This looks like a brilliant idea - thanks for the tip! I agree that crocks (bits of stone in my case, scavenged in my garden) are too heavy, especially in terracotta pots! (next trick: find out where I can get horticultural fleece in France - vermiculite proved difficult enough! - though achieved eventually, thanks to a kind GoYer's advice...)

Egg-boxes and plastic posh-biscuit inner trays for seeds, toilet roll and kitchen roll inners for peas and sweet peas, old freezer trays on which to sit them all - my sunny house window-sills (I don't have a greenhouse) don't look very glamorous sometimes... but the eventual produce tastes good! And hey, as above, we're re-cycling - and that gives you a little glow of rectitude, also... (means I don't feel so guilty about having bought those posh calorie-laden biscuits!)

That sounds a good saver Lizziebee but would not stop creepy crawlies though.
I use egg boxes to chit potatoes easy to see when they have 3 eyes Monjardinirs. I hope you find some flleece one company call horticultural fleece 'Hivertex' if that helps.

I am grateful too for the tips HB, thanks everyone.

What a wonderful idea thanks for the tip Denise!

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Thanks for a great idea Drc...:>)

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