I tried loo roll middles and found them more trouble than anything else. They keep falling over and you can't move them once they're sown without losing the contents. This year I sowed all my peas and beans in yogurt pots, worked a treat.
Ah josusa47, you need a bit of origami! I cut four slits up the side about an inch long and fold them in on each other - no compost wasted. By the time they need planting it is easy to peel away the 'bottom' and there you go. I'm leaning toward the plastic cups myself, my yoghurt pots are useless
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
Yes, me too Jos, too much of a falling over faff, and they or any other pot grown peas and beans never seemed to transplant well or are as robust as those direct sown. I just plant later, straight in the ground and throw a fleece over if it looks like frost.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
That would be lovely Nollie if the wide variety of wildlife in my garden let them be! I pre-cook most seeds (veg that is, don't really do flowers) just to give them a chance at life.
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
Nollie you have my sympathy clearly there are local preferences as with any cuisine. Its too dry for many snails and slugs at the moment but the local squirrel, mice and birds are getting desperate so its barriers, nets, and pre-cooking all the way.
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
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