How to Make Little Hot Houses
With all the interest in gardening thanks to the Coronavirus crisis, starting plants from seed is the new best thing to do. Right now in Australia, we are going into winter, not really an ideal time to start seeds outside without the benefit of a greenhouse.
Greenhouses are expensive and generally big - but you can start your seeds in the ground using these little hot houses, just like Brian and Adelaide did.
They wrote "Loved the idea of recycling milk bottles. I use a PTE bottle to store and sprinkle snail pellets for the garden, as pests ate the cardboard box the pellets come in. I use PTE bottles for the garden as they resist UV longer.
They also make excellent little hothouses for seedlings. Make your “little hothouses” by cutting the bases off 2 litre PTE soft drink bottles with knife or scissors. Use the cut off base to plant seeds in. Cover seedlings.
Spread chook poo around “little hothouses” and water well. After 1 or 2 days depending on the weather remove “little hothouses” leaving chook poo away from plant."
Greenhouses are expensive and generally big - but you can start your seeds in the ground using these little hot houses, just like Brian and Adelaide did.
They wrote "Loved the idea of recycling milk bottles. I use a PTE bottle to store and sprinkle snail pellets for the garden, as pests ate the cardboard box the pellets come in. I use PTE bottles for the garden as they resist UV longer.
They also make excellent little hothouses for seedlings. Make your “little hothouses” by cutting the bases off 2 litre PTE soft drink bottles with knife or scissors. Use the cut off base to plant seeds in. Cover seedlings.
Spread chook poo around “little hothouses” and water well. After 1 or 2 days depending on the weather remove “little hothouses” leaving chook poo away from plant."
They also sent photos, showing step-by-step how they make and use their little hot houses.
You can download the tip sheet Little Hot Houses here.
This tip sheet is under the Gardening category in the Tip Sheet Archive.
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You can download the tip sheet Little Hot Houses here.
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