Gil wrote:
Hi! Tony,
It work well. If using tyres, cut the walls out. If you do not cut the wall
out of the tyres, you can create a space which becomes a void for the use
of rodents/ spiders/ reptiles etc.
Gil - I think that Bob Flowerdew leaves the tyres intact, packing the cavity
quite
I don't know jack about 'tyres' but I do know that in the US tires
were banned by gardening clubs for use as planters because they shed
to much cadmium and, apparently other road-collected heavy metals. We
used to cut them and stack them to make tomato planters for low
income households that
...Even if you don't have lots of space, you can enjoy an amazing yield
of potatoes by growing in a container...
Bob Flowerdew, the unconventional member of a BBC gardening advice
programme team, uses old motor tyres whose inner cavity is packed with
straw. He starts off with (say) two
because of the water being concentrated by the tyres, we were in the middle
of the drought then.
David C
- Original Message -
From: Tony Nelson-Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 6 April 2003 1:47 AM
Subject: Re: Potatoes in Cages
...Even if you don't have lots
Hi! Tony,
It work well. If using tyres, cut the walls out. This is easily done
with a very sharp knife. The secret is to keep wetting the blade and to
stretch the cut apart as it is made. If you look at the tyre, you will
find the tread is added on top of the rest of the structure, the edge of
