Top Notch Using Plastic Bottles To Protect Plants

The smaller bottles work better for container plants.

Using plastic bottles to protect plants. 1 Top of bottle sits over hole in bottom of bottle 2 Bottle filled with growing medium and parsley seedling planted 3 Lettuce and cauliflower growing on a bottle 4 Vegetables growing on bottles of different sizes. Reuse plastic water bottles in your garden to deter slugs Most gardeners have a slug or two to contend with. Assemble your materials.

Any plastic bottle will do. Here at Chez Green we have an army of them who love our clay soil and thick hedges. An easy and inexpensive way to protect your wee plantlings is with a plastic pop-bottle cloche.

Add enough pumice to nearly cover the bottles. As seedlings and young plants begin to outgrow your milk container cloches you can cut off the tops and leave just the centre section of each container remaining. You can use a 2-liter or 20-ounce soda bottle.

Prepare the soda bottle. Place empty bottles in the pot to midlevel or to about 12 inches from the rim. Gather up several 2-liter soda bottles.

Green plastic Step 1. Repurposing the bottles means that they dont enter a landfill easing the concerns related to an overload of garbage that does not break down quickly. Trim off any spurs or jagged edges.

The rigid plastic of milk jugs make sturdy plant tags that last two to three years. This allows plants to grow up through the centre but leaves a plastic collar which can provide the plants with protection from pests. Using plastic bottles to fill your plant containers allows you to go green and help the environment in several different ways.