Welcome to Mrs M's new forum

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[Minnie_the_Minx]

A word in your shell like. MrsM will be ruling this place with an iron fist and there'll be a firm zero tolerance stance on any kind of off topic pissing about.

So, given your track record, I'd stay out of it if I were you.

But people do piss on compost so it's hardly off-topic

 

[Biddlybee]

ooooh... I like this

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

*gains comfort in early middle age by staying in shed reading caravanning magazines and thinking of ways to organise tools while enjoying iherent stillness and smell of creosote of shed*

So you call your jazz mags "caravanning magazines" now eh?

 

[toggle]

A word in your shell like. MrsM will be ruling this place with an iron fist and there'll be a firm zero tolerance stance on any kind of off topic pissing about.

So, given your track record, I'd stay out of it if I were you.

the craft club allotment and piss story is most amusing.

 

[El Jefe]

jack hargreaves - 'out of town'

me and some mates tracked old Jack down, went and got drunk with him. Nice bloke

 

[_pH_]

Ooh, new forum

 

[pennimania]

Lovely idea

*pulls out huge collection of plastic pots hoarded over many years and starts scrubbing them out*

 

[MysteryGuest]

me and some mates tracked old Jack down, went and got drunk with him. Nice bloke

Yay!


Paulie, my magazines combine jazz and caravans.


Alas, I don't have a shed, or a garden even, but I think I will pop in here from time to time for vicarious horticultural thrills.

 

[quimcunx]

*Steal Papingo's Racing Post*

*laughs quietly to oneself, having deliberately marked up some 3 legged donkeys in preparation this very situation*

 

[Melinda]

This is lovely! Can we have a green-tinged skin in here?

Like we had at Christmas.

Congratualtions Mrs M!

 

[seeformiles]

Very nice to see this forum up and running - I'll be cleaning out the shed this weekend, fixing the hole in the roof and putting new batteries in the radio!

 

[wtfftw]

It's a shame I bring death to plants.

 

[selamlar]

pulls out huge collection of plastic pots hoarded over many years and starts scrubbing them out*

Right then. First fight time.


Plastic plant pots are shit. Full stop and no exceptions (except for transparent pots for some orchids. Its the roots, you know)

Terracotta is more expensive in the first instance, sure, but it is more environmentally friendly, more stable, less prone to problems of overwatering and looks better as well.
So there

 

[Dillinger4]

Hurrah!

*puts on Gardeners Question time*

I don't even have a Garden.

 

[Dillinger4]

It's a shame I bring death to plants.

Indeed.

I have owned several Bonzai trees, all of whom have killed themselves rather than live with me.

I am growing another one atm, it seems to be dong quite well. It is still just a sapling though.

 

[Crispy]

Bonzai trees

I am growing another one

You're doing it wrong!

 

[Dillinger4]

You all know I meant bonsai.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Is it true that if you try to grow a mighty oak in a small pot it will become a small mouse sized tree because it's root can't spread?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

You all know I meant bonsai.

I've got a Banzai tree. It's fucking huge!

 

[pennimania]

Right then. First fight time.


Plastic plant pots are shit. Full stop and no exceptions (except for transparent pots for some orchids. Its the roots, you know)

Terracotta is more expensive in the first instance, sure, but it is more environmentally friendly, more stable, less prone to problems of overwatering and looks better as well.
So there

<whispers>

I only use them for starting seeds in and they are all ones that something else was bought in.

Actually I have a lovely lot of terracotta ones that I literally inherited from mr m's uncle. And I have a lot of cacti and succulents growing in most of them

 

[toggle]

Right then. First fight time.


Plastic plant pots are shit. Full stop and no exceptions (except for transparent pots for some orchids. Its the roots, you know)

Terracotta is more expensive in the first instance, sure, but it is more environmentally friendly, more stable, less prone to problems of overwatering and looks better as well.
So there

so you're suggesting that a load of new terracotta pots are better for the environment than an existing collection of recycled plastic pots?

 

[longdog]

jack hargreaves - 'out of town'

Out Of Town rocked.

I think that's where I first fell in love with sight hounds

Jack Hargreaves RIP.

 

[bingiman]

looking forward to learning from others...great idea this forum

 

[fogbat]

Ahem:

Ahem AHEM:

Cake is a Made-Up drug. It's not made from plants. It's made from chemicals

 

[crustychick]

just noticed this forum - wicked

 

[northernhord]

Oooh cool!

Wait til the hoard gets here He'll be overjoyed

Its my forum, I are the Urban Gardener

 

[selamlar]

so you're suggesting that a load of new terracotta pots are better for the environment than an existing collection of recycled plastic pots?

Long term/life time vs production 'costs', yes.

By all means, recycle existing plastic pots. That is a different issue.

 

[Spark]

Old broken terracotta pots are also useful for using as drainage in other pots.

 

[toggle]

Old broken terracotta pots are also useful for using as drainage in other pots.

i've used old, broken plates for this as well