Here are five ways that can help us reuse our gardening tools.
Make a Plant Halo
Tomatoes are thirsty plants, but it’s easy to keep them hydrated with a homemade water reservoir. Just get an old plastic pot and cut the bottom of it so that there is space for at least two inches of soil in every direction before you push your tomatoes into their new home (you can use pots smaller than this if needed).
In order to maximize the growth potential of your plant, it’s important that you provide enough nutrients and water.
Adding more high quality potting compost will help roots grow from buried stem parts as well as providing additional nutrition for any other crops such as peppers.
You can reuse old plastic pots by filling them up at an appropriate level next time before planting your desired produce; when watering plants make sure not to leave the bottom half floating on top, since this may allow weeds into soil too easily which would prevent healthy new growth.
Use a Pot as a Planting Guide
Need to pot on a plant into a larger container? Just use an empty pot that will serve as your planting guide. Add in some good soil, then place it at the bottom of whatever size you need for yourself and continue filling from there!
Once finished with this step just make sure not go over-board by watering too much.
Build a Bug Hotel
Bugs that help us out in the garden are great! For instance, bees and lacewings pollinate our crops while also eating pesky insects. You can encourage them by making a home for beneficial bugs- like an old pot!
Stuff the pot with a selection of bamboo cane pieces, hollow stems or twigs and perch your hotel alongside. Attach one hook for hanging from branches!
Make a Twine Dispenser
Garden twine is always getting tangled up! Make your life easier with this ingenious idea. Pop a ball of it in the pot, feed one end through some drainage holes and cover with duct tape for security.
You have just created an easy-to-use dispenser that can be picked up from any side without having to unroll or untangle anything – simply pull what you need when its time.
Use a Pot as a Harvesting Trug
Large pots are great containers for harvesting vegetables. The holes in the bottom of these items allow a quick and easy cleaning process that will leave you with fresh produce ready to go into your kitchen!
Simply place the cleaned veggies inside, blast them out using an irrigation gun or sink sprayer (depending on how dirty they were), then rinse off all those pesky dirt clumps before placing back onto their respective shelves at home.