![]() Write what you are planting on the dry toilet paper rolls, and place them in the container, allowing slight gaps between tubes to permit air circulation. To stage your first loo roll adventure, find a small square or rectangular container with good visibility, such as a clear plastic salad box. Free seed starting pots - just raid your recycling pile! Setting Up For Seeding More recently, some American gardeners found that the tubes protected transplanted carrots from cutworms, which sever plants at the soil line at night. The tubes protected the taproot from disturbance when the seedlings were set out, a critical detail because injury to the taproot can lead to forked, misshapen roots. Many years ago, English gardeners growing parsnips for competition discovered they could get an early start on the season with plants grown in paper tubes. ![]() Should I get a poor stand from direct sowing, I will have tube-grown plants to fill the gaps. ![]() My maiden voyage with carrots was so successful that this year I’m starting some of my parsnips in toilet paper rolls, with a few refinements. ![]() After reading about using toilet paper rolls to grow carrots, parsnips, and other vegetables, last year I tried it for myself. Whether you call them toilet paper rolls or loo rolls, in most households these small cardboard tubes multiply like rabbits.
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