One of our wonderful customers has sent in photos of the tomato and mushroom punnets being used to root cuttings (mostly penstemon) before potting them on. The punnets are made out of recycled material, used for packing tomatoes or mushrooms, reused for rooting cuttings then composted - now that’s inspiring.
We’d love to hear other interesting reduce, reuse, recycle stories that are out there.
16 responses so far ↓
Peter // November 17, 2007 at 5:08 pm
We use ours for storing waste veg before the trip out to out compost bin. Rip them up to help balance the greens and browns in the bin. Seems to work anyway!
Tracey Pilling // March 1, 2008 at 5:16 pm
6 loo rolls fit snugly in the punnets to use as root trainers, great for parsnips before planting out. Also the clear plastic lids and bottoms you sometimes send the tomatoes in are good as covers to turn it into a propergator.
Maureen Nixon // March 14, 2008 at 7:33 pm
We use them as fuel in the bee smoker.
Pushkin Dennis // April 14, 2008 at 9:22 am
If you are planning to plant your seedlings outside once they are vigorous & have outgrown their punnets, you won’t even need to “re-pot” them; you can bury the entire container in the soil outside, because the moisture will soften the cardboard so that roots simply grow through it, and it will de-compose naturally!
Hayley Morgan-Jones // April 14, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Our gerbils love having the punnets to play with and then chew up. When their cage is cleaned out all their hard work is not wasted as it goes on the compost heap to balance out the greens.
Claire Borrowdale // April 15, 2008 at 8:22 am
If you cut the sealed end off the paper bags used to put the bananas etc in and fold them in half, they make the perfect ‘collar’ for a 61/2″-7″ cake tin, for cooking fruit cakes. No more struggling to tie string around!
Ann Merritt // April 15, 2008 at 10:11 am
The large plastic bags are the ideal size for germinating seeds in seed trays. You can put the whole tray in and it creates a warm, moist micro-climate.
Lesley King // April 15, 2008 at 11:09 am
The kids have endless uses for them. The list includes dolls’ houses, guitars, teddy beds….
trudi murray // April 15, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I use the brown paper bags for lining the kitchen compost bin. Then I tip the whole thing, bag and all into the composter in the garden - seems to work fine. I do the same for the food waste bin which the council collects every week. I gave a whole stack of the cardboard punnets and empty yoghurt pots to our infants school. They keep pencils in them!
alison glinn // April 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm
I have a green kitchen compost collector from lakeland and your punnets fit perfectly in the bottom. Like the previous contributor, i can then tip the whole lot in the compost, punnet and all, and it leaves the kitchen bin cleaner and drier as well as being good for the compost-hooray!
Simone Fougère // April 16, 2008 at 8:30 am
I usually send them back with my delivery guy Simon! Some great ideas here, think I’ll have to try some though. What happens when they go back to Riverford just out of interest?
Ann // April 16, 2008 at 10:31 am
I use them for seed planters or to dry out the squash seeds before planting them myself. As with you others great in the compost bin as well.
Anne-Maria // April 16, 2008 at 5:01 pm
We recycyed empty punnets as the feet for a model robot in the classroom at school !
Tricia // April 17, 2008 at 8:02 am
I put my veg peelings in both the brown bags and the punnets, depending on what’s around, and, like other customers comments, they go in the compost maker. I also find the brown bags a good size to put our waste cardboard packaging in which gets recycled by the local council
Lisa Gates // April 17, 2008 at 11:43 am
I also use the brown paper bags for putting in veg peelings and then put the whole thing in the compost. I also use the plastic bags for putting in used nappies. Saves buying nappy bags!
Sarah Ward // April 25, 2008 at 8:25 am
My 1 year old finds a fruit box great for storing his bricks in.
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