Mange Tout

[Kea]

Just checking to see if you can start mange tout off in toilet rolls like you can beans or would fibre pots be better. Assuming I can dig deep enough in my concrete soil to get the whole length of a toilet roll in.

[Kea]

[manicscousers]

just planted ours out, started in a length of guttering, like peas..never have that many toilet rolls  ;D

[saddad]

We start them in cells or 3" pots and plant as clumps of 5-10 along the wire..
;D

[Kea]

So using 3" fibre pots might be a better idea as i have some of these.
If you don't have enough toilet rolls i could send you my son for a couple of weeks!!!

[Paulines7]

I always start my mange tout and other peas off in toilet roll tubes.  I also use kitchen roll tubes cut in half.    I save the tubes all year round so I have plenty when the sowing time is here.

[Kea]

I keep having to retrieve my toilet rolls and kitchen towel rolls from the recycling because everytime my husband finds my collection thats where he puts it!

[petercostello1]

nothing really to do with the topic but you made me laugh.
once many years ago in sainsburys my mother shouted to me across the veg dept "hey peter do you want to get some of these mangy trout" to my shame i pretended i wasnt with her.
We can laugh about it now.