{"id":535,"date":"2017-07-16T11:21:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T15:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/?p=535"},"modified":"2018-04-09T18:35:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T22:35:19","slug":"tp-planters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/gardening\/tp-planters\/","title":{"rendered":"Planters made from TP Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I use toilet paper rolls for plant pots and they work well. I used to fold one end in so that it contains the soil better but found that to be a waste of time. I think the end being open is also less restrictive for the roots.<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-798\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"798\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/2017-03-31-14-05-50\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?fit=1280%2C721\" data-orig-size=\"1280,721\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2017-03-31 14.05.50\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?fit=300%2C169\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?fit=800%2C451\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-798\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?resize=768%2C433 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?resize=1024%2C577 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?resize=533%2C300 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video shows me filling them with soil and, in the last clip, planting peas. Unfortunately the pea plants didn&#8217;t get transplanted soon enough so I can&#8217;t say how they did. My bad. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>I also have some with sunflowers in them that will be planted very soon and I will be starting fall peas (in the same &#8220;pots&#8221; the failed ones were in) when the time is right. I&#8217;ll have to figure out when that is. Hope you enjoyed this post and the video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i_9g5RX_qZ4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy Gardening!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I use toilet paper rolls for plant pots and they work well. I used to fold one end in so<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening","tag-ig2017"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017-03-31-14.05.50-e1500241478401.jpg?fit=1280%2C721","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9LDI2-8D","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":800,"url":"http:\/\/www.darkskywv.net\/waynes_impossible\/gardening\/after-a-late-start-july-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":535,"position":0},"title":"After a late start &#8211; July Update","author":"Wayne","date":"July 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Things are growing! 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