In this video we will be answering the question by a viewer ‘Can you grow vegetables in plastic drink bottles?’ For urban growers in particular, plastic cartons are a great choice to grow vegetables in small spaces for example herbs in an empty bottles to tomato plants in gallon water storage. There has been a lot of talk and similar questions if growing vegetables in plastic products such as yogurt pots and water bottles you buy from a shop is safe.
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http://www.livestrong.com/article/183959-which-plastics-are-safe-to-use-as-containers-to-grow-food/
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Fantastic video. I have been using plastic containers for years and always check the plastic content out first. Thank you Hew.
Excellent info, especially the numbers to avoid. Great job and thanks.
great information! thanks !
My concern is if it will hold hold up for a couple of years subject to the uv and infrared of the sun. If I were to pick it up and move it around will it flake apart or strip? I have a lot of 1 PETE water bottles and am considering using them.
i like how your first source is only explaining the types of plastic and that the other one says '' probably safe for your garden''
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can you make a video about planting from food scraps plz
That's what I'm doing to basil and chia lol.
Your tilte says"Can you grow vegetables in plastic drink bottles?"
I did not see any vegitable you show in a palsting drink bottle.
thats a great video
Awesome thanks for the heads up I was wondering what the food safe plastic code was
Very helpful! it's nice to find a video thats helpful and doesn't take ages to actually get to any useful information.
What makes you think plastic water bottles and plastic food containers are safe to eat and drink from? Just because the government says it's safe? I don't believe them. But yes, certain numbers are worse than others.
It's one thing to store food or water in the plastic and it's different when it comes to plastic containers being filled with dirt and plants which create biological reactions. Have you thought about that? Bet you didn't.
Also, do you know that plastic bottle with water placed in the sun slowly leaches chemicals into water? What about plastic in the ground surrounded by biological reactions and perhaps some of exposure to Sun as well? Does that ring any bells for you? Think!
Hey, want light soil? Just chop plastic into small pieces and mix with ground for your fruits and veggies in containers. Will be so good for you… Don't want? Now read paragraphs 1 and 2 again.
Hi, can mini mixed herbs or vegges grown as terrarium? I would like to keep it in my living room table. Please advice. Thanks
Nice Information…I was about to grow plants in some empty plastic bottles…Basically Bulbs and then transfer it to pots…But Now I will check which plastic bottle to use….Thanks a lot ….Happy Gardening…..
I tried growing a tomato plant in a 10 litre water container and it failed spectacularly. But maybe I was thinking it letting to much light into the roots and soil. Or maybe 10 litres of space is not enough for a roma tomato?/What if I would painted the outside black?? What if what what if, Anyway the horror of such a waste of three plants, I'm not going try and find out!!
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very useful and informative but please explain me upto which size of plants (in inches) can be grown in cococola bottles
How come some mushroom and tomatoes containers over here in Denmark are number 6 though? Does it vary from country to country?
Can i grow plants in glass soda bottles? Melt a few holes thru, fill them up with soil and plant the seed just below the cap level, would it work?
Oh for goodness sake! We are not all well off. Terra cotta/clay planters are flipping dear. Plastic drink bottles work jolly well! We have no herbicides, pesticides or fertilizers. We make our own grass/leaf organic compost.
Great video. Very informative. I din't know about the number on the recycling mark. In fact I had never noticed it before. I learn a lot from your videos. Thank you.
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Very useful information
Excellent informative video,and straight to the point. So good I've subscribed!
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A lot of people uses PVC and uPVC pipes for their hydroponic plants. Sure it is not safe?