As you know my tomato plants had gotten way too tall so I went looking for some tall pots to transplant them into. Well, there wasn't any. So I thought, maybe I can make some tall newspaper pots but I just don't have any newspaper and didn't think tall ones would stay together as well. But as you walk out of the garden center at Wal-mart, you come past the kitchen center and there they were...
Nice, tall ,plastic, cheap (4 for a dollar) "pots". ...AND there was a bonus!
This won't mean anything to you who are outside the US but it means something to me. It means I was supporting someones job in the USA! It should mean something to everyone here these days.
So I poked holes in the bottoms of them, put in the plant and added more soil all the way up the stems.
Kind of a droopy picture but they are perking up nicely.
I know exactly what you mean. I always look for the 'Australian Made' logo. But they are tricky...we have a range of labeling from 'Product of Australia',
ReplyDelete"Australian Owned', 'Made from Australian ingredients', 'Assembled in Australia', 'Assembled in China (or somewhere else) for ABC Co. Australia'. There are little booklets available from some of the environmental groups with lists of products made in Australia, by Australians, using Australian components/produce, by Australian owned companies. It is a minefield!
I agree! We always look for MADE IN THE USA on items we buy. Good idea.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid growing up "Made in China" was on everything and we never thought anything about it. We are thinking about it now aren't we and believe it or not a lot of wal-marts stuff is Made in the USA. I hear a lot of crap about wal-mart but it is possible those people should do more research on the amount of jobs wal-mart really helps make in the US.
ReplyDeleteHazel, yes Procter & Gamble here is really good about putting on theirs Distributed in the US but, that, of course, means it was manufactured somwhere else because if it wasn't they would just have the Made in the USA label on them.
I am so jealous that you even have tomato plants at this point, leggy or not. I can't even think about starting mine for a few more weeks. sigh.... I'll get my fix vicariously through your garden for a bit longer.
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Clever thinking on the "pots"!
ReplyDeleteYay! for the Made in USA! If only the politicians cared half as much...
Holly cow, I never would have guess a cheap plastic cup was from the US. I am glad to see Wal-Mart has something make in the USA.
ReplyDeleteActually I got to looking around and found several things like the Equate medicines.
ReplyDeleteThose tall plastic cups look ideal for the job. Now the tomatoes should put out a load of roots from the stems that are now below ground-level.
ReplyDeleteAnother good source of small plant-pots is the plastic and/or paper cups made for coffee-vending machines like those used in offices. You could even re-use the Used ones I suppose...
Hey that is a good idea too Mark. We get coffee in those cup all the time and just throw them away. I'll have to remember that next time I need some.
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for this idea. I just picked up some of these containers from Walmart. Good thing is they are cheap and can probably last many years. Great for potting up some deep rooted tomatoes!
ReplyDeleteThey really worked well for me Matt.
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