Useful Container?

AlittleSalt · May 20, 2016

My doctor has been on me about eating breakfast. So I finally found something that I like - yogurt. I had been buying the little cups and noticed they sell yogurt in 32 oz. (2 lb.) containers. It's way cheaper that way.

The container is pretty thick and looks like it could be used for gardening. Here is a picture of it compared to the 16 oz. cups I use to pot up with. I am thinking they may be about the right size for herbs. What else could I use them for?

I grow everything in-ground, so I am a container growing newbie.

May 20, 2016

I cut my yogurt containers up and use them for labels. I write on them with a china marking pencil (the kind that has a paper strip coiled around). They are waterproof and don't fade in sunlight. The labels last several years before becoming brittle.

taboule · May 20, 2016

I use them to pot up some plants (from seedlings) that 1) I know will get very large and/or 2) that i don't want to pot up again before putting in the ground. Cukes and zukes typically (so i dont disturb their roots). You also can grow a nice sized pepper (small hot variety) in one of them.

Cole_Robbie · May 20, 2016

You can get a summer out of one of those containers, but after that, the sun will make the plastic fall apart.

AlittleSalt · May 20, 2016

I thought about using them to hold nails and screws too.

fonseca · May 20, 2016

I overwintered half a dozen pepper plants in 32oz yogurt containers this year. Cut the rootball to size and hacked the plants to leafless stumps. They rebounded quickly, and most have small peppers now (potted up to 1 gallon and then 10 gallon), whereas the plants I started Feb 1st aren't even flowering (for the most part) yet.

Edit: If you have slug problems, quart containers make the best beer slug traps. I also make earwig traps with tuna oil, although I seem to catch more in smaller containers.

Ed of Somis · May 21, 2016

You guys are really driving me nuts! Here we go with more ideas to make me work harder and try new growing techniques! haha

It just so happens...I have a few small peppers hanging on that I have not planted...hmmm.

greenthumbomaha · May 21, 2016

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Originally Posted by Ed of Somis

You guys are really driving me nuts! Here we go with more ideas to make me work harder and try new growing techniques! haha

It just so happens...I have a few small peppers hanging on that I have not planted...hmmm.

So do I, Ed. I just noticed that last night one one of the 4 inch pots. Yep, one more project. This one has no label though , a mystery.

That china marking pencil sounds interesting. They are two for $4 on Amazon. Has anyone sited this cheaper at Wal Mart?

- Lisa

imp · May 21, 2016

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Originally Posted by greenthumbomaha

So do I, Ed. I just noticed that last night one one of the 4 inch pots. Yep, one more project. This one has no label though , a mystery.

That china marking pencil sounds interesting. They are two for $4 on Amazon. Has anyone sited this cheaper at Wal Mart?

- Lisa

Also try the name "grease pencil" for the china markers, they used to be called that as well.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/China-Mark...White/32858667

Worth1 · May 21, 2016

Some of those containers will last a coons age and I mean years.
It depends on what they were made out of.
Some will get brittle in no time.
I have also looked on line and found the places that supply them to companies that sell stuff in them like liver and so on.

Through this research I have found it I think to not be economical to buy but to save from products you buy.
The sad truth is the cost of packaged food is sometimes more for packaging shipping by truck and labeling than it is the product itself.
Do any of you older folks remember how thick the old one gallon milk jugs used to be in the 70's?

When I was 18 in high school in Oklahoma I could go into a bar and buy beer on tap in a gallon milk jug and walk out with it.
I was not allowed to sit in the bar and drink beer along with the rest of the folks.
This was so stupid.

So what did we do, me and two girl friends would drive around passing the gallon of beer to each other.
While driving which was legal.
Well any who, we saved those milk jugs.
I think a gallon of beer on tap was $1.50 and gas was 25 to 30 cents a gallon.
Worth

May 20, 2016	#2
LDiane Guest Posts: n/a	I cut my yogurt containers up and use them for labels. I write on them with a china marking pencil (the kind that has a paper strip coiled around). They are waterproof and don't fade in sunlight. The labels last several years before becoming brittle.

May 20, 2016	#3
taboule Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: MA Posts: 903	I use them to pot up some plants (from seedlings) that 1) I know will get very large and/or 2) that i don't want to pot up again before putting in the ground. Cukes and zukes typically (so i dont disturb their roots). You also can grow a nice sized pepper (small hot variety) in one of them.

May 20, 2016	#4
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	You can get a summer out of one of those containers, but after that, the sun will make the plastic fall apart.

May 20, 2016	#5
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I thought about using them to hold nails and screws too.

May 21, 2016	#7
Ed of Somis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somis, Ca Posts: 649	You guys are really driving me nuts! Here we go with more ideas to make me work harder and try new growing techniques! haha It just so happens...I have a few small peppers hanging on that I have not planted...hmmm.

May 21, 2016	#10
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Some of those containers will last a coons age and I mean years. It depends on what they were made out of. Some will get brittle in no time. I have also looked on line and found the places that supply them to companies that sell stuff in them like liver and so on. Through this research I have found it I think to not be economical to buy but to save from products you buy. The sad truth is the cost of packaged food is sometimes more for packaging shipping by truck and labeling than it is the product itself. Do any of you older folks remember how thick the old one gallon milk jugs used to be in the 70's? When I was 18 in high school in Oklahoma I could go into a bar and buy beer on tap in a gallon milk jug and walk out with it. I was not allowed to sit in the bar and drink beer along with the rest of the folks. This was so stupid. So what did we do, me and two girl friends would drive around passing the gallon of beer to each other. While driving which was legal. Well any who, we saved those milk jugs. I think a gallon of beer on tap was $1.50 and gas was 25 to 30 cents a gallon. Worth