Willow Plant Pots

Rather than planting some of the willow straight outside in March we have 50 cuttings in water that are rooting nicely. They are inside so need to go into soil soon as the roots are getting long. It's too cold outside so we are making plant pots from newspaper to sit them on the window sills until April or May.

For instructions on how to make plant pots look here (youtube video). Ann is making small ones and bigger ones to sit the smaller inside the bigger one. This will make it stronger as willows like a lot of water.

The pots are placed into one of the recycled cardboard boxes that we pick up when we go shopping, instead of plastic carrier bags. An old fed bag, compost bag or bin bag goes into the box to form a waterproof tray.

The pots are lined up and individually filled with compost to get the willows off to a good start before they are planted out.

The trays can now sit on the window sill in a cool room until April and then go outside until they are planted at the end of April or in May, depending on the weather.