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title: "eco friendly reminder to not throw away your nursery pots! can always…"
description: "eco friendly reminder to not throw away your nursery pots! can always come in handy or reuse for other plants 🪴🌎💚"
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author: "Nancy ♡"
published: "2023-08-31T01:24:04.406Z"
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# eco friendly reminder to not throw away your nursery pots! can always…

_Posted by Nancy ♡ on 2023-08-31_

eco friendly reminder to not throw away your nursery pots! can always come in handy or reuse for other plants 🪴🌎💚

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## 11 comments

### Mullein commented on 2023-08-31

Totally! I recently sorted out ~30 plants from my collection that I’m ready to sell or give away. I didn’t want to let go of terra cotta pots and especially not any of my few glazed pots. Luckily I save too many things and I had plenty of nursery pots to transfer to. I was able to reuse some plastic and save myself some coin 👍

#### Nancy ♡ replied on 2023-08-31

it’s the way to go! can never have too many pots !🙌🏼

### Anya commented on 2023-08-31

I use take out containers (often clear!) and yogurt tubs! With a saudering iron (in a ventilated space with a mask) I burn drainage holes in them.

#### Anya replied on 2023-08-31

Right?? And it reassures me when it comes to watering. Then I can see moisture and make sure soil isn’t hydrophobic

#### Nancy ♡ replied on 2023-08-31

i do the same with the take out containers ! when i’m at restaurants i pick up a few of the small black condiment cups to take home and poke holes for small props😂

#### Nancy ♡ replied on 2023-08-31

wait does the clear not cause algae? i tried it once with a bulb lily and the entire thing rotted and grew algae ☹️

#### Anya replied on 2023-08-31

I put them inside decorative pots :)

#### Mullein replied on 2023-08-31

I think it depends on the plant. Currently my plants in clear pots are succulents, so they don’t stay wet enough for algae

### Liv commented on 2023-08-31

My grandmother was a ~reasonable~ kind of hoarder and kept every glass container she ever got, old sauce bottles (soy sauce), old peanut butter jars (SO OLD clearly) and recently staying at her apt to work on the estate, and it has been such a touching experience to repurpose the jars to bring more life into the world🫶🏻 I know she’d be happy I’m using them for something :’)

#### Nancy ♡ replied on 2023-08-31

i love this!! it’s always a great feeling to upcycle things and be creative with it!

### Ida commented on 2023-09-05

I totally agree! But just realized I need to stop saving e.v.e.r.y “OHHH THIS COLD BE A POT”-container. They’re taking over my storage 😅

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