Empty toilet rolls can transform your garden with simple hacks for seedlings, composting, and weed control
Toilet paper rolls can be very useful in the garden(Image: Grace Cary via Getty Images)
Gardeners are being encouraged to utilise one everyday household item this spring. With the weather improving, many people are beginning to turn their attention to their gardens.
It’s the perfect opportunity to venture outdoors and spruce up outdoor spaces before the summer arrives. If you’re looking to enhance your own garden, you might want to reconsider binning one everyday item.
Gardening expert Ish, who posts advice and tips on TikTok, insists you should never discard cardboard toilet rolls as they serve a valuable purpose in gardens.
While it might appear to be an odd item for your outdoor area, it could prove highly beneficial. In a clip on his @gardening.with.ish account, Ish demonstrated three different ways to utilise the modest loo roll.
Firstly, he illustrated how they can serve as seedling pots. Because toilet rolls are constructed from thin cardboard, Ish described them as “fantastic” since they’ll decompose over the coming months.
The toilet rolls can be placed in a large pot or directly into the ground to protect seedlings, reports the Mirror.
They can be used throughout the garden(Image: t sableaux/Getty)
Ish added: “Now, if you’re trying to start to make your own compost, these work absolutely fantastic too. Simply just chuck the tubes in, and pile that down with layers of organic material.
“The worms absolutely love this stuff – it will break away and give you some pretty good compost.
“Cut up one of these tubes, and lay it flat on the ground, and all of a sudden you’ve got yourself a really good weed membrane and that, over the next few months, will slowly break down.
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“But, while it’s been doing that, it’s protecting your plants from any weeds growing up,” Ish said. “You can also plant this underneath your plant beds, and that will also protect anything from growing through.”
While sunnier weather lies ahead, there’s still a bit of a nip in the air. Toilet rolls can even serve as a thermal barrier to shield plants.
Don’t throw out your toilet rolls(Image: Kinga Krzeminska/Getty)
Ish said: “It seems there’s not really any end of possibilities when it comes to things like cardboard tubes, and I’m sure I’ve missed some.”
His clip has been inundated with responses from fellow gardeners who’ve contributed their own suggestions on utilising toilet rolls in the garden.
One said: “I fill them with kitchen waste (veg, fruit, paper, egg shells etc) then dig into the garden beds when full.”
Another added: “I grow sweet peas in them as they like as long root run, magic.” Someone else commented: “I sow runner beans and peas in them as they don’t like root when planting out.”
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