7 Gardening Hacks with Plastic Bottles - Simple, Free and Extremely Effective!

Plastic bottles and soda bottles accumulate quickly in many homes however they are an excellent resource for growing vegetables and in particular small-space gardens. And no these aren't simply 7 different shaped pots, these 7 hacks range from seedling guards to slug traps and seed storage to water reservoirs. Use these hacks to make your gardening more successful and fun and each take you less than a minute to make. I hope you enjoy this video and please share it to anyone you might know who'll find it useful :)
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[@AT-nd5ii]

Watching in 2020, it is still useful. Thank you.

[@TheAbledGardener]

Great uses for plastic bottles in the garden, I use some myself as watering devices. I love the last one using it for a planter, the kids at my daughters preschool will be doing this one. Thanks Huw.

[@annettepenny2619]

"Don't panic and grow organic" Love it! Great unique ideas for the bottles, thanks!

[@jmsr8640]

Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else trying to find out diy greenhouse plans try Lomonting Easy Greenhouse Mentor (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my work buddy got excellent results with it.

[@Neyobe]

Sameee

[@joannegopaul3774]

Thank you, great ideas to use plastic bottles, I love your ideas, I'm going to use them👍 God bless you 🙏. Stay safe 🙏

[@plug1461]

I also use mine for growing seedlings, with the bottom half of the bottle they work great I've had the same ones for years. Thank you so much for your video, you have given some great tips I will definitely be trying

[@angelafrontin7687]

Just found this video and what an amazing idea! I’m moving to a garden property in the new year but it has a lot of concrete so these bottles will definitely come in handy as making mini greenhouses for when I start planting in the spring 👍🏾🇬🇧🙏🏽

[@usharajagopalan351]

Awesome ideas and well explained with no disturbabce from loud background music. Looking forward to more ideas! All the best

[@DanielOlivierArgyle]

I found it quite amusing that the plastic rings are expected to deter slugs (they don't at all in my experience), but then later in the video the slug trap relies on slugs crawing over the plastic. I make these traps and they're great. I just cut holes in the side of a complete bottle though and use the lid to pour bait through, then reseal.

[@TheSamilyn]

We accumulated a large amount of 2 liter soda bottles in our household, and I found that they are amazing grow containers. Thank you for sharing these hacks, I'll be using them in my garden this year for certain. :D

[@pershop4950]

Good idea on the seedling protectors from slugs. However, I think I'll keep it on in a more permanent status because sometimes my family members don't know which plants are important, and they start pulling up many of them. But using this, if they see a protecting ring around the plant, they will know it should not be pulled up. Thanks!

[@simonesmit6708]

Excellent idea. I've lost many a plant to 'helpers' as well.

[@andydawson2070]

Thanks for your video, I like the lats tip of the planter. Perfect for a windowsill.

[@teriruiz8292]

Very nice, and very informative! With all the wasted plastic water bottles on this earth we are all wondering how to use them. This gives us great ideas!

[@HuwRichards]

Teri Ruiz Thank you very much and good luck!

[@gilmourishgilmourish6205]

I am already using a lot of these ideas yet learning a bit more !! Thank you !!

[@geoffas]

I'm a beginner gardener and I have found all of your videos to be informative. Thank you for sharing.

[@rubymunday3557]

you can also make a fruit picker from half a bottle with a pole through the hole . particularly good for figs and high up apples you must make slits in the side for stems i havent seen this anywhere on you tube.

[@squange20]

Very good ideas, especially the bottle rings for the slugs.

[@threedogwrite]

Clever young man! By combining the design of the slug trap and the planter shown at the end, I can make a long narrow bottle planter with identical ends. And I score two funnels from the leftovers. Thanks.

[@HuwRichards]

threedogwrite Thank you very much! That sounds fantastic and best of luck with it :)

[@DrSoapp]

That seed guard is a lifesaver! Thanks!

[@sweet_sanndy6037]

Great video!! Definitely going to use all these tips!! Our family sometimes uses a lot of water bottles and I recycle all, but turning it into a mini greenhouse is genious!! 😃

[@TheresiaMariaWeber-ig8rq]

Mini green houses with bottles! THANK YOU! Interesting! 🌿🫐.

[@ClimberSeeker]

This is a brilliant and inexpensive way to do planters and a watering source.

[@nemesio888]

I loved the mini greenhouse plastic bottle. This is a great solution for those pesky birds who munch on young sprouting leaves

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

Nice hacks. Here's two more: I put two bottoms together to make a high humidity pot for propagating cuttings. Also I cut the top off part off, reverse it and stick it in the bottom half to create a funnel trap. Baited with banana it works great for fruit flies.

[@pershop4950]

Just like the fly traps that get tons of flies, I have always wondered if the flies would be visiting (that much) in the first place if there wasn't that trap there to attract them! :-)

[@melinda3196]

Oh wow..I love this vintage video!

[@junesmall6071]

I like this channel..you make it so easy to follow what you say and do.. thanks..

[@elainematthews7870]

I love using plastic bottles for gardening, and plan to build a wall garden with them this year! Salad bar on a wall!!!

[@sandijammes7761]

THANK YOU for this video!! I have an ongoing struggle with my other half, as to why I save ALL the plastic bottles I can get my hands on!! I forwarded it to him with triumphant I TOLD YOU SO! Great ideas beyond my own, so thank you... for all the RIGHT reasons! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😎

[@JuicingGardener]

I LOVED this video, Huw. I do Winter Sowing and grow all my seedlings in milk jugs and water bottles and use several of the methods you described but I learned some new ones too. Love re-purposing as much as I can. I shared it with my Veggie Winter Sowing group today. Hope your growing season is your best ever! Take care Sheryl :)

[@HuwRichards]

Hey thank you so much for your awesome comment Sheryl, thank you very much for sharing and I'm glad you've found it useful :) I hope you have the best season ever too, kind regards, Huw

[@JuicingGardener]

My pleasure :)HuwsNursery - Grow Organic Produce Inexpensively

[@murwynhancock3950]

you are a great teacher for cool ideas

[@Catesgarden]

These were great! We've been cutting down on plastic in my household and recycling what we do use (or reusing without throwing away).

[@Gingejones]

loving the slug trap going to be giving that ago tomorrow.

[@o0Avalon0o]

I especially like the watering ideas, thanks!

[@pashamorgan5959]

My first time doing gardening, these tips are really helpful. Ty

[@angelahuddleston]

Very good tutorial with the plastic bottles!!! Thanks for the great ideas

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you very much for watching Angela! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@jilldench1404]

Love the plastic rings around plants. Great idea. Thank you.

[@CaliKim29]

I love the seedling protector idea, my seedlings are always getting chowed down. I also just started using toilet paper rolls to protect my seedlings, but a water bottle would last longer. Thanks, Hugh!

[@plantsandluckycharmschannel]

its great now my seedlings is safe.

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you very much for watching Kim! I hope it helps solve your problem:)

[@christyhomesingingcover8707]

My watermelon seeds didn't not pop up

[@swilliams0416]

Great ideas! I use bottles to transplant my seedlings into if they get big before they can go outside. I mainly use it with tomatoes.

[@HuwRichards]

swilliams0416 Thank you! That is a great idea. Have a great day :)

[@poopsiekins2732]

nice! cutting rings to protect seedlings, great idea.

[@OnCall24Seven]

Very impressive video! This is the first of OH SO MANY "plastic bottle hacks" videos that I have watched that was actually very informative and made so much sense! Kudos to you young man!!! Thank you!!!

[@julieeerenstein7599]

absolutely great tips. I always about the slugs in my lettuce. now I use your great tips

[@HuwRichards]

Good luck Julie!

[@traceyclark178]

realy helpfull thank you, i am a new raised bed veg gardener , this sight has a lot of helpful videos

[@michellelockett6518]

Really liked the slug rings to protect seedlings

[@melinda3196]

I will definitely be using these tips.

[@SuperDianne123]

You can also put them in your planter boxes to keep hydrated longer and easier to water. You keep the top on the bottle and cut two or three holes in the side, depending on how big the bottle is. Fill your planter one third full of compost, add the cut bottle and then, insert a tube into one of the holes for easy installation of water. Then, fill with more compost, the plants, and finally mulch. Now insert water into the bottle through the tube and let it overflow a little to get the soil moist. This will keep the plants hydrated longer in the planter through a drought or when you go away.

[@shipzmagar]

I had been wandering wht to do with the plastic bottles for long ......... now i finally can use for planting and various other hacks ........ thanks for uploading this amazing innovative hack ideas !!!

[@shipzmagar]

Yeah definitely :) tnx again wud love to watch more of ur vids

[@Jeevantarus]

Gr8 Hacks for plantation.,...saving the land fill from plastics..

[@KatherineIN]

So much great info! Thank much! Will add your channel to my garden list! Very inspiring someone so young enjoys gardening!

[@HuwRichards]

Awesome thank you so much!

[@darlatidwell6255]

Love the slow release waterer bottle hack since I have some large bottles I can use in ny 20 gal. grow bags in the summer on my watermelons and pumpkins as they'll need lots of water. TY Huw. 👍

[@thezone9gardener314]

Good tips! Gave me a lot of ideas. I already use the water reservoir hack throughout my garden. Helps to deep water the plant roots.

[@HuwRichards]

+theZone9 Gardener Awesome! Best of luck and thank you for watching :)

[@rura4539]

Wow! Thank you for brilliant ideas!

[@kittensugars]

Yes! thanks a lot for all the ideas. I already made a seedling watering bottle by poking holes in the cap, anything to save money!

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you very much for watching! That's fantastic bottles are so useful, have a great day :)

[@MarinaWilson1958]

Wonderful ideas for the simple bottle! That's sorted out jobs to do on a cold winters night!👍🏿

[@ingridsaab5413]

Thanks for the wise tutorial. I have a question about the slow release water bottle you made that can be used while on vacation. I'm afraid about this method because here in S. California we have a mosquito problem. Is there something that it's safe for the plant and can be added to the water to repel mosquitoes from forming larvae while ?

[@dave101t]

thanks for showing me how to put seeds in a bottle, that one is a keeper!

[@llunaticraven]

These are brilliant!! Luckily where I live now I don't need to deal the slugs, but Wa state they were a constant bother, I had used the bottle/beer for them, slugs do love the suds, the watering bottle, I never cut it, I would put holes in the cap and bury them in the dirt, it watered a bit slower but worked very well. Can't wait to check out some more of your vids, thnx.

[@HuwRichards]

llunaticraven Thank you very much! I see that working well as a method. Great I hope you enjoy them and feel free to ask any questions!

[@llunaticraven]

When I was in Wa, there was another trick I was taught for slug control, copper tape. At first I tried pennies, but seems those aren't full copper anymore, but they did look decorativly interesting glued to my pots around the top, then I found tape at a stained glass supply store. Now many garden supply stores carry it, it's much wider, 2" or so. There is something that repells slugs, they won't cross over it. It worked great for my container stuff, which was the only way I could grow some veggies, since I lived in an apartment, and I containered everything!

[@HuwRichards]

llunaticraven Yeah copper tape is an excellent resource against slugs! Great for containers as you mentioned. Well done :)

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Great tips! Just about to throw a load of bottles into the recycling but will save them now and use them!

[@HuwRichards]

Awesome!

[@Pigearvet]

Great information I plant on using to improve our lot. Many thanks Rob and Nat

[@tarjei99]

If you don't cut the bortle itself, but only the cork, then the water will release more slowly. Remember that the main ingredient in slug poison also kills moss and is fertiliser. It can also be used to weather wood. However, if you make slug poison at home it can be both cheap and more effective than the commercial ones.

[@victoriagreenroyd3120]

Thanks, enjoyed these hacks. Here in my state we now pay 10 cents deposit for all plastic bottles. Just increased from 5 cents as of April 1, 2017. Naturally we get that back when we return them to recycling center but still these hacks are great ideas and I'm not such a pauper I can't afford to "waste" some of them on the garden. 😉

[@DipeshKharade]

great tips. especially mini green house.👌

[@tonycritcher3419]

My slugs don't 'intervene', they totally demolish! We share the odd beer though, only they drink in the garden and I drink indoors.

[@thoughtsfromathenasreality]

Thank you! Great ideas I will use!

[@nikia737]

couple extra ways for my note pad lol...cheers,happy growing all...:)

[@sureshvellat2941]

Quite an imaginative approach.

[@prototypeup8838]

I love your ideas! Thank you for this video. I'm going to make some planters for my herbs. :D

[@mariar.vargas4459]

Very useful and practical tips and on top cheap ! Thanks a lot !

[@kamranrind450]

i am also agree with you im graguate agriculter university tandojam from pakistan

[@magdapracsiu3096]

Wouldn't the plastic heat up too much under the sun and stifle the plants? Also, wouldn't the slugs still crawl over the plastic ring? I would love to try these, but am a bit reluctant.

[@kieraolisia]

Hello I'm Kiera, I'm nearly 11 and starting to learn how to look after some mini house rose bushes but I always get confused on what I should be cutting off. When I buy them from the shop there are a lot of brown yellow leaves and I cut them off. I'm not sure if I were suppose too but I'm looking for simple videos to learn from 😃 I love your videos too 👍🌹🌺💐

[@HuwRichards]

xXleafygarlicroseXx Thank you very much Kiera, that is awesome! Yeah that is fine cutting the brown and yellow leaves off. Have a great day and thanks for your kind words. Best of luck with your mini rose bushes :)

[@julietapetonio1179]

Really informative and entertaining as well. Economical tips are easy to follow

[@southsidecarly7427]

Love these tips! Thanks for sharing the video

[@iampeople.1709]

Nice. Thanks. 🤩👍 Thailand.

[@Dabigez829]

I will be doing some of the tricks for the garden. Thanks

[@semaJ455]

Thank you once again. I've learnt some innovative hacks from you.

[@balachandranpalaniappan7471]

tq for sharing your ideas on how to reuse plastic bottles. After watching your video., I am sure not going to throw my plastic bottles into the garbage bin! like i use too. Thanks to you.

[@prudencezappa8598]

Baby face Huwwie... love your channel good work for staying in the game. I have learned alot from you...

[@margaretmax-community]

First time I've seen your work and it was so helpful. I'm just starting my vegetable patch and I'm going to try lots of things you said. Thank you. 😃

[@HuwRichards]

+Margaret Maxwell Awh thank you so much! And the best of luck😊

[@vijayalakshmisrinivasan4543]

I liked all the ideas. Thanks.

[@trevorhines4888]

Some great tips. Thank you!

[@manymoonstraveled]

Young man that's brilliant your ideas

[@bishankagrawal2948]

mother earth will bless you

[@stevenvivianjames1731]

Thank you great ideas which will help me!

[@Dr.Acetaminophen1921]

Thanks! Very useful hacks! I liked the mini green house Idea!

[@sandyfo6039]

I have been trying the bottle gardens for some time. My plants start off ok but then dont do much. Can you please do a basic video on how to garden in bottles, start to finish with details of how often to fertilize etc. Thanks

[@puneetjaitley20]

awsome video I like the slug trap

[@10yearvet]

Nice tips! I've used bottles for some of the same purposes but in different configurations. Like yours better, though. I hadn't thought of making rings for slug deterrence. I MUST try that this year. Don't know what yours are like but I get invaded horribly each year. The damn things grow to 6 inches, average 2 to 3, and in 1 square meter it is often possible to pick up 150 or more of them at one time. My record was 243 two years ago.

[@HuwRichards]

***** Thank you very much, Jay. Good luck with your defence barriers my friend! No we don't have too much of a problem as we let our ducks in every couple of times a week to go on a slug patrol and always set up beer traps so touch wood we don't have many problems with slugs anymore. That is a huge amount! If you don't have any ducks I'm sure a neighbor would gladly donate theirs for a few days to help clear up your problem. All the best

[@rohinigilada]

thanks for sharing this information

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you for watching :)

[@bettyhall9777]

thanks for sharing , learned some things , thank you

[@evon1987]

I did something with a water bottle just today for some onions in my window for a fun little experiment half I cut off and put soil in and water holes in the lid and the bottom to collect eater from when I water the onions.

[@Twinbranchesgardening]

Love these hacks.. thanks for the ideas I always have bottles around

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you very much for watching I'm glad they're useful:)

[@subashsheeba213]

I love it very nice

[@OneYardRevolution]

Excellent gardening hacks for plastic bottles, Huw! I really like the slug trap!

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you very much Patrick,I also like the slug trap you made

[@RebelMafia2.0]

HuwsNursery - Grow Organic Produce Inexpensively The mighty SLUG! Love getting these slimy night pests I get way to much happiness!

[@HuwRichards]

Cindy Lou I know what you mean!

[@RebelMafia2.0]

HuwsNursery - Grow Organic Produce Inexpensively So slow but deadly Huw? I have depleted soil but I don't want to waste it? I have piled it... I have heard to mix it with sand and compost .... What ratios? Ok lost :/

[@TheOmuur]

OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening I do not like this hack, because anything plastic leeches small particles when exposed to heat and sunlight.

[@pn2763]

What a great idea! I love each and everyone of them thank u s ir! Very useful!

[@alisamercer8967]

wow...thanks so much...will try these....keep those videos coming....

[@meehan302]

Fantastic Huw- Simple but effective.

[@HuwRichards]

Patrick Meehan Thank you very much!

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Ingenious. Cambridge Nobel laureate Ernest Rutherford conducted his experiments with materials from the post office.

[@bengraves9416]

Very clever! I enjoyed your video a lot! Thank you for sharing. :)

[@charitygadian5123]

thank you for sharing.its very informative, and interesting..hve lots to do then with my plastic bottles

[@HuwRichards]

You sure do! Thank you for watching!

[@Pink-Gin]

Great! Thank you. I'm going to use all your ideas.

[@theuglykwan]

How does the plastic circles protect against slugs? They scale my wheelie bin to get inside, so how does the small circle stop them?

[@mnrkbudz9521]

We have alot of plastic bottles that always go in the recycling bin after watching this video the bin will be empty from now on, thank you