Obvioulsy- I meant coffee FilTERS.......and just didn't check my spelling.

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Dora

I wouldn't think coffee filters would harm the plant. I always thought those nets that come with oranges and other products would make nice liners for pots with soil that seems to get out the bottom.

Nancy

Hi Dora
Absolutely use coffee filters! They work great - I use the kind that are round, flat, 3.5" discs with a little hole in the middle - the kind for the old fashioned "percolator" coffee pots. Remember them? The hole is great to stick the wick through. The brand is "Melitta" but some stores have their own store brands, and you can get a 100 count package for about $1.49

I'm out of netting and I have about 10 plants that need to go in 4 inch pots. I thought I might have my kids place the 4 in pot on the filter and trace it and then have them cut it out for me. I'd get 2 sheets from one filter (mind are the european filters)

If there's no danger in using the brown ones that aren't bleached, then that's what I'm going to do. Previously, I had taken an old body scrunchie/sponge and cut apart the netting but I just got a new one and that's out and I'm out of my orange and potatoe netting.

thanks.

BTW - Nancy, our treasurer mailed you a check a week or so ago for your books. Be on the lookout :)

I cut up paper towels for the bottom of my pots. At a recent meeting, others were saying they use the dryer sheets after they have been used in the dryer but I thought there would be too much residue from the softener, but the person said she had been doing it for years with no ill results. tish

dora, i have used coffee filters for many years with no ill effects.if your pot is big the filter will lay open or if pot is smaller, it does;nt hurt to have it with the side standing up. hope all is well with you and yours. molly