How do you plant herbs in tin cans?
Potting the herbs Put a layer of small rocks at the bottom of each tea tin. Add a small amount of potting soil–not too much, since you still have to fit in the actual plant. Take the herbs out of their little plastic pots, and shake some of the excess dirt off of the roots. Regardless of material, any container used for planting needs adequate drainage. Poor drainage traps water around a plant’s roots, leading to oxygen deprivation, root rot, and other issues that can compromise plant vitality.Herbs require excellent drainage and moist (but not wet) soil. If your soils are heavy, it’s better to plant your herbs in containers so you can have a lighter soil mix. If you have a very wet climate, there’s no way to ease drainage in the ground.
Why don’t we use tin cans anymore?
It’s a better material. Steel is cheaper by the pound, but aluminum can be used in much thinner section, so it works out cheaper. Steel cans had to be coated to prevent rust. Aluminum can be used the way it comes. Tin is heavier than aluminum – making it more difficult and expensive to store and transport. The heavy weight furthermore makes tin cans less sustainable as more CO2 is produced during transportation. Aluminum is more durable and stronger than tin.Not only are metal tins an exhaustible resource, but many tin containers also end up being discarded instead of recycled and reused. In addition, the advanced manufacturing needed for metal tin containers is not eco-friendly. The requirement to mine the ore and smelt the metal causes significant pollution.Tin has many applications For example, the metal is malleable, ductile and not easily oxidized in air; it’s also lightweight, durable and fairly resistant to corrosion. Those qualities make tin a good candidate for use in solder, as well as tinplate, chemicals, brass and bronze and other niche areas.Tin can’s, and other metals will rust naturally when exposed to moisture and oxygen. However, the process isn’t fast, but you can quickly turn a new metal piece into a vintage-inspired treasure with this technique.Tin easily forms hard, brittle intermetallic phases that are typically undesirable. It does not mix into a solution with most metals and elements so tin does not have much solid solubility.