DIY: Newspaper Pots for Seed Starting/Cuttings
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Spring is right around the corner and I need to get seeds started. I don't have any small plastic pots so I'm using these newspaper pots. The best part, they're FREE!! They should hold together long enough for the last frost to come around and then I'll plant the seedling or cutting with pot and all in the ground. For the time being I planted up some rooted rosemary cuttings I took a few weeks ago in them. I made these using a half sheet of newsprint approx 11"x22" and it yielded a pot 2.75" square by 3" tall. Perfect side for getting good sized starts! I also made some using phone book paper and they measured 2" square by 2" tall. These are made the same but end up with a smaller lip around the top and were only single thick on two of the sides. Probably wouldn't hold up to being moist for 2 months but it's an alternative. Original instructions are here: http://en.origami-club.com/newspaper/garbagebin/garbagebin/index.html
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you can make cylindrical one by rolling paper around a cylindrical jar or glass. Fold the bottom after rolling or put a one inch long scotch tape on bottom.
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Good one. You should get a patent on it.
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This is so cool! Thank you very much!
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Works with other formats, too. Tried the figure in A4 and all that's really different is the size.
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Much easier to use toilet rolls, I put a rubber band around them and they hold well until planting
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58g self-raising flour
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You can use the same method in greaseproof paper for making one person Victoria sponge cake 58g sugger 58g butter self-raising flour 1 egg gas mark 4 ontil cooked you can add chocolate to this recipe or if you don't like chocolate you can have blueberries or even try lemon to make lemon cake go's well with custard after dinner.
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Brilliant!!
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I had the same idea, because I did not want to spend $ on seed starting pots. About a month ago, I started my seeds in newspaper, paper towel and toilet rolls pots. All handmade. Today as I was trying to transplant some of my plants found out that all those "paper pot" either rotted and desintegrated AND had very tiny white WORMS. I suppose they come from the paper material. Some (a lot) of the seeds have not germinated at this moment, its been longer than a month I suspect they might not. It is a fantastic idea to recycle, but seeds are pretty expensive and not worth the chance to use paper to pot them in.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE THANK YOU
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Very useful
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How of the paper pot wet
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Thanks friend, like very much !
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Público federal e o mapa do cara do jogo
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Ingenious
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A very nice video, the pots that you made are a cheap, biodegradable and safer alternatives than those funky plastic pots. loved it👍👍👍👍👍
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How to tall the palnts in the pot from the newspapers
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واذا صار بيهم ماء
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Amazing
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