I bought a container of strawberries and as I went to throw the container in the recycle, I stopped myself. I knew that the container could come in handy when it was time to start my seeds.
And I was right.
I had a package of older seeds. I wasn't quite sure what percentage of them were going to work out. It turns out, quite a few were bad. I had to keep sticking more seeds in the soil because so few were germinating.
But, some did pop up.
And it was time to separate these guys.
I found a spoon would do the trick of digging them out while preserving the roots.
Before placing in the pots, I filled them with more seed starting mix.
Then, I popped them into the pots, just like so.
To water these guys, I just pour in about a cup of water, the pot and the soil sucks up the water from the bottom, and there is no damage to the plant. It is great!
~marisa
12 comments:
Fabulous! Thanks for the ideas.
Wonderful to see all those sprouts! Have you ever tried making seedling pots out of newspaper? It's easy and a great project for the kids to do, plus it's more economical than using peat pots. Just an idea...
Enjoy your seedlings!
Daisy, I actually have made them before. I don't get the newspaper (so I may need to do some dumpster diving, or just ask the neighbors for some)
These pots were leftover from when I taught a seed starting class.
The seedlings look great... and such a great use for those containers. Wish I hadn't thrown out my strawberry container- but now I'll know to save it time around.
So, do you have instructions on how to make pots out of newspaper? What a great recycle project. - Catie
I've got several kinds of seeds started in recycled containers- strawberry packs and some cookie containers I saved from work. People look at me strangely when I'm taking what they see as garbage home from work. But they work great for seeds.
Judy
What are you growing? I like the idea of saving these plastic boxes. I'll start saving them. We buy a lot from farmers market which don't have the containers but family will save anything for us. =0)
Right now I just have peppers and strawberries growing. Next week I will start all the rest of my seeds indoors.
Cate-Try here: http://www.selfsufficientish.com/newspaperpots.htm
It's really pretty easy.
Sorry, Marisa for butting in. Just wanted to help.
Thanks Daisy!
Here's the link to newspaper pots here at Backyard Farming.
http://backyardfarming.blogspot.com/2008/02/pot-shots.html
The strawberry container idea is so smart! I will have to have my family save theirs so I can have them, they are perfect. Have a good day! :)
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