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Free, easy, plantable pots for your seedlings!
These seedling pots will disintegrate easily, they do not allow for overwatering, and they are free! I definately prefer them to last year’s egg carton method.

You’ll need: some newspaper & a small bottle (my ibuprofin bottle works great)

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  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 1
    Step 1

    Tear off one half-sheet of newspaper.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 2
    Step 2

    Fold it in half.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 3
    Step 3

    Roll your newspaper piece around your bottle tightly.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 4
    Step 4

    With the bottle still inside, fold one half down against the bottle’s bottom. Then fold the opposite side down on top of that.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 5
    Step 5

    You’ll be left with a point. Tuck it into the fold like this.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 6
    Step 6

    Smash it down good. It should stay in place. It may take a few to perfect your folding, but leaning pots can be supported by the others.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 7
    Step 7

    Make a tear about two centimeters long on one side of your pot, and then again on the opposite side.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 8
    Step 8

    Lay your pot down and fold the edge down one cm, and then fold a second time as far as your tears allow. Flip it over and fold twice on the back, too.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 9
    Step 9

    If you squeeze your torn ends together your pot will get its shape back. Hopefully it can stand on it’s own, like this one. Repeat this folding process as many times as necessary. It goes much faster after you’ve done a few.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 10
    Step 10

    Place them on a tray that won’t mind getting wet and dirty. Fill with dirt, water thoroughly, and add your seeds. Stick them in a warm and sunny window.

  • How to make a paper planter. No Glue Newspaper Seedling Pots - Step 11
    Step 11

    If your window lacks the warmth, use cellophane to cover your seedlets until they are well sprouted.

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Chuckee
Chuckee · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 15 projects
Can I put these inside a pastiv dish with a lid, and poke some holes in the lid, instead of using cellophane?
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Filura Fixer
Filura Fixer · Stockholm, Stockholm County, SE · 7 projects
Thanks for sharing! I will definitly try this out.
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PIN-UP ^alex^
PIN-UP ^alex^ · 20 projects
very clever:]
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Aroha R.
Aroha R.
I have been looking for something like this for so long. Thank you.
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rsky
rsky · Henderson, Nevada, US · 7 projects
sweet! totally passing this onto my mom Happy
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Rivil
Rivil
I don't really understand how you get from step 4-5.
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felicia in wonderland
felicia in wonderland · 4 projects
adorable!
grow little seedlets, grow!
haha Happy
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