In a previous video, we quickly showed off our square DIY Paper Seedling Pots, and a number of you asked for a tutorial. So today, we’re going to do just that! 🙂
VIDEO: Square Paper Seedling Pots – Quick, Easy, and Biodegradable
In a previous video, we quickly showed off our square DIY Paper Seedling Pots, and a number of you asked for a tutorial. So today, we’re going to do just that! 🙂
Great Video. However, I wished you suggested whether it is a good idea to use newspaper to make the pots. It is quite expensive to buy the brown paper you are using.
what is the gsm of the paper did you use? Thank you
Genius! Too late for this year, but next?
Incredible idea I am going to certainly implement this. Thank you so much
This looks like the job for a sweatshop kid in asia
Brilliant! Thank you! This is great
CAN YOU BOTTOM WATER? OR WILL THEY FALL APART?
I looked into paper planters last year and what i found was that newspapers use food grade dye. One of the few positive outcomes of having such fragile generations coming up. No newspapers want to be the ones to poison a paper eating teen so they are relatively innocuous. The non glossy newspaper only.
I loved the origami pot, but couldn't see myself doing 500 – 1000 origami fold projects over months. This is a wonderful alternative.
soil pot mixed with clay is the best
Thank you for the vid, absolutely helpful!! Specially for a beginner such as myself…Happy gardening..
Fantastic video. Did you bottom water or water from the top as your seedlings grew in the basement? The watering method could affect the longevity of the bottom of the pot?
Thanks for your informative videos! I live in the U.P. and I have to be creative, because we have such a short season. My husband and I use toilet paper rolls! No ink or bleach!
Splendid ..!…..thank you…!
Your little tips are things that can save people a lot of time and money trouble shooting for themselves. LOVE your videos ❤️
How well did these break down once in the garden? I tried compostable peat pots one year only to find out they broke down very little and held my plants captive in the garden bed. It took 2 or 3 seasons for them to fully break down.
Loved the idea but they molded really fast.
I loved it. A well researched video and i liked every detail and calculation like how one could save their time and energy and make things faster and keep things eco-friendly and pocket friendly too.
I saw this idea on another channel and I'm just itching to try it.
I think this was a very good idea
You can also fold the top seam before wrapping the paper around the block.
This is great! I love your thoroughness to detail. I want a system to grow at scale while being as minimal in plastic use as possible & this ticks all the boxes. Mahalo (Thanks) from Hawaiʻi island. (we really care about not putting more plastic into our ocean!)
Hi,you are doing a great video,very impressed! One question I want to ask is: can we put the whole paper pot into the soil for transplanting which can save the time and keep the roots in their own shape. I am from HK, starting to grow sunflowers for a charity. Thx a lot
I take toilett rolls. Works great so far.
I stopped putting bottoms on mine. I put a couple layers of paper in the bottom of the tray to hold the seed starter in place. As the plants grow, the roots hold the soil together enough so that you don't need a bottom to hold the soil together when you transplant. This method significantly reduces the time it takes to make the seed cups.
Also, use a straight edge and a box cutter (razor knife) to cut the paper. Much faster than scissors.
so awesome
Can’t believe how much I enjoyed this video.
What about brown paper lunch bags?????
I really appreciate your work. You can distill plastic into diesel, instead of sending it to landfill. I hope to investigate this more; it is hard to find the info but I have seen one video about it.
fantastic. thanks for sharing