Environmentally Friendly Upcycled DIY Seed Starter Pots
When it’s time to start seeds indoors, you’ll need to think about seed starting pots. Happily, you probably have everything you need to make these upcycled and environmentally friendly seed containers!
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Yield: 2 per tube
Equipment
- Scissors
Ingredients
- Cardboard tubes
Instructions
- Cut each toilet paper tube in half. (Cut paper towel tubes in quarters.)
- Make four cuts 1/3 of the into the roll. Space these equally around the circumference of the tube. No need to measure; just eyeball it.
- Push the four "tabs" toward the center of the tube, then fold them one over the other as you would close the flaps of a box, tucking the "loose" tab under.
- Press the folded cardboard a bit to flatten the bottom.
- Fill each seed pot with a seedling starting mix and plant seeds. Water the seeds in well and watch for sprouts!
- I find that these seed starting containers tend to dry out more quickly than plastic seed pots, so keep them in a tray that retains about a quarter inch of water at the bottom of the pots. They'll absorb more water as they sit.
Notes
- I find that these seed starting containers tend to dry out more quickly than plastic seed pots, so keep them in a tray that retains about a quarter inch of water at the bottom of the pots. They’ll absorb more water as they sit.
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