So for me, asking myself how I can use biodegradable materials is #1. Helps you start seeds indoors in areas with colder springsįantastic toilet paper roll crafts for kidsīy reducing the amount of plastic waste we produce, we can help save the environment. Ideal for plants that don’t like to have their roots disturbed Never buy seed stater pods or trays againĬardboard can be planted directly into the ground Here are a few of the main reasons people choose biodegradable seed starter pots: You just plant the entire thing directly into the soil or in a bigger pot and let nature handle the rest. Studies show cardboard breaks down over time to produce soil, so it maintains a low environmental impact. Plus, a biodegradable seed starter makes transplanting the seedlings a breeze later. Doing so allows me to replace the plastic in my gardening technique and from coming into contact with our food. I take something my family would normally recycle (toilet paper rolls), and reuse them. My favorite part about using biodegradable seed starter pots is how much money I save on supplies. Voila, no bottoms to block root growth and it should only add a few minutes! Hope this helps.5 So Why Toilet Paper Rolls Again? Why Choose Biodegradable Materials for Gardening? When in position, lightly hold the pot in place by the top edge and pull one the corners of the square bottom piece and it slips right out of the hole, ready to use on the next pot. Place it in the ground while holding the bottom piece snugly against the pot. Continue to press gently on the top edge of the roll, hold the square snug to the bottom of the roll, and lift it out of the tray.ħ. Starting in the open area in your tray, gently press on the top edge of a roll to hold it in place and carefully slide the square piece under the bottom.Ħ.
Anything thin and strong will work here, use your imagination!ĥ. Cut a square piece of thin chipboard (cereal box chipboard is perfect for this) a bit larger than the base of the rolls. When seedlings are ready to be planted, dig holes in your garden slightly bigger than the rolls.Ĥ. Fill with potting mix and seeds and water as needed.ģ. Place the rolls snugly together in whatever tray you are using, but leave an area open in one of theĬorners about 3″ x 3″, you’ll see why later. Cut loo rolls in half or thirds and do not fold the bottom.Ģ. I know it’s hard to visualize written directions, so I numbered each step.ġ. I was thinking about the problem of the folded bottoms and whether the roots would do better in the long run if the bottoms were open and I thought of something. Hi, I love this about toilet paper rolls, thank you. It’s not rocket science and the end product’s not exactly pretty, but if you want to know how we make our very own biodegradable pots then sit down with a cuppa for two minutes and feast your eyes on my moment of creativity: Horrah!Īnd if you’re anything like me anything that helps me find the seedling, as opposed to all the weeds in the garden, can only be a big cause for celebration. I mean, come on – biodegradable pots that’s just a toilet roll inner, right? There’s no faffing around trying to get the seedling out of the pot, you just chuck the whole lot in the ground and the cardboard disintegrates, keeping the seedling happy and snug in the meantime. Last year I paid a Kings ransom for some biodegradable pots and realised I’d been, as they say in the trade, taken for a ride. I guess they are designed that way – there’s not much money to be made from a reusable item. I’ve not yet found a way to get the seedlings out of these trays without breaking the plastic.
Each year I buy thin plastic seed trays from the garden centre and every year I throw them away after use. I’ve got my eye on one of Sarah’s gorgeous paper potters to turn all our newspapers into a veritable array of pots, but in the meantime I’ve been doing what I can with cardboard.
Since the middle of November, I’ve been avidly saving toilet roll tubes, kitchen towel inners and even the cardboard inners from brown paper rolls for making seedling pots. Following on from Sarah’s guest post yesterday on planting carrots in cardboard toilet roll inners, I just had to get my oar in too. Ok, we admit it, there’s a bit of a toilet roll theme going on at the moment.
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