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    Home » Video » Gardening TV

    Simple Paper Seed Pots : GF Video

    by Eric · This post may contain affiliate links, its one way we pay the bills. · 7 Comments

    Learn how to make simple paper seed pots, the best paper seed pots, I think. These paper pots are for those of us who can't make origami paper plant pots, OK? Simple method to make paper pots for your seedlings and seed starting trays. If you want to make a pack of paper pots, just glue or tape them together, use what you got.

    Most newspapers print their paper with soy based inks now, so I'm ok with using regular newspaper for vegetable paper pots. And the newspaper will break down in the garden soil; you just open up the bottom of your paper pots just before planting to allow the roots to easily grow out the bottom of the paper pot.

    You can use different size jars to make different size newspaper pots. I used a peanut butter jar to make paper pots for tomato seedlings, and used a small mason jar for lettuce transplant paper pots.

    simple-paper-seed-pots-pinIts best to bunch the paper pots together under grow lights, as the paper can wick away moisture from the seed staring soil, packing the pots close together cuts down on that evaporation. You can watch our how to build a simple grow light video here, and our other seed starting videos here.

     

    How do you start your seeds in the spring, what kind of pots or trays do you use? Let us know below:

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    1. Jeff

      January 16, 2013 at 8:50 pm

      How far in advance would you recommend planting seedlings? I live in Toronto, On (Canada). Typically the soil is defrosted here early April.

    2. Jeff

      January 16, 2013 at 8:59 pm

      Hi Eric
      I have a beautiful black lab just like your guys. She is 9 months and loves gardening like me. (She is a great hole digger.)

      Question. Can plants grow indoors to bear edable produce over the winter/early spring? I was going to try lettuce and cucumbers in a paper pot in a sun window.

    3. Lisa Almy

      February 11, 2013 at 8:33 pm

      Helo,
      You can also use your cardboard tubes from T.P. and Paper towels. (I may have gotten that from this site.) You cut your tube to the length you want and just cut four slits into one end of the tube, then fold it like you would to close a cardboard box.

    4. Brett

      March 10, 2013 at 8:16 pm

      @Jeff - My experience has been that you can grow small stuff indoors for produce, like lettuce. I typically keep some herbs in the house. I don't think that anything fruit bearing would work, though, because of pollination.

    5. Mine Bingollu

      March 08, 2014 at 11:31 am

      Hi,
      I like your web site, gardens and flowers....
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      Have a nice days
      Mine

    6. Frances

      May 04, 2014 at 2:38 pm

      I was so amazed at seeing you make the square box from a sheet of newspaper for starting seeds in. Where can I find it. Thanks

    7. koli bandı

      November 12, 2016 at 6:16 pm

      thanks 🙂
      really useful...

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