Every hobby gardener can make their own cultivation pots for annual spring sowing. To do this, he doesn't have to have any technical skills and certainly doesn't have to invest any money. Whether packaging waste or waste paper, much of it can be recycled. We provide you with a few tried and tested ideas and instructions.
How can I make growing pots myself?
Use empty tin cans, sturdy plastic packaging, egg cartons, cut milk cartons, old soup bowls and flower pots as alternative seed trays. They are free and ready to use immediately after washing up. Toilet paper rollsandrolled up newspaper can be folded into a potty at one open end.
How do I make growing pots myself?
Alternatives to commercial seed trays do not have to be made. Often, varioussales packaging or household items can be used as seed trays after thorough cleaning without having to invest any additional work. A few examples:
- old soup plates
- discarded flower pots
- empty tin cans
- stable plastic packaging trays
- egg carton
- sliced milk packaging
With just a few simple steps you can make many biodegradable nursery pots out of old newspaper or toilet roll cardboard. Whole eggshell halves can also serve as a sowing container.
How do I make my own nursery pots out of toilet paper rolls?
Depending on how tall you want a growing pot to be, you can use one toilet paper roll per pot for upcycling or cut it in the middle into two equal-sized rolls.
- cut each roll four times at one end
- 1, 5 cm deep and evenly distributed
- fold the tabs inwards one after the other
- slide the fourth tab under the first tab
Place the small cardboard pots together in a larger, waterproof bowl. You can now fill it with potting soil and sow the seeds.
How do I build nursery pots out of newspaper?
- Get old newspapers and a thin bottle or a narrow, tall glass.
- Cut each plain newspaper page in half.
- Fold each half over once to create an area of approximately 35 x 12 cm.
- Wrap the bottle in a piece of newspaper. Leave a few centimeters of newspaper overhang at the bottom.
- Bend the protruding ends so that the bottom of the bottle is completely covered.
- Pull the bottle out again.
- Press the bottom of the DIY paper pot slightly with one finger to make it stand better.
Tip
Plant homemade organic growing pots with the plant
Organic growing pots made from newspaper or cardboard are completely biodegradable. When planting out young vegetable plants and flowers, you can plant them too. They rot in time or become rooted.
