Garden Organic are running a new campaign called One Pot Pledge where enthusiastic gardeners encourage others who perhaps haven’t tried growing their own vegetables to give it a go. With that in mind I thought I’d share a quick and easy way to make your own recycled newspaper plant pots that biodegrade directly after use.
For this simple exercise you will need:-
- sheets of newspaper – use a tabloid sheet folded in half
- a cardboard tube – an old toilet roll
- a pair of scissors
Take the newspaper and roll it tightly round the cardboard tube
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- Wrap cardboard tube tightly in newspaper
Cut off excess paper from the base of the tube
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- Cut off the excess paper from the base
Twist the base to seal the end of the tube
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- Twist the paper to seal the pot
Push the end twist up into the base
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- Push the end twist up into the base
Remove cardboard tube
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- Remove tube
Pot ready to fill with compost and plant up
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- completed pot
This is now ready to fill with compost and get planting those seeds. This is so easy to do and doesn’t cost anything to make. Children can do it too – perhaps during their holidays or at weekends.
The great thing about this type of pot is that when your seedling is ready to be planted out you can put the whole pot in the ground. This saves making a mess but also more importatntly doesn’t disturb the roots which is very important for plants like peas, sweet peas and beans. Once in the ground the pot will simply break down allowing the roots to establish in the ground.
So there you have it a simple and effective way of getting started with growing your own seeds, you don’t need expensive equipment to have some great fun. Let me know how you get on and feel free to ask questions!
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