DIY: Newspaper Pots for Seed Starting/Cuttings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ต.ค. 2024
- Spring is right around the corner and I need to get seeds started. I don't have any small plastic pots so I'm using these newspaper pots. The best part, they're FREE!! They should hold together long enough for the last frost to come around and then I'll plant the seedling or cutting with pot and all in the ground. For the time being I planted up some rooted rosemary cuttings I took a few weeks ago in them.
I made these using a half sheet of newsprint approx 11"x22" and it yielded a pot 2.75" square by 3" tall. Perfect side for getting good sized starts! I also made some using phone book paper and they measured 2" square by 2" tall. These are made the same but end up with a smaller lip around the top and were only single thick on two of the sides. Probably wouldn't hold up to being moist for 2 months but it's an alternative.
Original instructions are here: en.origami-club...
I love gardening and am so glad I found this. It has taken me several hours to make one. No joke! I have cognitive and spatial deficits so it takes me a LONG time to figure out things like this. This is my third day of trying and I made one!!! So proud that I didn't give up!! This is gonna help my brain heal! Not only do I have a new gardening project, I have a new brain game. I'm gonna show this to my neuro rehab guy. It's tasks like this that give me more hope!!!! Thank you! And I started writing this comment about 20 minutes ago! TENACITY!
diana kern KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!! Happy recovery! Sending many blessings! :D
Tenacity
Respect the Tenacious!
diana kern The thing is, Diana, we all have different skills and learn in different ways... Personally if I see something demonstrated I can pick it up quite easily.. If I have to read instructions, I get lost....... Once you learn how to do something it gets easier the more you practice and your skills in other areas improve... Some people learn how to read and write using 3d letters , play dough, or colours as that is how their brain understands it.. in 3d and in colour .... while others pick up the skill through pen and paper...face the challenges with new ideas.... keep on with your brain games and find the way that suits you... best wishes for your recovery ...
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diana kern You are amazing, smart, inspiring. I am an older person and I forget a lot. I am going to make a lot of these, because of what you said.
You just saved me a ton of time and money. My husband will be coming home from the hospital soon, and here I sit with bags and bags of soil and seeds, and no pots. I do have a ton of newspaper from my woodstove, so this is really going to work out for me. I can't go anywhere with my husband needing care 24/7, and this is PERFECT for my situation. Thank you SO much for this, I thought I was going to lose another chance at starting early. You made my day! Bless, Sheila
I've lost track of how many years I have come back to this video. You'd think I would know by now!
I've tried a bunch of DIY paperpots, but keep coming back to this one! Excellent directions; easy-peasy... going on 6+ years after having found this one.
Great tutorial, and this is something we will try, funnily enough today, as we were stuck in the house due to a new boiler being fitted, we made the inner roll ones from toilet/kitchen paper rolls. Those worked great as well. So next......... newspaper ones, I am easily entertained 😀
Every year, year after year I return here to relearn this!
😂 Me too.
You sir have just saved many people, time, money, space, and helped the environment while adding some nutrients back into the soil and avoiding transplant shock..
i watched this when i was 9 and im back 10 whole years later for this
My favorite paper pot video. I have to watch it every year because I always seem to forget, but I always seem to come back to your video. Well done.
This is the second (possibly third, I can't remember) year of looking up this video to fold pots for the seedlings I start in December and plant out in spring. I use the advertisement paper that is delivered weekly for free. You made it possible for me to make pots without buying them and then the seedlings I start produce food for several months, another financial bonus. When one is between jobs every little bit helps. In short: this video is helping me every year, so thank you very much!
Thanks so much for posting this! This is working so well! Peppers and tomatoes already germinated and I know just when to water them because i can feel the moisture level on the sides of the newspaper pots. This not only saved me money but took out the moisture guesses which could kill a seedling whether too dry or too wet. I'm planning on cutting around the bottom corners when I plant them out, because they've held up way better than I thought.
Note: when you water, these do expand a bit from their original size. Something to keep in mind when planning the size of trays you'll need.
The BEST newspaper pot video! I roll a pencil over each crease to make it very sharp and to reduce the amount of newsprint on my fingers.
I had my seedlings in these for 12 weeks without any problems. If you use something too durable, it won't break down when you plant them which will hinder the roots from growing through.
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing the time they lasted.
I personally would always rip out the bottom when using biodegradable pots.
our newspapers in UK are a different size, so I have cut mine down a bit to make the right shape rectangle, andused your instructions to make seedling pots and now I use a bigger version for lining my kitchen compost bin! Wonderful! No more plastic, thank you!
By far the best paper pot I have found. It's neat and simple and works with different size papers. Thanks for sharing this.
Every spring I have to watch this awesome set of instructions for the awesome seedling pots. Thanks so much!
Love this! It was mentioned on a Master Gardener channel, they are not allowed to mention commercial products as in 'buy a 4" pot', so they said- make one! I'm definitely going to make some of these tomorrow! Thanks so much!
My young son and I have just began our first nursery (greenhouse). The paper boxes/planters are an excellent inexpensive resource. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. Your video was precise and very good quality. I will suggest your video to my son's school who are in the process of starting their own Veggie Garden.
Absolutely perfect Reminds me if how we used to make paper hats. I used xerox paper I had many left from errors. Slight adjustment but just as good. I will be saving my paper now... What I like most is no more labels to lose. I can just write on the top of this box. Thanks so much for the tutorial... This is a definite keeper.
The last instrucrtion is unclear but it worked. It folded into a cube. I am convince I have just been initiated into wizardry.
Try making a paper crane now lol
That's easy! :P
Hocus pocus..lol
Hi just watched your video and think this is probably the best paper pot design I've seen so far. I'm going to be growing lots of seedlings and potting them on in spring/summer and I can;t spend any $ for pots. I'm hoping a solution for trays will happen by then. I think I'll fold them over the winter leaving them flat and open them into pots as needed. Thanks for such a great instructional video. It will help a lot of gardeners. I know I will link to this video quite a bit.
I have made these for years and love them, thanks for letting me watch over and over!!
OMG this looks sooo complicated when you watch it at first, but then when you follow along with it while you're doing it, it is very easy to follow. The last fold blew my mind a little bit but I figured it out and I made a perfect newspaper pot THE FIRST TIME. Thank you for these clear instructions! I dedicate whatever plants may germinate this late in the season to you, sir.
This was great, very easy to follow. I put my seeds in peat pots only to learn they will not disintegrate in my cold soils (Alaska). I am running out of plastic and don't want to buy more so your my money saver. I'll get my grandkids right on it.
I had the same trouble with peat pots here in Maine. The cold soil meant that all of my plants wound up pot bound since they wouldn't disintegrate. I'm so glad I found this video. These are a lot better and they're free. Good luck in Alaska!
Great idea and very nice pot. I have used a double sheet of newspaper and it makes a sturdier pot, but one that should still deteriorate appropriately. May need to punch a small hole in the bottom to be sure that water can feed up to the roots.
Now, if I could work out the way to make a bigger pot.
Thank you for a wonderful tutorial.
I was NOT lacking in plastic pots as a group of growers donated hundreds and thousands of plants to my complex last year. I attempted to retrieve as many of the plastic pots as possible to return to a garden centre in the summer time because they offer a credit :) (saving money for me both last year and this year!)
I wanted to make sure I had as many of the plastic pots as possible to return so i opted to start seedlings with this lovely little seed starter pot. With an unlimited supply of recycled newsprint that we use for our bunny, this was a very easy thing to do!
Happy growing :)
Great idea, and excellent video to show us how to do it. I'm sending this link south to a non-English speaking relative, who I'm sure will be able to follow the instructions because of the good clear video. Thanks.
I love it. I had to watch this a few times hitting the pause button along the way and now I have newspaper pots and notebook paper pots for all the seeds I am accumulating from store bought veggies & fruits. Thanks for the great video.
Thank you for making this video. I have since made several pots and keep them in the flat stage until needed. Easy to understand instructions and nicely done!
thanks for the tutorial; just made several of these for my starter seeds. I found that when you are doing that last bit where you tuck the ends of the paper in, if you fold those corners in a little it makes it a lot easier to get it to tuck in. :)
Made almost 30 pots....this is a great idea! Thank you!!!!!
Your video was great:) You explain things really easily. I made one along with your video and then made 4 more right after all within 2 minutes without watching it! Thanks a bunch!
So glad I came across this! Just got a grow light for mother's day. I was surprised how easy it is. I had seen a comment of someone asking about them holding up during use, so after I made the first one, I tried making one with a whole sheet of paper. Still easy to make and much more sturdy.
I'm using the little flats I have left over from when I buy canned veggies in large numbers to put them in. Love it!
Thank you for doing this video. I used these with my kids at daycare and they worked wonderfully,,,and didn't cost anything. Four of them fit perfectly in the lid of a Styrofoam carry-out tray, which the children's lunches come in. That way, I didn't have to worry about excess water. Thank you again!
Thank you very much for great instructions! I used our grocery flyers and our county’s weekly newspapers, it becomes easier the more you fold😀. Thank you again!💝
Oh, I'm just in love with this style of paper pot! Sturdy and cute! Not sure my seedlings care how aesthetically pleasing their pots are, but it makes me happy. I'm off to steal all of the discarded newspaper from the mail room now.
I had this as crafts assignment in our school when i was 10, slight changes after the last fold & you can make a steamer, a boat with a sail, scissors, a jumping frog and many crazy things i remember lol ..
Thanks so much for posting this. Every time I save money I feel like I won a lottery LOL. Getting ready to try my 1st one.
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Wow that's an amazing idea. It not only saves money but it's a better eco-friendly option of plastic seedling pots. I use paper cups for my seedlings but now i know this i probably don't need to buy them anymore.
Very nice, no tape, no glue, looks sturdy enough and doesn't flop over. Also, clear straight forward instructions. No background music or any other distractions to get in the way.
Good job on your tutorial!
I liked that other person's idea on making a bunch of them ahead of time and leaving them folded up somewhere until needed. Good thinking!
This is way more complicated than the "eHow" video, but also WAY more fun. It's like garden origami, lol. This also uses half the newspaper. I can't wait to show this to my daughter so that she can participate in starting the seeds in this year's garden, thank you!!
Thank you. I watched several videos and came back to yours because your instruction style is so easy to follow. I started a batch of seeds in March, and came back to your video again just last night and made another big batch. Wonderful :)
I was with you right until that last little fold, the one you said would naturally want to go down when you open the pot. Mine had absolutely NO desire to go down, but I'm gonna watch this and work at it until I get it. These appear to be much sturdier than the ones you wrap around a can. Thanks for posting!
Thank you!! This is so great! Great for seedlings, but also great for sharing little packets of garden snacks with neighbors. So clever!
If I remember correctly, the paper has to be exactly twice as long as it is wide for it to work out right (10x20, 12x24, etc). Other ratios work as well but the sides turn out differently. Hope that helps.
That was the extra step that made it possible for me. Only works with a 2-to-1 rectangle of paper. Also worth noting: The final width of the pot is quarter of the short edge of the paper (i.e. a 6cm pot starts with a 24x48cm sheet and a 2" pot is made from an 8"x16" sheet, etc.).
3 years in a row I have been using this video, thank you so much for making this video.
Update: 4years
Looks like a fun project to teach my four year old to help with. He is just itching to get out into the garden.
The very best newspaper pot video. May help to square the paper before you start folding,and with your technique only takes a minute from start to finish.
Thank you so much! I wanted to share some of my seedlings but didn't have any small cups or peat pots to plant them in. This is perfect!
Good instructions, thanks! I was having trouble making the pots square and getting the bottom fold to be flat, but I just added in a few more folds at the very end and everything popped into place. I made 16 pots for my Mexican Tulip Poppy seeds, bright yellow flowers on a small plant.
I love this. It is seedling planting and composting all in one. I will try this for sure. Thznks for the DIY video.
No matter how careful you are and how precise you are with your instructions, there are still those people out there who will find fault and do dumb things like using too much water and trying to raise seeds inside etc and then blame you for them getting sick from the mold created by them not adding some common sense. I liked your video and I am going to give them a crack. Well done!!
I keep coming back to this video every Spring. Thanks for posting!
6 years using this method and it works great, I had been trying some of the other compostable designs but they don't decompose fast enough. These things last just long enough to get them into the ground and then they melt into nothing so roots can actually grow/spread. But yes like others said, I do have to come back every year lol.
I shared it in FB. I think that people who don't have pots this option is great. Thanks.
Composting in a can
Thank you! My local paper uses soy ink as well. Not only environmentally friendly but also nice to work with as the ink doesn't get all over your hands.
Ugh! Thank you for this. Very thorough and easy to follow compared to other videos where they went very fast and didn't described the folding directions.
I've seen a few different versions of these types of seedling pots and like yours the best it looks nice and tidy without the flaps on the side.
Thanks
They do take a bit of time but I've got tons of time. As well, I don't want tons of rolls sitting around all year waiting for me to plant things in them. If that works (and does for many) then more power to you.
Thanks! This is very useful. For anyone wondering, this can be done with an 8 x 11" letter sized sheet of bond paper. The end result is a 2" cube. I followed along with this tutorial and only had to make a few adjustments. The end result is sturdy and perfectly usable.
You will be there ALL DAY for about 100 of these !!! LMFAO
@@JodBronson You must be slow. It doesn't take more than 2 min per and can be done while listening to gardening DIYs, lectures, audiobooks, news, watching a movie or chatting. Maybe you should just buy the ready-made pots. Time is money and visa versa. At $10/hr labor each pot has a $.33 value. Sure, you could buy plastic pots for about $.18 ea. in bulk, but shopping takes time and plastic is environmentally unfriendly. For some of us - with speedy, dexterous hands - these paper pots are the smart choice.
@@tersta1 - Talking about "slow", right? YUP, sit all day doing it. I can go to the Dollar Store and get bunch of things for $1.00. You sure you want to talk "slow" with me? You just can't fix stupid! 😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️😂
@@tersta1 - By the way, he did the video for the views, you idiot !!! When I start my Garden Videos Channel... I am going to copy it too... FAKE IT FOR THE VIEWS and TELL EVERYONE HOW GREAT IT IS + ENVIROMENTALLY SAFE + COST NOTHING + LESS TIME CONSUMING + LE$$ THAN 5 CENTS or FREE + ETC.. ETC... ETC.... You still want to talk about "SLOW"? Hahahahahahaha, DAMNNNNN... I AM SO SLOW, RIGHT !!! 😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️
@@JodBronson You seem to be a very hateful, angry little person, Jordon. You must be lonely at the top, with all of us idiots surrounding you. Best of luck to you anyway with your gardening channel.
Excellent. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. And there aren't many of us left.
Thank so much, I'm "almost" an expert now. I've made almost a dozen and they look very respectable. That last little fold for the bottom is tricky but I'm really getting it !
It really works. I tried it and it turned out amazingly. I really recommend trying this with patience.....
thank you for this vid... i have been maiking the cylindical pots and didnt really enjoy the outcome..these square ones are just what i needed and also is a great space saver!!! im very familiar with origami so the instructions were fairly easy.THANKS again CCJ!!! happy planting.
Thanks for the tutorial! I know of another folding method but the base was a single layer so water tends to break through. And this is a good brain workout.
A very nice video, the pots that you made are a cheap, biodegradable and safer alternatives than those funky plastic pots. loved it👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for sharing. I used a old A4 paper that the kids drew on. Works just as well but smaller cube than oblong shape. I'll get a commuter newspaper and use hat instead. Very easy instructions and love how the base is double insulated. But as some other comments mention - be good to put in drainage holes.
Thank you for sharing this. I do have peat pots and reusable seedling pots, but sometimes I like the square ones that are that size, and it's good to know how I can recycle my own newspaper by re-purposing it for something else.
Great idea, just a little late to help me. Have lots of pots, but I have collected them over years, just didn't run out and buy a bunch. I like it cause you can plant paper and all.
I never comment, buttttt.... thank you so much. after looking at a ton of other stuff yours was the most simple, straight forward, easy to follow example of this method. thank you!!!!
I liked the idea and was excited to make these newspaper pots.I wanted to make plant pots I could put directly in my vegetable gardens soil. For Cucumber, and Squash plants. But these Newspaper pots turn to mush and fall apart when you get them wet. What a waste of my time making them. I’ll just stick with the 2&1/4”and 4” tapered plastic pots. I’ve been using the same extra heavy duty plastic pots that are at least three times thicker than conventional ones for over thirty five years. Years ago,a machinist friend of mine,made me two, two piece tapered molds out of solid stock aluminum. I used around 50 pounds of new plastic pellets that someone gave me.That I melted in an old oven outside. Then squeezed the molten plastic into both of the two piece molds. Dipped the molds into cool water . Trimmed them and out comes perfect plastic pots that will last a lifetime.After I transplant all my vegetable plants, from the non GMO seed I’ve been saving and using for over 50 years. I just soak the plastic pots in a 5 percent chlorine solution for a hour . Rinse them out and allow them to dry. I now have Sterilized Pots. I just spray some vegetable oil inside the ones that will contain Cucumber and Squash plants. They slide right out. Without disturbing the roots. I despise peat pots. All they do is get moldy and never seem to end up decomposing into my vegetable gardens soil. The roots of most vegetable plants have a hard time making their way through peat pots. I will make my own biodegradable pots. When someone comes up with a recipe that the pots don’t turn to mush. Or don’t easily become moldy.
I got it down right in my 3rd attempt thanks to the excellent instructions in this video.
I was going to purchase peat pots but I wanted to recycle if I could. I will be doing this! Thanks so much! I think after I do it a few times I'll get pretty fast. :)
Awesome! I'm about to start some plants and needed a solution. I get tons of community magazines in the mail and I pulled the staples out and followed along with your instructions. This makes perfect pots!!! Now to text the family members to save theirs for me!
Great! I followed along and had a pot by the end of the video. It will go super fast now.
Wow, what a great video! Thanks for sharing this great $$ saving idea! This is definitely one of the most useful videos I have seen on TH-cam to date!! Also, a solution to the break down issue, just line them up in a shallow card board box or similar and dont mess with them other than watering when needed, until they are ready to be planted out.
Exactly what I was wondering about....good suggestion!
I bought a kit with pvc pipe to make these little pots, much like the stuff sold in gardening magazines. Great tutorial folding paper.
Thanks! We have different shaped newspapers here in Finland but I managed to make pots with your great video so yay! Greetings!
Maisa Martikainen Nice! Hope they lead to a productive garden and bountiful harvest. :-)
I made one, I was smart enough to get it on the first try with a few pauses even though my newspaper is a different size. (the part you tuck in doesn't have to fold perfectly).
Anyhows, I took it a step further due to the fact that I need smaller seedling containers. What I did was cut the newspaper into to four pieces so to keep the proportion. It worked well, I am now producing cubes that are about 1.5 inches wide and deep.
My next step is to make like 8 of them so I can plant my culantro in my germination tray. I still have a few 10 pack carboard trays to use but I'm going to use these next because I like them better. I like them better cuz I made them out of newspaper that was just going to get thrown away. :D
Genius!!!!!!!
So amazing! Thank you so very much for the video! I was trying to find diy pots to put my seedlings in once they were to big for their orginal seedling tray. Great video!
You win! I've tried some others but these are by far the best! Thanks!
Love it! Corners are better at taking up spaces than Circle, less wasted space
Thank you very much for your prompt reply and new information. I'll try it again with a trimmed off piece of paper and see how it works.
Thanks again!
Thanks so much for this tutorial! I hate to spend money on those little pots only to use them for a few weeks. This is a great video!
Thanks for this video. I'd seen round newspaper pots before but the square ones mean no wasted space! Awesome!
Thanks for sharing. That is very helpful for my garden next year. And it will save me on some money so i don't have to starter pods
Great idea and great how to video you've made! I'm gonna try this route for starting my seeds this year. Thank you for the video.
I followed your instructions but I don't know why mine turned into an aeroplane.
+hazwan hashim I had this same problem then I asked you have to make sure that the paper is twice the size length then it is with I tried that and it worked for me :d
+hazwan hashim You're lucky- mine turned into a hat !
as did mine!!
ever lucky...mine turns in a submarine, or a cat ball toy...LOL
BabyDaniyal mine turned into a damn bicycle
Thanks for sharing! Made my first one right along with you and, surprisingly, it worked out...albeit a little wonky, lol! Thanks again, have a super day and HAPPY GARDENING!!
Thanks so much for this up-cycling tip! Could not find decompostable seedling containers so your demo is great !
Great video. I haven't done this one but I have done the toilet paper roll and the soda plastic and other plastics. I will try this one. thanks for teaching us.
Thank you so much for the great video! You just saved us about 15 bucks on one of those newspaper pot-making tools. I just made a pot to try it out, and we love its size and sturdiness, not to mention the cost: free! Thanks again!!!
You're very welcome. Happy gardening!
this is super cool my 4yr old always wants to help and i barely have things for her to help with whenit comes to gardening. she went dare touch the compost bins or worm farms cuz she's super girly. We've made two already NEW SUBBY HERE!!!! Thanks for the tip
Thank you for this video. It's very detailed and precise and exactly what I needed. You did a great job. 👍
Thats a great idea, I will come back again as it's October in England right now, and I won't remember the instructions by then😊 thank you so much for sharing
Wow! This is awesome! Thanks. ☺ I was going to buy starter cell trays, but now I'm going to save a lot of money!
Thank you for sharing your moneysaving idea, I love gardening and I appreciate your idea.
These are so classy looking compared to others I've seen, thank you!
This the best paper pot I have come across thank you
Cool! My wife does a paper route so I'm up to my ears in newspaper! Can't believe I never thought of this! Thanks for the vid!
This is my second year using these pots. Love them. They hold up rather well.
+Sandi Roberts i feel thy are kinda weeak at the bottom, what are your thoughts about it?, at some point it looks like it is only one sheet of width