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Submitted by sunflower3 on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 16:28

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I ‘ve got Spring on the brain so I thought I might share some of the stuff I am doing to get ready for planting season.

There are actually many things around the house that can be used to get seedlings started and it makes use of garbage you have around the house, effectively recycling things to give them another use.

First off…to start seedlings you need some little pots. There is no need to buy them…you may already have them. You can make little planters from toilet paper rolls, and eggshells.

To make planters from toilet paper rolls:

Cut each roll in half and press it flat.
Make four, half-inch to three-quarter-inch slices on one end of the roll to create four equal-sized flaps.
Open up the roll and fold in the four little flaps like a box bottom.
Fill with soil and plant your seeds!

You can grow these indoors next to windows (for light) or under grow lights and then when it comes time to plant them in the garden just unwrap the bottom and stick it in the ground. The paperboard of the toilet paper roll will disintegrate over time.

If you use the eggshells in

Submitted by piggysue on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 09:39.

If you use the eggshells in your garden whether it's for starting seeds or to keep snails away or anything else, be sure to rinse them off and then bake them at a low temp for an hour to kill any salmonella germs. You don't want this getting into your soil and hurting your plants.

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Cool Idea

Submitted by PENNY2638 on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:36.

That is a pretty cool idea you got there. I use toilet paper rolls sometimes when I mail a live plant to someone to protect them from breaking in shipment. Thanks for sharing this great idea with all of us. We can all use this idea if we don't already use it.

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Sunflower,I borrowed this

Submitted by Tatyana on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 08:06.

Sunflower,I borrowed this idea but adapted it a little. My tomato plants are getting leggy, but I don't have a lot of deep pots and they would use too much soil....

So, I cut toilet paper rolls open on one side, slid them around the tomato seedling stem, retaped them back together, and added dirt into the rolls. Now i don't need deeper pots, tomato can grow new roots in the rolls, and it works as a good support too.

Tatyana

Great Seed-Starters!

Submitted by mawnature on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 05:50.

Boy, those toilet paper rolls sure beat making pots out of newspaper! A better size too, as with the newspaper, mine were large enough that I planted more than one or two seeds, then had a problem getting them separated without disturbing the roots. I've been using my toilet paper rolls for storing electric cords in to keep them in place. Just slip the end of the folded cord up in the roll.

The egg shells are great too. I was wondering about the shell's slow decomposition rate, and how that may affect the plant's growth, but Susan answered that question for me.

Thanks for the great tips!

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OH MY!

Submitted by SandiB on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 17:45.

That is a a GREAT idea! Saving $$ is always good & getting every penny of what ya spend is even better!

Thanks for sharing info & pictures Sunflower3.

SandiB

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Walgreens is selling the

Submitted by flwrs on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 18:45.

Walgreens is selling the eggs with dirt and seeds inside 2 for $5.00.. and here we can do it all for free !! Thanks so much for sharing these two idea, they are really great ways to recycle !!

I plant in anything that holds dirt...lol

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Very Creative!

Submitted by Heidi_McC on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 18:17.

I love it! What a great way to recycle things!

Very clever!!! I like the

Submitted by Tatyana on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 18:09.

Very clever!!! I like the eggshell idea a lot, thanks for the suggestion on my next seed planting round,Tatyana

Tatyana

Brilliant.

Submitted by skbeal on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 16:59.

I especially love the egg shell idea. When the plants are big enough to be planted wherever, you can crumble up the egg shells and throw them in with the plant!!!!!

The toilet paper idea is really neat too! You could probably do it with paper towel rolls too -- just cutting them in half! Thanks for sharing this neat idea!

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