Essential Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom

MAKE ORIGAMI SEEDLING POTS

Cultivating a flower patch is inexpensive and eco-friendly, so replacing plastic seedling pots with recycled paper versions is sure to appeal. Each pot takes less than two minutes to make, and when it’s time to plant out your seedlings you can simply plant the whole pot in the ground where itbut any matte paper will do the trick. Don’t use glossy pages from a magazine as shiny paper won’t degrade quickly enough to grant roots their freedom. Also avoid anything thicker than newspaper as it won’t hold the creases. You should be able to nestle 18 of these pots into a standard size seed tray to make them easy to water.

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