March 11, 2024, 1:46 pm | Read time: 2 minutes
In spring, many hobby gardeners feel the urge to grow their own vegetables again. Since everyone has the same idea, seedling pots and other helpful tools quickly sell out in stores. However, there is a solution.
There is an item that probably every household has and regularly throws away: toilet paper rolls. myHOMEBOOK shows how you can easily make seedling pots from toilet paper rolls. This way, you benefit in two ways. You reduce waste and get cost-effective seedling pots that are just as good as the ones you buy.
What You Need for Seedling Pots from Toilet Paper Rolls
The list of materials is quite manageable and, above all, inexpensive.
- Toilet paper rolls
- Seedling soil
- Seeds
- Scissors
- Spray bottle with water
Step-by-Step Instructions
Making seedling pots from toilet paper rolls doesn’t take long and sounds more complicated than it actually is. Here’s how to do it:
- First, take a toilet paper roll and a pair of scissors. Alternatively, you can use the cardboard from a paper towel roll.
- Next, cut the toilet paper roll in half with the scissors.
- Then make four cuts on one side of the roll. These should be opposite each other and about one and a half centimeters deep.
- Like a moving box, fold all four cardboard edges of the future seedling container toward the center. It gets a bit tricky at the end. The last piece of cardboard must be tucked over the one before it but under the first piece of cardboard.
- In the next step, fill the seedling pot with soil, insert the seed, and spray the surface with water.
After filling, you can place the seedling pots made from toilet paper rolls in a sunny spot by the window. Once seedlings appear, it’s time to either thin them out or transplant them. The great thing about these homemade seedling pots is that you can plant them with the cardboard directly into a larger pot or the garden bed. The cardboard is biodegradable.