DIY: Newspaper Pots for Seed Starting/Cuttings
DIY: Newspaper Pots for Seed Starting/Cuttings
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: http://en.origami-club.com/newspaper/garbagebin/garbagebin/index.html
Brilliant!
Can we use white printing paper (A4 / Letter size) instead of newspaper? I have lots of unwanted white sheets with little prints on them. Are they biodegradable like newspaper?
Thank you for this video. It’s very detailed and precise and exactly what I needed. You did a great job. ๐
Warning: I started making newspaper pots ever since March 11, 2013. I can’t stop. They are highly addictive.
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Neat and simple,thanks for the great idea
Keep up the good work Jim
How did your box didn’t get wet
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.
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.
A great gardening hack, sir. You’re a home grown genius….. ? or origami master.
Thanks for the tip
When teaching something like this it is VERY IMPORTANT to speak slowly. Despite the fact that I feel you speak too quickly from the beginning I was able to follow the steps until one of the last steps when you rushed over the directions. I am primarily an auditory learner and when I hear you say fold this up to this that in itself makes no sense. Now if there were a SLOW visual demonstration of folding "This up to this" I might get it with the auditory or without. I do appreciate this video as I’m planning to prepare a number of seedlings and expect to improve from my first rather clumsy result (which I know should not diminish the effectiveness of the growth process.
Nice video
Thanks!!
I love it!!!!
I have made these for years and love them, thanks for letting me watch over and over!!
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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.
wonderful, thank you, very innovative and easy
where have you been, I miss youre tips and wisdom
I will definitely try this it seems easy enough thank you
Great…THANKS FOR SHARING
Fantastic! Even 8 years later, still a very useful video. Thank you!
Great video!
… what’s a newspaper? ๐
Thank you so much
Now that I have an online version of my favorite newspaper, I tried to fold my laptop screen ! What a disaster when I planted the whole thing in spring time !
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 will make this for my dog
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3 years in a row I have been using this video, thank you so much for making this video.
Great tip. Thank you.
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.
This design doesnt work with standard size UK newspaper. it may work with broadsheets, but not local/free ones.
Dude you are the man! Thank you.
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I watched another video but it wasnโt as good as you. Thanks I made the box
OMG! That is amazing!!! Thank you so much for your idea and instructions!
Does this work for A4 paper?
Brilliant and creative. I am impressed!
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Its that time of year again! Come to this video and get making paper pots!
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.
Great
Pragers got issues.
What is the size of your newspaper ( not same size in france so … very difficult)
Too much time spent for what it is
Very nice, thank you. I thought of using the NY Times, then realised itยดs only fit for use in the toilet.
Thank you. Iโve done the wraparound a can method… this is way, way better!