Seed Pots from Newspaper – How To
Seed Pots from Newspaper – How To
Here’s a quick video of how I make seed pots out of newspaper. They’re quick, simple and cheap to make. I’m starting my seeds this year in these seed pots as well as soil blocks (I have a couple vids of making those too). Sort of an experiment to see if one outshines the other and also because I just like trying things out to see! Hopefully this will find it’s way to all of you gardeners in time for spring! And as always thanks for watching!
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pretty good, but isn’t super glue toxic? isn’t there alternatives? Good Work
Super glue not so super for the soil and plant….:(
No if we will give water it will you know
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Good video, although I wouldn’t use pages with colour on them. Black and white newspapers are fine, nothing real bad in them, but once they add colour to the pages you start getting some not so fun chemicals. And super glue is fine I think, as people do use (the hard ware version) for closing wounds quickly, when you can’t get stitches for whatever reason. Cheers!
I love this idea for my pepper nursery
Great info ..great video..thanks..I’m into hydroponics, which gets expensive..the setup etc., supplies, etc..now I can make my own seed starting pots, for my hydroponically sprouted seeds, with less expense..I can’t wait to start making them, and selling the plants at our local Farmers Market..(more profits for me)..thanks..
I know what you mean by the gardening bug. Great videos to get me going. Waiting for supplies to arrive and will do a video on seed starting as well. Can’t start to soon, my safe plant date is mothers day!
I made these paper pots from newspaper & they all got mold on them, mostly on the outside, but it was black mold. I’m now looking into simple soil blocks only. I’ve used paper cups, reused yogurt cups & used plastic cups, all of which I will no longer waste my time, soil or seeds doing that again. I’d never heard of simple soil blocks until recently, so that is what I’m looking into now. I wish everyone that tries the newspaper pot method great success, but unfortunately it did not turn out for me.
Nice… I’ll do this
Nice video. When I tried newspaper pots they eventually grew white fuzzy mold on them
Awesome idea…I use cheap Elmer’s school glue non-toxic
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DO NOT TRY THIS. I started seeds indoors on paper pots and egg cartons and they both got mold. The paper pots succumbed first and then the egg cartons got it too. Mold is unhealthy and I think it affected my health. I transplanted my seedlings into plastic cups. I suggest you use plastic cups instead.
You can also use toilet paper rolls (the inner cardboard tube). pack the soil straight in, place the seed and they disintegrate after awhile (and worms love cardboard). Nice tip, thanks for sharing.
Masking tape … no glue!!
this is awesome! great video! enjoy your channel. I subscribed.
Thanks alot I am seeding with it
Best newspaper pot I’ve seen so far.
Thank you for posting. I used tubes from paper towels last year. Also I set my seed starters on cookie sheets. I placed the tcookie sheets on a drying rack by a sunny window which worked out great.
Super clean. Thx!
Great job! Wheat flour paste would be my choice vs. Super Glue. Or just Crimp the top edge to hold it in place once it’s off the form.
Also, if you combined this with the soil pot plunger you made then you could combine the two! Pack the soil in the plunger, wrap the newspaper around, then plunge the soil into the newspaper. But I’m sure you thought of that!
Keep up the great work, and have a better day!
Not sure if someone else mentioned it, but wouldn’t you be able to use your spoil block maker to also make your newspaper pots? It would be great to wrap the paper around and them tamp the paper down with the plunger portion!! Awesome!!!
good idea with the super glue have had trouble with using too many layers of paper not degrading or at least not very rapidly