Starting Seeds in Egg Cartons
This video shows you how to start seeds in old egg cartons!
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Step by Step instructions:
1. Make sure you use an egg carton that is made of a biodegradable material and perforate the bottom of the egg carton with small holes to allow for drainage. Place egg carton on cookie sheet.
2. Soak seeds for 6-10 hours prior to planting in egg carton.
3. Fill egg carton to the mid-way point with soil and soak with water.
4. Place the seeds on top of the soil and cover to the top of the egg carton with soil. Soak again and cover with egg carton top.
5. Place egg carton in area of house that is at or above room temperature.
6. In about 2 – 3 weeks the seedlings should be ready to transplant.
7. Prepare garden bed and before breaking apart the egg carton. The egg carton cells should be able to tear right off, but I perforate the joint between the cells with a knife.
8. Gently break apart the egg carton walls from the root ball of the seedling and plant in the garden, mulch around plant, and water thoroughly for the next few days.
9. Since the Egg Carton is biodegradable, recycle it and use it as a mulch for your garden 🙂
Yay to HEB!! love them…
What could I use for a lid if I threw them out?
His voice is soothing makes me want to germinate 😂
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This is very helpful, I’m wondering if i can start sunflowers in the egg carton?
I am a total garden newb so I am amazed at how resilient and determined plants are. I didn’t know I needed to poke holes in the bottom, or to use/wet cardboard containers, or to keep them in the dark, or to soak the seeds first, or any of that stuff. I didn’t even spread out my tiny seeds like in your video – just poked a hole about 1 finger-digit deep and dumped in 2-4 seeds per hole.
I took the seeds, stuck them in little drinking cups I put dirt in, moistened the soil, and then left it out in the yard where the sprinklers will hit it. They all sprouted up in a few weeks and now I’ve got 3 levels of leaves on some citrus trees and sunflower sprouts. Time to put ’em in bigger pots, I guess, then into the ground.
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Eggcellent!!! 💛
What kind of soil works well for starting the seeds
Could you do one in the egg carton for lettuce please???
Next time just put the whole plant and egg carton part in the ground. Don’t peel the egg carton off the roots. The egg carton is biodegradable, plus is hold water for the plant.
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how often do you water the seeds while they are still in the egg carton?
I’m using an H-E-B egg carton too! Best grocery store ever!
1:55 lol
at the part when you water it and keep the lid close do you keep it inside the house or leave it outside?
Plant it with the carton…it will disintegrate
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I just planted my seeds just like this, do I let them stay outside to eventually germinate and grow or let them stay inside until they are big?
Is it possible the roots will just grow through the carton?
You should make a hole in the bottom first, so the roots can grow well
Just suggestion
burry them with the carton , it breaks down and does have some nutrition for the baby roots… i do so for 30 years and always have strong roots moreover the eggshells themselves crushed into the soil adds needed calcium and some white and yolk left over for even more plant food !!!
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I’m using a plastic eggs carton I hope it works 😅
So it looks like I need to leave them in the carton for a while because yours look pretty big. Mine are popping up after 2 days but of course they are very small. How many days did you keep the lid on? How many days did you keep them in the carton in the house?
I didn’t germinate my seeds with water first, will they still sprout?
Can you just leave the carton on roots since it is degradable ? Seems like it would be better to have roots intact and grow through.
I honestly would plant the seeds a little deeper. When they start sprouting, the deeper the roots, the less likely they are to dry out in an egg carton. 🧡
Do the seeds need light before putting in the ground?
So helpful thanks
I’m new to gardening. How would you plant these indoors after using the egg carton method?
Could I use a clear plastic egg carton ??
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Do I need to peel the carton off?
Thanks, I’m interested in trying this. We eat a TON of eggs, and I have a special coffee grinder for the shells, but aside from making fire starters with wax and some of these i’m like…..what the hell do i do with the rest of them lol? seems like a convenient package that i can compost after.
Thanks for this informative video!
What are the pros and cons of planting it with the whole egg carton section?
Can you use the plastic container vs cardboard container? Thanks
I think the "you can put the pot right in the soil" might be a myth from people that have never grown anything.
You do have nice looking roots. I tried using the paper egg carton too… they germed OK, but never put out roots through the pots. I wanted to put them straight into the ground like peat pots… but it didn’t work out for me. Looks like you had to remove the cardboard like I did. Do you think scoring some lines down the side would help? That seems like almost more work/trouble then it’s worth though…
(besides- I’ve found that roots and seedlings are a lot tougher then most people think. I’ve even used scissors to cut roots that were too long and the plants were healthy and vigorous. I’ve done this a number of times, and with different types of plants. All of mine are organic- don’t know if that matters or not.
( I also did a vid on how rough you can be with cactus seedlings- and they are surprisingly tough! The ones from the video are thriving outside right now. I even found some tiny cactus seedlings out in the yard after the small container they were sprouted in dried out and blew over-scattering all the seedlings.)
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Hey, I have squash seeds should I also leave them in water or just plant them dry
Lovely video. Was hesitating to germinate my sunflower seeds in egg cartons. Watching this makes me wanna start right away. Thanks
The seeds will grow without light? I thought seeds needed a lot of light to sprout
I just started my own! The seeds already started sprouting. Thanks!
Do you have to take them out of these cartons?
Good information