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Make an easy mini greenhouse from trash to raise seedlings.
A clear plastic berry box with a hinged lid will become the greenhouse.
Gather up three toilet paper cores.
Flatten in half, open, then flatten the other other way so that four edges are creased.
Cut along each of the four flattened edges about a quarter of the way up the tube.
Fold and unfold each segment, making good creases. This will make it easier to fold up the bottom
Fold in each flap, one over the other, as you would to close a cardboard carton.
The pots can be stored in the greenhouse until ready to be filled with soil.
Fill each pot with soil or potting mix. It is a good idea to do this over a sheet of paper, cardboard or plastic to catch the excess soil.
Plant a seed or two into each pot then place them in the greenhouse. Water each pot.
Close the top to keep the soil warm. Place the greenhouse in another plastic container without holes to catch the water and keep moist. Because the po...
The lid can be propped open on warm days.After the seedlings are big enough, transplant, pot and all. The roots will grow straight through the cardboa...
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5 Stars!!!
I made "mini greenhouses" for some of my seedlings this year using plastic shoeboxes I had around. I drilled a couple of holes in the bottom for drainage on one shoebox, filled it with soil and planted my seeds. The other shoebox went on top--upside down. I held them together with a binder clip at each end. They looked alot like something you would pay actual money for in those gardening catalogs. I planted directly in these for salad fixin's in March, when it was too early yet to plant outside, but they would do well for the little TP tube pots, too.
Use the full length of the tp tube. crumple up a small bit of newspaper to stuff in the bottom third or so then fill with seed raising mix. When the seedlings are big enough to transplant just pull out the newspaper and tear off the empty bit of tp tube. The roots will hold the soil in place long enough to plant and the roots won't have to push through anything. The collar at the top of the tube also helps keep cutworms off the seedlings until they can fend for themselves.
Happy gardening!
When I try to make holes in a container like this I usually end up with a useless wadded up piece of plastic.
This is a great idea by the way.
Our town is running an Earth Day soon. I'll have a sample with me to show our local horticultural society.
You can use paper towel cores as well but they are a little more substantial. I like how the toilet role cores soften up when the are wetted. They will allow the roots to grow through them easily.
We are in eastern Canada. March has been unbelievable. No snow for the first time in recorder history and +30C only a couple of days ago but pissing with rain today. It's gonna be an early season. I have great hopes that your little pots will come through for me.
Best regards
Stew
I HAVE TONS OF TP TUBES THAT I SAVE TO MAKE FIRE STARTERS FOR CAMPING. NOW I HAVE A NOTHERS GREEN USE FOR THEM.
THANKS A TON!!!!!!