3 Simple Ways to
Share What You Make

With Instructables you can share what you make with the world — and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.

PhotosPhotos

Share one or more photos of a project, recipe, or whatever you've made, quickly and easily.

Step by StepStep-By-Step

Share your step-by-step photos with text instructions of what you made so others can do it too!

VideoVideo

Share your how-to video. You'll need your embed code from a video site such as YouTube.

indoors planting/ starting.

indoors planting/ starting.
«
  • Picture 005.jpg
  • Picture 006.jpg
  • Picture 015.jpg
  • Picture 016.jpg
  • Picture 007.jpg
  • Picture 008.jpg
  • Picture 009.jpg
  • Picture 010.jpg
  • Picture 011.jpg
  • Picture 012.jpg
  • Picture 013.jpg
  • Picture 014.jpg
  • last photo ←
»
(incomplete pleas wait for latest 6/09 before complaining it is so)
a lot of us grow plants indoors and out. well this instuctable is documenting my new (low to no cost) indoor plant starter. (for the moment I'm just planting some indoor plants in February to March I'll cover starting outdoor plants.)

what you need
a tub or the like to catch and hold water (a good reservoir is important for people who may forget to water on accession.)
pots (I'll be using clay for indoors and peat or recycled plastic pots for ones I intend to transplant.)
potting mix (for in I have Chia growing sponge I picked up in a discount bin, for out a combination of peat moss and compost.)
and finally seeds.

tools you may need.
trowel
watering can/spray bottle.
possibly a drill and or screw gun.

what will make it easy.
light(s) (sun isn't as reliable as it could be.)
timer (for light(s))
soda bottle (for watering)
 
Remove these adsRemove these ads by Signing Up
 

Step 1Cost

cost
seeds $0.05-$0.25/pack buy in the fall most seeds can survive many years so 80-90% savings balances out a 5-15% decrease in fertility.
tub 0.00 its easy to find suitable things being thrown away.
light $6.95 (a real deal considering it comes with a bulb.)
timer $3.75-$5.99 after Christmas sails (just get the grounded if you need one)
pots (peat) $1.00 for 48 end of season sales.
Chia set (I bought mine for $5.00 with one broken pot)
you can easily squeak in under $20.00 for a setup like mine.
« Previous StepDownload PDFView All StepsNext Step »
3 comments
Jan 8, 2009. 11:08 AMadmin says:
This project looks awesome but there isn't enough documentation of you actually making it to be a full Instructable. There are two things which you could do. 1) If you happen to have images of you making your project you can create some more steps, add those additional photos into your Instructable and then republish your Instructable. 2) If you don't have any more pictures of you working on your project, that's ok too. That just means that your project is better suited to be submitted as a slideshow. Your images are already in your library, and you can use the same text that you have already written for your Instructable so it should only take a few minutes to create your slideshow and show the world what you made! Thanks for your submission and let me know if you have any questions along the way.
Sep 8, 2010. 10:27 AMTonyisme says:
good ible' but as stephenniall says more info is required-especially on the pic's, maybe its just me but I couldn't really work out what some of them were(2,3,5,10)
May 14, 2009. 1:34 PMstephenniall says:
hmm i donmt get this But try adding a luil more info

Pro

Get More Out of Instructables

Already have an Account?

close

All Steps Viewing
View all steps of an Instructable on the same page when you're a Pro Member.

Upgrade to Pro today!
1
Followers
4
Author:lucek