seed umbrellas

Why do seeds need umbrellas, you say?  Seeds that are just getting started can get burned by too much sun.  I kept getting fried seedlings from planting things in the window and then underestimating the heat they were experiencing.


Here are some simple seed umbrellas you can make to help them make it past those crucial first weeks.

Step 1 Materials and tools

some cardboard - an old pizza box works well
some straws rescued from the trash
a means of cutting (scissors, or a craft cutter)
hot melt glue gun
tape

optional: 
small plastic lid
hot knife for cutting plastic

krylon spray paint

Comments

[chihuahualover112]

ooh, thank you so much for this instructable! my strawberry plants were getting fried in the texas sun, and i've been searching for something like this for the longest time! i will most definitely be making these on a larger scale to save them. (:

[RaisedByRobots]

yay cool!

[Totysheep]

Definitely going to do this next season! I had pigeons trample and eat allot of my seedlings this year, but not anymore!!! Awesome ible!

[RaisedByRobots]

oh cool! thx!

[LabMama]

Very pretty, and practical, too.

[RaisedByRobots]

oh thank you!

[sunshiine]

I love this ible!

[RaisedByRobots]

yay cool!

[CatTrampoline]

These are much prettier than the burlap-over-wire mesh I have been using!

[RaisedByRobots]

Cool, thx! Love the handle, my cat treats me like furniture too! =)

[porcupinemamma]

I'll give it a whirl (but they won't have the pretty lacey effect that yours do.)

[porcupinemamma]

You put a lot of love and thought into this. The umbrellas are very pretty too. I just had a thought-would a paper cocktail umbrella work for those of us who are lazy?

[RaisedByRobots]

Those coctail umbrellas are so cute aren't they? I think they would work great too.

cheers -J

[ChrysN]

Clever, and pretty too!

[RaisedByRobots]

thank you!