Introduction: Recycled Plastic Bottle Plant Pot

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A plastic container recycled to make a home for a plant in need. An advantage to this method over a normal pot is that you can see the roots of the plant when they get too big, so you know when it needs more space.


NOTICE: If you are an experienced plant lover, you will know how to do step three, so it will be overly simple.

Step 1: What You Will Need

Materials:
soil
a plant in need of a home
an empty plastic container
a knife
(You might need newspaper for planting the plant if you are doing it indoors.)

Note: The plastic container will need to be wide enough to hold your plant with room to grow

Step 2: The Pot

First take the label off of the bottle. Then cut it so it is high enough for the roots to be off the bottom. If the edge is too sharp, either file it or cover it with tape.


!!!!!WARNING: IF YOU ARE NOT AN ADULT, USE ADULT SUPERVISION WHEN YOU CUT THE POT, OR HAVE AN ADULT CUT IT FOR YOU!!!!! BE CAREFUL!!!

Step 3: The Plant

If you are an experienced plant lover, you will know how to do this step, so it will be overly simple.

Place an inch or two of soil on the bottom of the pot, so there is no plastic showing. Then hold the plant in the pot while you pour soil around it. When no roots are showing, lightly pack down the soil. Then pour slightly more soil in and spread it around so it is even. Pack that down firmly so there are no air pockets among the roots, which can kill the plant. Then give it some water, and you're almost done.

Step 4: Paper Sleeve (new Update)

**Update**

This step has been made because I was told by two fellow instructableers that light is bad for roots, and that I should make another step with a paper sleeve. Thanks to mistic and hybridracers for this step.

I gave away my first plant so I just used a cup for the pics.

To make a paper sleve, use plain white paper.
Measure the height of the pot from the bottom to the top of the dirt, or slightly below.
Cut the paper longways so that one half of it's width is the same as the measurement you just made.
If the pot is really wide, then you need to cut another peice of paper to the same height, so it will reach all the way around the pot. If you are using two pieces of paper, tape them together now. wrap the paper around the pot and tape together, preferably with masking tape. Leave the bottom open for two reasons. The first is that no light can get in the bottom, so it is unnecessary. The second is that you will be able to see the bott om, so you will know if the plant needs water or a transplant, or something.

Done!

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