Toilet Paper Roll Seed Pots Are Cool!

I knew I was saving toilet paper rolls for a reason! As the photos show, just cut the roll about one and a half inches up on four sides, so you have four flaps to fold over for the bottom of the pot. Don't worry if the last flap makes the pot kind of tippy because once it's filled with soil and dampened, it will sit flat just fine. Now get some potting soil, not garden soil because you want your little seedlings to have the best start with no competition from bugs or weeds. Fill them right to the top and tap it down a little, then get a pencil or pen (use the dull end) and put a little hole in each pot. Only go down about half an inch or so, that way your seeds will not be planted too deep. Today I started tomatoes and some lettuce. It's a little early to start things like cukes or eggplant or basil because they like it hot! And beet seeds will be going straight into the ground in the next couple of weeks, along with chard and kale etc.Put your tray of seedlings somewhere warm, like the top of the fridge, to sprout and keep them moist with a misting several times a day. I poured some water in the bottom of the tray too, so they can soak up moisture from the bottom. Once the sprouts come up just keep misting them and move the whole bunch to a very sunny, warm window in your house. In a month or so, they can be carefully transplanted to either you garden or larger pots, depending on the weather conditions in your area. Here in Seattle I'll put the lettuce in the ground in a month and the tomatoes I'll keep babying along until it's warmer and they can be put in the garden. Enjoy this great little recycling idea and get those seedlings going!