VIDEO: Make growing pots yourself

This is how self-made nursery pots succeed

No hard-working hobby gardener will forego growing plants just because he no longer has any growing pots made from pressed peat. Especially if the seeds have been successfully brought through the winter. The solution are homemade, small pots that you can quickly make from waste paper. You do not need the newspaper presses available in stores for this.

1. Have the paper ready. Lay four layers of newspaper on top of each other. This makes the little pots really stable.

   

2. Cropping. Now cut out a rectangle about 10 centimeters wide and 30 centimeters long.

   

3. Wrap. Wrap the cut four-ply piece of paper tightly around a narrow aerosol can. Alternatively, use a narrow drinking glass or something similar.

   

4. Leave the supernatant. Let the paper protrude a few inches at the bottom.

   



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5. Fold the bottom. At the point where you end the rolling up, you now have to fold the excess material inwards. Best layer by layer, so that a stable floor is created. Press down the layers well.
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6. Decrease. Finally, pull off the growing potty.

   

7. Fill up. Simply fill the finished newspaper pots with soil. Then pour carefully and thereby glue the paper layers together. This also increases the stability.

   

Application tips for the homemade potty

Since newspaper is made of cellulose, the pots are biodegradable. As with purchased nursery pots, you can later bury the germinated plants, including the pots, in the bed. That saves the pricking out. The softened newspaper is easily penetrated by the roots of the plant and the nursery pots decompose completely over time.

You should not use glossy magazines for making propagation pots, as these do not decompose. Some colors can also contain toxins that harm the sensitive seedlings.

By the way, the quick alternative are egg cartons made of cardboard. Since the space for the formation of roots in the hollows is very limited, the seedlings should be taken outdoors as soon as possible.