Make Your Own Newspaper Pots for Starting Seedlings

While you are waiting for the right time to start your seedlings you can start preparing pots to start your seedlings.  In the past I have given you directions for making square newspaper pots.  Here are directions to make round newspaper pots. 

Start with a heavy bottle that has a concave bottom. (You can use a flat bottomed bottle, but it is a little harder).  Cut newspaper into six inch wide pieces the length of a section of newspaper. Wrap four layers of newspaper around the bottle.  Be sure to leave at least two inches of newspaper below the bottle’s bottom.  Push the newspaper at the bottom of the bottle up into the little concave part of the bottle.  Slip the newspaper off the bottle and staple to secure.  Be sure to put your newspaper pot on a water proof container or tray since the bottoms of the pots will disintegrate before the seedlings are ready to transplant.

Source:  Coffin, D., K. Hopkins, F. Wertheim, C. Bowie, Garden Equipment and Items to Make for the Maine Garden, 2008. Available at the Enjoy Your Garden with Containers and Raised Beds series this spring.

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