Paper potter?

orchidpepper

Hi guys

Have any of you used a 'paper potter'? They seem a fantastic idea and obviously I want to recycle as much as possible (currently saving old toilet roll tubes for planting my beans)

If you have used one, are they any good?

Thanks

Gx

ALIBOBSY

Is this something that makes newspaper pots for you?
Can be done just with a glass, fold a whole sheet of newspaper (so 4 pages) in half and then half again.
Wrap around a glass and tuck the ends into the glass. Can use different sized glasses for different sized pots.
Pull the paper off and turn the glass over and shove back in so the bottom of the glass squidges the paper down to make the base of the pot.

There are lots of other methods on the net as well, so if I was you I would save your money for other stuff.

good luck
ali x

valk_scot

Try this way...free, you can make pots of different sizes and they sit nicely together in a seed tray with no wasted space.

cootambear

carboard egg carton. !!!!! bottom when ready to plant outside.

Lotus-eater

Ali's way with the glass's is what you want, works a treat.

I can't do it though, my OH has to do it for me

orchidpepper

Thank you so much! Can I just say I am LOVING the origami paper pot idea? Arty AND moneysaving!

Haven't even cleaned the greenhouse yet but i'm desperate to make a batch of these pots haha

Thanks again

Gx

foxgloves

Despite having bought a kit to make these some years ago, I now just wrap newspaper around a jam jar then fold the ends over before standing them all in a seed tray. They stand upright if you pack them close together. The paper potmaking kit I bought is a bit more complex than the usual ones you see, you had 2 templates, one for the sides & one for the base and you had to cut these out of newpaper, then soak them in water, before forming around the pot shaper, then put them in another sort of plastic thing to get a good shape. The pots were excellent, dried out a bit like thin papier mache, but it's messy work, your hands get freezing and as plants aren't going to be in there for long, I find it's easier just to use the old jam jar method.

midnightraven3

I use a paper potter, I make 500+ pots with mine each year
i sit and do it whenever i have 5 spare minutes, and store them in a bucket

i didnt like toilet roll tubes, they took longer to break down
my son brings home a metro paper each day, and so i use that
i love my paper potter, and have bought a couple as gifts

knithryn

I have a wooden paper pot maker and love it BUT the pots aren't very wide in diameter.
I shall certainly use that method posted above with the video link for wider pots for bigger seeds. Thanks!

kippers

I use a baked bean tin and a soy sauce bottle for thinner (root trainer type) pots. I also use a bit of masking tape around the pot to stop it falling apart as this decomposes in the soil too. It saves loads of money making your own pots

LJM

i have one and im afraid to say it hasnt been used i did tend to go for method above