Make paper pots with no tools!

mocolo

I'm so oooooooo jealous of your tray. What amidoing wrong????

richyrich7

Nice link, I do mine a different way takes me about 15 secs to make a pot, take one sheet of newspaper rip it in half across the spine so now you have 2 halves of folded paper. wrap it round a fizzy drinks can, so 1/4 hangs off the bottom end (Where the dimple is) crush the bit that hangs off the can into the dimple, remove and hey presto one pot.

full-time-mum

angie_loves_veg wrote: »

I saw this on a gardening forum, and quite simply it is brilliant. All you need is one sheet of newspaper, and when you have the knack, it is simple!

I would recommend you read this with a sheet of newspaper in your hands!


http://www.wizer.co.uk/?p=29

:dance:

Will give this a go tomorrow - have been using toilet roll inners for sweeet peas this year too.

Seakay

I can't get the original link to work anymore - does anyone have a clear set of instructions (with diagrams or video as well would be great)

Seakay

Having looked for 20 minutes, as soon as I added to the thread I found a link myself! Here it is in case others want it too:
http://gyocitygardener.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=65

Lotus-eater

I have tried and tried and this horrible link is awful, the photos are tiny, it takes ages to load and I can't work it out!!!

I can get up to the "push the folded triangles inside" and how are you supposed to do that .................. will someone p l e a s e put me out of my misery, preferably with a gun.

katiel

Never realised there were so many different ways to make pots from newspaper! These are the instructions I use. Last year I put seedlings into the smaller pots, then planted the whole thing into larger paper pots, and then into the garden or wherever they were going. Worked very well. (But boy don't your fingers get filthy making the pots!)http://www.geocities.com/newspaperpots/?200712

arkonite_babe

The links posted don't work for me, try these:

Seed starter pots from newspaper

How to make paper pots

Quick rot guerilla pots

How to make a paper pot

Lotus-eater

Luckily my OH has much more brain power and patience than me and has worked now out the origami pot
I think I prefer the first link that Arkonite_babe posted, seems much sturdier.