DIY Faux Peat Pots for Indoor Seed Starting
No matter if you are planning a vegetable or flower garden or both this spring, savvy gardeners like to start their seeds indoors to get ahead of the game and save a few bucks too! These easy DIY Faux Peat Pots for Indoor Seed Starting will cost you zero and they’re very easy to make.
What planting zone are you in? This is good information in order for you to know which month to start your seeds indoors so they will be ready for the great outdoors at the correct time.
You need to know which Plant Hardiness Zone you live in. This USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map will help you find it.
No matter if you are growing vegetables or flowers, you can save lots of money by starting your own seeds indoors. While saving money is a good reward, it is also amazingly satisfying to grow your own anything from seed.
Once you have decided exactly which seeds to start indoors and determined a good start date for your seeds based on your planting zone, you are ready to make some faux peat pots. Starter kit peat pots are available in home and garden stores but those can be expensive.
These faux peat pots are super easy to make and 100% compostable. You can plant them straight into the ground in the spring.
Supplies
- Toilet paper rollers
- Paper towel rollers
- Newspaper
Newspaper Seedling Pot
They are 100% compostable as well. Just plant straight into the ground with your adorable little seedling in the spring!
Easy peasy, right! Cost= 0!!
There aren’t many things much easier than making your own faux peat pots using materials which will compost into the ground. Get the kids on board and they will be learning something without even realizing it.
My favorite thing to grow is flowers. This year I plan to start Begonias from seed to line the beds in our front yard. Follow us on Instagram to watch the process from seed to bloom.
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This is so simple Shirley! Pinned! #MM
Kim
Great ideas. Waiting for spring!
Thanks for stopping by. Winter is still biting right now but Spring is just around the corner!
Love it. I am always looking for a way to recycle, and this use of the toilet paper roll is right up my alley. We are having single digit weather but I am toasty warm inside. I will now turn my attention to prepping for Spring and making these cute little faux peat pots. Thanks for the idea.
I wish it would be time to turn our thoughts to Spring here too, but I know better than that. Spring is still months away. But it will come, happens every year ;). Nice little pots you made there. Have fun planting!
This is really cool! I’m sorry you guys are getting beat up out there – what a winter!! We are lucky in that we can plant pretty much year-round, but I haven’t even begun my garden yet. Since moving into our new home, we’re doing house projects right now. Can’t wait to get my hands into the soil though!! ~Renee
It sure is colder than normal in our neck of the woods, that’s for sure! We need to get those seeds started indoors about now though if we plan to have some seedlings in the spring!
What a great idea! I never thought of making these on my own!
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