DIY Faux Peat Pots for Indoor Seed Starting

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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.

How to make faux peat pots for starting seeds indoors. Start seeds indoors in the winter using these frugal DIY Faux Peat Pots. Toilet paper rolls and newspaper can be used to make faux peat pots. #diypeatpot #upcycletoiletpaperroll



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.

USDA Plant Hardines Zone Map

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. 

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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

Faux toilet paper roll peat pot folded and cut Intelligentdomestications.com

Faux toilet paper roll peat pot bottom fold. Finished. Intelligentdomestications.com

Newspaper Seedling Pot

They are 100% compostable as well. Just plant straight into the ground with your adorable little seedling in the spring!

Faux peat pot tri-fold instructions Intelligentdomestications.com

Faux peat pot bottom fold instructions Intelligentdomestications.com

Easy peasy, right! Cost= 0!!

Faux peat pots

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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How to make faux peat pots for starting seeds indoors. Start seeds indoors in the winter using these frugal DIY Faux Peat Pots. Toilet paper rolls and newspaper can be used to make faux peat pots. #diypeatpot #upcycletoiletpaperroll
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  1. 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.

  2. 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

    1. 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!

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