Comments on: How to Make Newspaper Seedling Pots

By: ND

ND — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:48:02 +0000

I’ve found that the newspaper pots dry out waaay too fast here in AZ. Too bad, I loved the idea.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:41:26 +0000

I am currently experimenting with making paper mache pots from junk mail… I want to be able to sell seedlings at the market and wanted something cheap/free/recycled to sell them in. The newspaper ones are great but not as stable to travel about and sell to people.
Its coming into winter here, so I have plenty of time to sit by the fire and make them before spring comes back!

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:33:05 +0000

How are the bottoms of these pots held together?

By: Kaye

Kaye — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:51:49 +0000

What do you do with your 4 tons of harvest?? I’d love to get into your recipes and ways of “putting it up”-I seem to have much more than I can deal with every year.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:40:08 +0000

The newspaper pots work awesome. I found it on a website this winter and just transplanted some of my tomato seedling from them into some recycled bigger pots. I have to say that I am too cheap to buy a pot maker (even though I would like one) A glass jar worked the best because it tapers at the top and makes it easier to slide out. As soon as I slide it out I do have to fill it with dirt otherwise I worry it would fall apart. I really enjoy your blog. Thanks

By: Mavis

Mavis — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:04:37 +0000

WoW! What an awesome idea! Way to go Vera!

By: Vera Grant

Vera Grant — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:59:47 +0000

Mavis,
like the rest of the world, I’m so overjoyed reading about your gardening and life projects. I saw this post while back and did not want to spent money on the wooden dowel. I save mine toilet paper rolls for kid projects and so idea went off in my head. I cut up newspapers into strips as shown in your post and then used the toilet paper roll to wrap the newspapers in the same matter as above.
It came out perfectly and I’m happy owner of big kale, marigold and kohlrabi!
Thank you for all your posts.

By: Mavis

Mavis — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:14:16 +0000

Go check them out! They have the really big ones from time to time and those are great for tomatoes and potatoes.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:39:27 +0000

I just found your website tonight and was truly amazed . I told my husband about the idea of getting reclaimed pots form home depot and read him what you said and even though we live in a trailer and ‘m in a chair we want to grow tomatoes and I was Herbs last year we tried but the dirt and soil here isn’t so great so this year we’re using pots now we’re gonna try using reclaimed pots thanks to you .I am now a fan.

By: Jessica kiefer

Jessica kiefer — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:38:22 +0000

I know this post is old but….My son has to have bottled water everyday at school…well, I’m a eco-friendly person and cringed every time another plastic bottle was wasted…..soooo, I decided to use the left over bottles for pots….cut top off and plant —– use top as a cover if u need to….I use a newspaper/mulch mix as dirt and it pops out easy and holds up to transplant because of the paper compost….This way I don’t throw away so much plastic and my brain doesn’t bust from thinking on how long it would take to break down in the dump. lol