Easy to Make, Seed Starter Pots from Cardboard Cores.

We* are getting a head start on a few gardening chores while we wait out this cold front! One task we accomplished was making Seed Starter Pots from Cardboard Cores. The first thing I need to say about this process is, I will never throw a cardboard core away, ever again! Come and take a look...

East Texas has been cold! So cold no outside work has gotten done, save a coat of paint on the shop doors. I am not certain they could have taken another rain storm and survived! While we won't be putting in any formal garden this year we still have plans for a few garden projects. Such as:

Lots of wildflowers in the yard for the birds. 

Strawberry towers. Because nothing is better than strawberries from your own yard!

And potatoes, I will be putting some to "chit" in the next day or so. 

But first things first, about those wildflowers, we decided to make seed pots and use them scattered throughout the yard over broadcasting wildflower seed that most likely would have been eaten before it could germinate. So let's get started...

You will want to gather up the following materials:

Cardboard cores, both toilet paper cores and paper towel cores work. 

Plastic mushroom boxes, the large ones from Costco are my favorite, but smaller ones work just as well.

Salad Mix Containers, the clear ones with a hinged or closable lid are nice!

Scissors.

Plastic wrap, if using mushroom boxes.

Seeds of choice.

Water. You can drop from your fingertips or use a spray bottle.

Flatten the core, and cut into half. Cut four slits evenly around the cut edge. Fold the four flap inward. 

Fill the container with the seed starter pots. 

Add soil, top with a seed or two, mist generously with water and cover. 

Place in a sunny warm area and let the magic happen! Remember to mist with water daily. 

*To clarify, we is the royal we, where my husband has the green thumb, but I know how to cut a mean cardboard core!

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