Comments on: Food Storage Garden – Make Your Own Pots for FREE

By: wishtrish

wishtrish — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:55:05 +0000

I have been making these for years, and I think you are brilliant to put this up here. I love doing my potting this way. Is it okay for me to share your video on my garden blog? http://trishsgarden.blogspot.com It’s a desert gardening site, and it’s really too late to start most seedlings here, but it would be good info for my readers come fall when we get ready to plant again. Thanks!

By: Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy

Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:06:50 +0000

I just transplant when the roots are starting to get squished on the sides of the pot (or sticking out of the jiffy pellets). Just make sure to wait until the weather is warm enough to move them outside.

By: Elizabeth Golly

Elizabeth Golly — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:03:28 +0000

This is awsome…. my son and i resently planted som sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds in a little window box to help my son understand where food comes from and this is great! i can’t wait to try it. do you know how long before you HAVE to transplant?thanks again!!

By: Jana

Jana — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:50:10 +0000

Thanks so much! I saw a wooden tool that makes the newspaper pots in a garden catalog. Now I can make larger pots for free!

By: April

April — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:41:15 +0000

Fantastic idea!!! The greenhouse you have, Walmart here where I live Canada has them. I bought 3 of them..only $40 each.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:16:37 +0000

Y’all are just so awesome. I saw this and said we are going to try it I have already made 15 pots just sitting on the floor with my little one. We are having so much fun. This is so cool. I was debating on weather to go buy pots. Not gonna buy them now. Thank you all.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:52:54 +0000

Yes, you can plant with the newspaper still on. It will decompose. Actually, that’s why many people like to use this sort of thing for seedlings. because you can plant it directly in the ground without disturbing the roots.
However, if you like, you may want to open up the bottom to help it out.

By: ctdaffodil

ctdaffodil — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:25:28 +0000

you could use a utility knife and make slices into the newspaper pot before transplanting. We’ve done this before and never had a problem with the newspaper decomposing….

By: Jodi

Jodi — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:52:53 +0000

I would pull the newspaper off. I don’t think it would biodegrade fast enough to prevent the roots from getting rootbound.

By: Cynthia Z

Cynthia Z — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:26:37 +0000

yay! Thanks for sharing! I’m needing to transplant my little seedling into pots for a while before they hit the garden, and I found I only have 9 little pots, so this is exactly what I needed to know! I went ahead and lined the pots with newspaper, in hopes that they will transplant easier. Thanks again for the tip