Gardening is something that I really take great joy in doing. I love the peace of having just you and the earth. So I tend to start my flowers and vegetables early by starting them in the house. Using the cardboard egg cartons make perfect biodegradable seedling pots. The great thing I have found is that since they are biodegradable they can easily be separated and placed into the ground without breaking any of the established roots.
Materials Needed:
- Bottom of cardboard egg cartons
- Potting soil
- Easy-to-grow vegetable, flower or herb seeds
Instructions:
- Poke small hole in bottom of each egg cup (for drainage).
- Fill each egg cup ¾ full with potting soil.
- Plant a seed in each egg cup.
- Water, put in sunny window & continue to water when dry. Watch plants grow! (They will need to be transplanted to the garden or bigger pots when they outgrow their pots.)
- Make sure you have a pan or something underneath to catch any water that may drain through the egg carton.
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great idea! i love that u can plant the egg carton too and it wont dirupt the roots! would it be agood idea to plant the hole thing? just placeing the hole carton into the ground? that way absoutly no roots would get damaged, but does this leave enought growning room for the plants as they grow?
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