Comments on: Toilet Roll Seed-Starter http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/ Gardening for the People. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: @charmcitycook http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-54205 @charmcitycook Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:35:20 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-54205 Geez, this cold weather is making me yearn for spring. So...this weekend, starting some seeds indoors - herbs, to... http://t.co/yEnwhmdm Geez, this cold weather is making me yearn for spring. So…this weekend, starting some seeds indoors – herbs, to… http://t.co/yEnwhmdm

]]> By: Meg http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-14434 Meg Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:53:35 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-14434 This sounds very cool. I've also had lots of luck using egg cartons to start seedlings. The roots grow right through it, and the fiber breaks down in the soil. This sounds very cool. I’ve also had lots of luck using egg cartons to start seedlings. The roots grow right through it, and the fiber breaks down in the soil.

]]> By: Felicia http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-14042 Felicia Tue, 29 May 2007 13:32:09 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-14042 brilliant! brilliant!

]]> By: Jen Rubenstein http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-13341 Jen Rubenstein Fri, 18 May 2007 18:53:58 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-13341 Another good solution is a PotMaker. It uses newspaper for making seed starting pots. They break down easily in the garden after planting. Roots easily grow through the sides. And they keep lots of paper out of landfills. They're made in Canada by Richters. Lots of web sites carry them. Another good solution is a PotMaker. It uses newspaper for making seed starting pots. They break down easily in the garden after planting. Roots easily grow through the sides. And they keep lots of paper out of landfills. They’re made in Canada by Richters. Lots of web sites carry them.

]]> By: Gayla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-12976 Gayla Sun, 13 May 2007 22:21:42 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-12976 Yes cutting a papertowel roll in half would work out the same. Don't forget to save your rolls for transplanting tomato seedlings as well. Yes cutting a papertowel roll in half would work out the same. Don’t forget to save your rolls for transplanting tomato seedlings as well.

]]> By: lainieb http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-12927 lainieb Sat, 12 May 2007 23:54:49 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-12927 Oh...my...that is brilliant. I am definitely going to try this - that is, if I can get my kid to stop using all our tp rolls for crafts! Guess we'll have to share. We need to do more of this kind of thing. With all the recycling and composting we do, I'm still bothered by how much ends up at the curb. I would imagine you could do the same with the paper towel - just cut it in half? Oh…my…that is brilliant. I am definitely going to try this – that is, if I can get my kid to stop using all our tp rolls for crafts! Guess we’ll have to share. We need to do more of this kind of thing. With all the recycling and composting we do, I’m still bothered by how much ends up at the curb.

I would imagine you could do the same with the paper towel – just cut it in half?

]]> By: Gayla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-11981 Gayla Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:35:24 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-11981 Wren: These ideas are fantastic! Your grandmother had it going on. Wren: These ideas are fantastic! Your grandmother had it going on.

]]> By: Wren http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-11973 Wren Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:03:53 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-11973 Hmmm... takes me back a bit to childhood springs when I'd see rows and rows of milk cartons on my grandmother's window sills, turned on their sides, sprouting tomato plants. She'd cut off one side panel and grow three plants in each, and they fit perfectly without overhanging the window sills! Since the cartons weren't recycleable then, and bottles were long gone, this was just one of her waste-not methods... Along with converting chipped china and dinged cookie tins into succulent planters for the thrift store she volunteered at, which saved the containers from being thrown out, and brought a better price at sale anyway. Hmmm… takes me back a bit to childhood springs when I’d see rows and rows of milk cartons on my grandmother’s window sills, turned on their sides, sprouting tomato plants. She’d cut off one side panel and grow three plants in each, and they fit perfectly without overhanging the window sills! Since the cartons weren’t recycleable then, and bottles were long gone, this was just one of her waste-not methods…

Along with converting chipped china and dinged cookie tins into succulent planters for the thrift store she volunteered at, which saved the containers from being thrown out, and brought a better price at sale anyway.

]]> By: Gayla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-11967 Gayla Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:17:08 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-11967 Don't let them dry out. The goal is to keep them at a fairly consistent level of moisture that is like a damp sponge but not soaking. Removing them from the bag should help curb the mold issue. You can try sprinkling a little cinnamon on the soil surface (it's got antifungal properties). Don’t let them dry out. The goal is to keep them at a fairly consistent level of moisture that is like a damp sponge but not soaking. Removing them from the bag should help curb the mold issue. You can try sprinkling a little cinnamon on the soil surface (it’s got antifungal properties).

]]> By: em http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-11894 em Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:04:43 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/04/13/toilet-roll-seed-starter/#comment-11894 Yeah, I put them in plastic bags in the airing cupboard - no air at all in there! I've taken the bags off and have put them in a windowsill but they are still really tiny - they only have their first seed-leaves yet. Would it be ok to leave them to dry out - will the mold harm the dirt or anything? Thank you so much for your help! em Yeah, I put them in plastic bags in the airing cupboard – no air at all in there! I’ve taken the bags off and have put them in a windowsill but they are still really tiny – they only have their first seed-leaves yet. Would it be ok to leave them to dry out – will the mold harm the dirt or anything?

Thank you so much for your help!
em

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