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Start Spring Seeds in Easy Pots

Growing plants from seeds is easy if you start with the right container. Follow our suggestions for pots that will break down on their own. And discover how you can make your own from things you find around the house.

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up to get into the garden, try this. If you wanna start seeds yourself, there are lots of options out there that are easy to use, inexpensive, and even better, they're biodegradable. Now, one option is Jiffy pots. These come in all shapes and sizes from your local garden supply store. So there should be one that's right for whatever you're growing. Just fill them with some potting soil, plant your seeds , and set them on a sunny spot. When you're ready to put your seedlings into the garden, these pots just go right into the ground, where they'll eventually decompose. Another easy option are these peat pellets. Now, they start out looking kinda like this, just some dried disk, nothing too exciting; but when you soak them in hot water, they expand into this neat little peat pots, and then they have a little opening right here, where you can poke your seeds into it. Again, then when your ready to put them in the garden, you just plop them in the ground, and you're set. Now, these last 2 ideas are things that I'm sure you already have in your own house. First cardboard egg cartons. Now, each individual compartment can house a seedling, and then when you're ready to go plant them in your yard, all you got to do is cut each little compartment apart, and then these go right into the ground. You can space your seedlings accordingly or you can use what comes in the cartoons, and that's the eggs themselves. You just want to save some bunch of eggs when you're making a batch of scrambled eggs . Clean them out, and then poke a little drainage hole in the bottom with the pin, and then you're going to put some potting soil in there, and your seeds , and then you just set the eggs right back into the cartoons and put them on a sunny window sill. Then, when the seedlings are ready to go into the ground, you just pop the shells right in the ground, and there's really no clean up. I mean, how easy is that, and it's nice to know that you're recycling at the same time. So, get cracking at starting your seeds inside. (0:04)

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" When you're gearing up to get into the garden, try this. If you wanna start seeds yourself, there are lots of options out there that are easy to use, inexpensive, and even better, they're biodegradable. Now, one option is Jiffy pots. These come in all shapes and sizes from your local garden supply store. So there should be one that's right for whatever you're growing. Just fill them with some potting soil, plant your seeds, and set them on a sunny spot. When you're ready to put your seedlings into the garden, these pots just go right into the ground, where they'll eventually decompose. Another easy option are these peat pellets. Now, they start out looking kinda like this, just some dried disk, nothing too exciting; but when you soak them in hot water, they expand into this neat little peat pots, and then they have a little opening right here, where you can poke your seeds into it. Again, then when your ready to put them in the garden, you just plop them in the ground, and you're set. Now, these last 2 ideas are things that I'm sure you already have in your own house. First cardboard egg cartons. Now, each individual compartment can house a seedling, and then when you're ready to go plant them in your yard, all you got to do is cut each little compartment apart, and then these go right into the ground. You can space your seedlings accordingly or you can use what comes in the cartoons, and that's the eggs themselves. You just want to save some bunch of eggs when you're making a batch of scrambled eggs. Clean them out, and then poke a little drainage hole in the bottom with the pin, and then you're going to put some potting soil in there, and your seeds, and then you just set the eggs right back into the cartoons and put them on a sunny window sill. Then, when the seedlings are ready to go into the ground, you just pop the shells right in the ground, and there's really no clean up. I mean, how easy is that, and it's nice to know that you're recycling at the same time. So, get cracking at starting your seeds inside."