Thursday, May 17, 2012

Toilet Paper Rolls for Seed Starting... How they worked

Sorry I have not posted in awhile but with the end of school coming up things have gotten way to busy.  I am still trying to work on simplifying but.... Here we go again I just have a terrible time saying no to things and just stay way to busy outside my simplifying project.
I started some of my seeds in the recycled cardboard toilet paper rolls.  (See: Do It Yourself) It was a little time consuming getting them ready but this is something that I should plan on doing as I get a few rolls and then just store them already finished with the bottoms folded in. I really liked how they worked, I filled each roll with a mixture of peat moss and worm castings and placed the rolls in a plastic garden seed starting tray.  The card board did a nice job wicking up the water keeping the soil nice and moist. When I was ready to plant them I just unfolded the bottom so that the little roots could go out the bottom.  I have since found another way of doing it that would be less work and might try it next time see the video (Starting seeds using toilet paper rolls).  The only thing that I am not sure would work with doing them they way she shows is that I use worm castings with peat moss and I don't know how well it would stay in the roll with out the bottom.
I have bought a couple very helpful videos on homesteading that I want to share with you later when I have some time to give you a review.
Until next time,
K.I.S.S.
 Keep it simple sisters

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