Things You'll Need:
- Peat pots
- A plastic or wooden tray
- Potting soil
- Seeds for planting
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Step 1
Look for peat pots at your local garden center or superstores garden department. They usually come bundled in packages of 50.
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Step 2
Buy a tray to hold your pots unless you have something at home that will work instead. Any flat pan or cookie sheet will also work.
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Step 3
Purchase a good quality potting soil to use in the pots.
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Step 4
Open the package of peat pot strips carefully to prevent damaging the pots. Separate the stacked pots.
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Step 5
Fill each pot three-fourths full of potting soil.
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Step 6
Place two or three seeds in each pot. Cover with more potting soil to the depth recommended on the seed package.
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Step 7
Place the peat pot strips in the tray or other flat surface. Water until the pot is soaked through.
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Step 8
Keep the pots moist until seedlings begin to appear. As the plants grow, thin the seedlings to one plant per pot. Water the pots as necessary to keep moist.
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Step 9
Plant each individual peat pot in your garden when seedlings have reached the desired height and weather conditions are favorable. Plant the entire pot into the ground or larger container.












