Comments on: How to Create Seed-Starting Pots From Newspapers

on 8/8/2008 i use a concave bottom can (spray paint) and roll it where I can push in the bottom before I take it off the can.

on 7/24/2008 I just made some of these today. I made them significantly thinner than the ones in the video so that hopefully I will not have to unpot them to put them in the ground. I don't want the pot so tough that the plant can't grow roots well through it. Great idea! It's recycling the paper and composting, too. It's great to know which ink can be used and which can't safely. I was really concerned about that, so I'm glad I found your resource available here.

on 7/24/2008 I just made some of these today. I made them significantly thinner than the ones in the video so that hopefully I will not have to unpot them to put them in the ground. I don't want the pot so tough that the plant can't grow roots well through it. Great idea! It's recycling the paper and composting, too. It's great to know which ink can be used and which can't safely. I was really concerned about that, so I'm glad I found your resource available here.

on 4/27/2008 That's a great idea! =)

on 2/26/2008 Brilliant idea. I bought a mould some years ago to make pots from wet newspaper and it gave good service until today. The mould became rough and the wet paper would not slip. I looked in the brochure to buy another and the price was £18.00 GBP. I went on the web to try and find a cheaper one and found your site. THANK YOU.

on 1/6/2008 This article was super helpful!!! I watched the video earlier this morning and then made a bunch of pots to begin some spinach seed in. Thanks for the post.

on 1/6/2008 This article was super helpful!!! I watched the video earlier this morning and then made a bunch of pots to begin some spinach seed in. Thanks for the post.

on 11/30/2007 Bravo!
I enjoyed your article and rated it with five stars! Please check out my seed starting article at the following link:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2109517_start-plants-seed.html
Thanks!
Chris

on 9/3/2007 I tried to fold the paper and make a pot with square / rectangular cross section. Each wall of the pot had 2 folds of paper. However, whil watering after 2 weeks, the paper got spoiled and mud got disintegrated. Now is it very difficult to transfer them from tray to nursdery. Suggest me how to water the plants so that it will not get spoiled within 30 days.
Prasanna Kumar G.V.
NERIST, Nirjuli

on 6/30/2006 I am a 58 year male gardener from India. My friend from France gave me the tip to make paper pots and referred me to your site. We did a little modification to the method told by you. We rolled the newspaper on a 2 inch diameter plastic pipe and closed the end with a cello tape. In this way our paper pots were made more compact and non collapsing.