Toilet Paper Rolls Make Nifty Seed Starters

Toilet Paper Rolls Make Nifty Seed Starters FARM HOME Miscellaneous 32-3-30 Ruby Murray makes the most of Louisiana's growing season by continuously starting vegetable plants. But she never has to buy seed-starting containers. Murray discovered toilet paper rolls make perfect biodegradable pots. Cut the rolls in half. Make four slits on one end to fold and make a flat bottom. Slip the half rolls in a box or tray to support each other. Fill them with potting soil and plant the seeds. They hold up just fine over six weeks of watering until the plants are ready, Murray says. When it comes time to plant them, either leave the bottom alone or tear it open, she adds. Either way the roots can grow into the ground and the cardboard dissolves. She also makes seed containers out of newspapers using a 3-in. form she purchased. "I love to recycle stuff," Murray says. "I'm 71 and can't do a lot of digging, so if I want to make a new bed I put four layers of newspaper on the grass where I want a bed." The paper smothers out the grass and she adds compost and soil on top. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ruby Murray, 175 Addison Rd. Anacoco, La. 71403 (ph 337 286-5583; rubyrbymrry@hotmail.com).

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