DIY Seed Starting Kit

13 January 2013, by gj

You gotta love the internet.
There are so many people sharing their ideas and projects, ways to save money and how-to info, that’s it’s all but impossible not to learn something.

seed starting kit $9.97

I don’t know who first came up with the idea of recycling plastic produce containers into mini-greenhouses.
I suspect it was a ‘Necessity is the Mother of Invention’ kind of thing, and thought up by a number of people in different places.

So when I came upon these seed-starting kits while out shopping, I had to chuckle. As tempting as they were, I knew better.

Much larger, for less on sale.

One plastic container that housed some delicious organic greens recently, a dozen Jiffy seed starting pellets, and some saved pepper seeds.
Voila.

Cost: $1

Moisten the pellets as per the directions, add seeds. Keep moist until seeds sprout.
The snug lid acts like a greenhouse, letting light in but keeping the seeds warm. Remove the lid as the plants grow.

Categories: all about seeds, garden projects, how to grow

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