How to make cups for seedlings with your own hands?

Nowadays, a huge selection of containers for seedlings is available for sale, but often they are quite expensive and many gardeners are thinking about how to make cups for seedlings with their own hands. You will spend several times less on handmade containers, but it is very important to make them strong and reliable so that they do not fall apart the next day. And how to implement it, we will tell right now.

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What is useful?

Surely you yourself already understood that, in fact, containers can be made from a wide variety of objects and materials. For example, uniquely successful in this regard will be:

• Tight boxes of juice or dairy products. If you plan to plant several, put inside the partition.
• Disposable glasses.
• Water Bottles.
• Tin beer cans.
• Roll of toilet paper.
• Cans.
• Paper containers.
• Containers made of film.

These are far from all possible options. Let's consider the most practical ideas further in the text.

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Metal and plastic jars

There are many ways to make do-it-yourself seedling cups. The easiest is to arrange containers of plastic and metal jars.

For example, you can take cans and cans of beer, as well as containers of yogurt:

1. Take one and drill a few holes in the bottom.
2. If you plan to use the container several times, put a sheet of paper on the bottom. Thus, when you need to get a lump, all you need to do is pull the edges of the paper.

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How to make a cup of seedling paper?

In order to make containers for seedlings from paper, use one of the following methods:

• For the first, cut the cylinder out of a bottle or an ordinary can. This will be the basis. Then cut strips from the thick paper, wrap the jars with paper. Remove the base from the resulting cup and you can plant seedlings in it.
• The second way is papier-mâché. Prepare everything you need in advance: a glass cup, newspaper, and spray bottle of water. Glue the newspaper on the glasses using a spray bottle. After - let the finished containers dry and remove them from the base.

Important! This way to form cups from a newspaper for seedlings with your own hands is the most convenient, since subsequently seedlings can be immediately installed on the ground without being removed.

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Film

The next option is how to make cups for seedlings from the film, which is used in the manufacture of greenhouses. Besides her, you will also need a stapler and a tin can as a base.

How to act:

1. Cut the film into strips and, wrapping around a glass, secure with a stapler.
2. In half an hour you should have at least two containers.
3. The most important thing is that the film is dense.

Important! As an option - you can also use packages left over from fermented milk products. Just wrap the edges and you can plant seedlings inside. There is nothing simpler, but this method has a minus - you need to use something as an additional support, since the packages are not stable.

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Cellophane

The next option is convenient cellophane containers:

• In order for everything to work out as it should, you have to twist the tubes out of it, securing the stapler around the circumference.
• Even simpler is to purchase small packing bags. Place the seedlings inside and put them in a box.

Important! If you handle them carefully, then they can be used more than once.

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Laminate flooring

If you recently had repairs in your home, maybe you still have a backing for the laminate? It can be used to make cups for seedlings.

Everything is extremely simple: wrap strips of it around the base and secure with a stapler.

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How to make a container from a sleeve?

If you are gardening, never rush to throw toilet paper sleeves, because when the time comes for the summer season, they can be excellent containers for seedlings.

To do this, you need to wrap them with thick paper and secure it with a stapler.

Important! Remember to make some holes in the bottom.

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Disposable tableware

Disposable dishes can also be used as containers for seedlings. To do this, you will need exactly cups.

Important If you compare the prices of special containers and disposable tableware - the second option is several times cheaper. If light containers seem unstable, install them in a box.

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Box

The box plays a rather important role, because it is in it that seedlings are most often stored, which is located in thin and unstable mini-containers. Using any improvised tool suitable for this purpose, make holes in its bottom so that water from the irrigation can drain and the plants breathe.

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As you can see, there are many options for making containers for seedlings with your own hands - cups of paper, film, cans, and this is not the limit of human cunning, practicality and imagination. We examined many ways, among which you will definitely find one that will appeal to you.