Do-it-yourself seedbeds, here's how to build them in a few steps and at no cost thanks to recycled materials and containers that you can easily have available in your homes.
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It's time to prepare the seedlings for yours spring vegetable garden. In the last few weeks of winter you can start making your own do-it-yourself seedbeds, in which to start the germination of seeds and the cultivation of your vegetables.
The seedbeds will allow you to select the strongest plants and to better organize the spaces in your garden. Here are many ideas for making DIY seedbeds and at no cost.
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Rolls of toilet paper
With the toilet paper rolls you can build one mini saw to be used as a seedbed for your seedlings. To complete the mini-greenhouse, you will need a clear plastic box, such as a fruit or vegetable box. Otherwise, you can place your seedbeds in a tray and shelter them from the latest winter weather by bringing them inside the house. Follow Thu il tutorial complete.
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Recycled paper
Thanks to recycled paper you can make gods biodegradable seedbeds da transfer directly into the ground, simply by rolling some sheets around a jar, to create small containers to be filled with soil and in which to place the seeds. If you have the pages of old magazines or newspapers available, but are concerned that they may release unwanted substances into the soil of your garden, use them only to strengthen the outer part of the seedbeds, and for safety transplant the vegetables without the wrapping.
Egg containers
A very simple starting material to recover for building your do-it-yourself seedbeds is represented by egg containers. You can use all kinds of boxes. Plastic containers are comfortable because they are waterproof, while those made of cardboard or recycled paper are biodegradable.
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Egg shells
In addition to the egg containers, you can keep theirs shells, in order to create biodegradable seedbeds. You will have to be careful to break them eggs in order to leave the lower part of the shell intact. Inside you can insert the soil and the seeds of herbs.
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Yogurt jars
The simplest seedbeds to make are simply made up of jars of yogurt. Prick them on the bottom in order to facilitate the aeration of the soil and the drainage of any excess water. The yogurt jars are made of recyclable and durable plastic. You can empty them, rinse them and reuse them from time to time like seedbeds.
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Ice cream cups
Don't forget to store the containers next summer gelato in cup to make do-it-yourself seedbeds in minutes. Simply prick the cups in the bottom, place them in a tray and fill them with compost-enriched soil before sowing. The cups of both packaged and artisanal ice cream are fine. Some ice cream parlors make available biodegradable cups.
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Biodegradable containers
If you have the mater-bi containers, which perhaps previously contained some seedlings, try not to throw them, but to keep them to reuse them as seedbeds. Containers quickly biodegradable allow you to transfer the plants to the garden with their wrapping. However, the advice is to create an opening on the bottom. Also keep and reuse the plastic containers of garden plants purchased in nurseries. They are not biodegradable, but are usually very resistant and therefore always useful.
Cardstock and twine
If you have the cardboard of recovery, you can make small cylinders to be used as seedbeds, following the dimensions of a roll of toilet paper or a jar of yogurt. Close the seedbeds on the bottom by folding the cardboard. Complete the seedbeds with some string and with other small ones handmade decorations.
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Plastic bottles
You can also get seedbeds starting from bottles and plastic bottles. You will have to separate the bottom from the top of the bottle and pierce it on the bottom, in order to facilitate the drainage of the water. If you place the bottoms one inside the other, you will also get saucers in a few steps.
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Citrus peels
Finally, there are also those who have thought about reusing citrus peels - in particular of the oranges - to make do-it-yourself seedbeds at no cost in a few minutes, as the blog suggests My Roman Apartament. In this case, the skins left over from the home preparation of the jam were used. Just fill them with soil, sow and water and you can transfer everything directly to the garden, since the citrus peels are biodegradable.
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Marta Albè
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