Paper for planting, how to prepare it at home with seeds and recycled paper. If you love gardening and do-it-yourself, you will have to experiment with this original gift idea, suitable for both adults and children. With seeds and recycled paper it is possible to create real "paper to plant". It can be used directly in pots and wait for the growth of sprouts and seedlings. Or it can be transformed into greeting or invitation cards, postcards, gift tags, or a real gift. In short, you will get new sheets of recycled paper, to plant and / or write on. Here's how to make your own Homemade Seed Paper.
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If you love the gardening and do-it-yourself, you will have to experience this original gift idea, suitable for both adults and children. With i semi and recovery card it is possible to realize real "Paper to plant".
It can be used directly in pots and wait for the growth of sprouts and seedlings. Or it can be transformed into greeting or invitation cards, postcards, gift tags, or a real gift.
In short, you will get new sheets of recycled paper, to plant and / or write on. Here's how to make your own Homemade Seed Paper.
First of all you have to collect all the paper to throw away or the old junk mail.
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1) Divide the paper into many pieces, about the size of a coriander, or a little more. Any type of sheet of paper is fine. Obviously, the truly ecological idea consists in not using new sheets of paper, but recycled paper, which otherwise you would have thrown away. You will need the amount of paper necessary to fill your blender halfway.
2) Pour the pieces of paper into the blender. If you want to get a colorful effect, you can add a few pieces of tissue paper of your favorite shade. Pour hot tap water in the blender until it is completely full.
3) Run the blender at low speed. Increase it gradually, every four seconds or so, to prevent the paper from adhering to the blades.
4) Blend at high speed for 30-40 seconds. At this point you will have obtained a homogeneous mixture made up of paper and water. Check that there are no other fragments left and blend for another 10-15 seconds.
5) Pour the seeds into the blender and mix them to the mixture of paper and water with a wooden spoon. A teaspoon of seeds is enough. Caution: you will not have to blend the seeds. You can use flower or herb seeds. If you want to write on your planting paper, choose small seeds, in order to obtain a homogeneous surface.
6) Filter everything through a colander, in order to separate the seeds and the compound obtained from the excessive amount of water it now contains. Press against the colander in order to remove the water as well as possible. Place the colander over a bowl or sink.
7) Pour the mixture onto a flannel cloth or felt. Give the paper to be planted the shape you want to obtain, helping yourself with your hands or with cookie cutters. The layer to be formed should be rather thin, so that it can dry faster.
8) Press the surface with your fingers of planting paper and use a sponge to absorb excess water. Press a couple of times and then rinse and squeeze the sponge before using it again. You will need this step to obtain a paper to be planted of the desired thickness.
photo source: botanicalpaperworks.com
9) To remove the remaining water, and to facilitate the drying process, press the paper to plant with a towel. To speed up drying, place the paper to be planted, still arranged on the flannel cloth, near a low-speed fan. A second method suggests placing the paper to be planted between two nets made from one mosquito net during drying.
10) The planting paper is almost ready. If the corners of the paper lift up, place small weights on the corners. For example, use coffee cups or magnets. When the planting paper has dried, slowly peel it off the flannel cloth. If necessary, flip it over to the other side to complete drying. It will therefore be ready for use. You can plant it in the vegetable garden, in a pot or in the garden, or use it to create cards, notes on which to write or even nice trinkets to give as gifts:
Marta Albè
Photo source: etsy.com – plantableseedpaper.com
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