I’ve spoken a few times about newspaper pots, and I thought I’d share a video on how to make them.
It’s a great thing because reusing something is better than recycling it, and definitely better than throwing it away. Not only that, but newspaper decomposes and worms eat it!
I’d love to know if anyone uses this technique and one question I have is, can you plant the plants into your garden in the newspaper pot? Will it decompose fast enough to allow the roots to grow?
Thanks for reading
Caleb
Very cool , I like the thought of reusing the news paper and making it into something useful because all it usually does is piss me off. Have to do this next year when I start my plants. Thanks for posting this.
Yeah, I think it’s a really cool idea. I’m just about to start making some pots.
I’ll post when I do.
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I haven’t used pots made of newspapers, but have used sheets of newspapers to line flowerpots (to prevent soil from washing out when first planted) and they decompose pretty quickly. Consistent moisture is probably key. I’m interested to see how they work.
Cool! Thanks a lot for letting me know. I guess I’ll do a couple totally closed and partially tear some and plant some bare just to test.