Growing your own plants is getting easier with each passing day. People find creative ways and creative things to aid them in small scale gardening and turn this activity into a common practice among people. And the neat stuff about it is that you can recycle materials and help the environment in another way than planting. Even the laziest of people can be part of this gardening movement because the simple device we’re showcasing here is self-watering! The trick is to first water the soil from the top side of the clever device. This way, the soil is uniformly wet and the important string also gets wet. If you’ve done this part right, your DIY plastic bottle self-watering seed starter pots will work properly and you can start your `career` as an environmentally-friendly gardener.

You’ll need:
– 2 liter bottles,
– potting soil,
– seeds,
– thick string or yarn
– a screwdriver
– hammer
– cutter

How To: Self-Watering Seed Starter Pots by Seattle Sundries

When you think about ways to begin growing a full-size garden, there always is that `Big Bang` moment. When you are super excited and full of motivation to build the entire thing in one day’s time, but you slowly digress from your progress. In order to avoid some of this, use materials you already have in your home to make seed starter pots. Here is how you can use toilet paper rolls for this purpose. Grab the following:

• roll of toilet paper;
• a pair of scissors;
• pre-moistened soil;

Start by cutting some quarter of an inch wide strips around the end of the toilet roll. Then, push the strips into the inside, folding each one in an overlapping manner. Now, you can apply some tape over them to keep the base secure. Fill the tube with pre-moistened soil almost the entire way up. Leave half an inch or so empty and plant your desired seed in. The perfect recycled DIY planter is finished!