Gardening Bytes

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An easy way to plant up seeds without using plastic pots is to save toilet roll holders to use for growing new seeds for your garden. Stand the toilet rolls together in a square container to hold them upright, fill with potting soil and plant seeds in the top of the roll. Water carefully to maintain the integrity of the paper roll. When seeds start sprouting and grow taller, thin out the seedings so the strongest stems remain. When you are ready to plant out your seeds, bury the roll and seedling in the ground. This keeps the fragile seed roots from being damaged when transplanting to the ground, and the toilet paper roll will degrade over time naturally into the soil.