Comments on: Recycling a little junk mail – making origami newspaper pots

By: The Three Cheeses - we love food

The Three Cheeses - we love food — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:47:21 +0000

[...] you find these instructions overly obtuse, you can also watch this video here. (Taking the photos yourself doesn’t always work the [...]

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:30:07 +0000

Hi Sam,
You definitely don’t want to use colored advertisement slicks when doing this. You know like the ones you get in the Sunday paper from every store in town? But usually one page of general color in regular newspaper sections hasn’t given me any issues. I don’t usually stick the pots in the ground but remove them when I plant things…so I don’t worry so much about it breaking down completely. But I do tend to stay away from the regular flat newspaper pages that are full color on both sides when making my pots.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:34:38 +0000

Hi, thanks for the tutorial. I’ve read elsewhere that newspaper with black ink only should be used as the color ink is not safe.

By: Coffee&Cream

Coffee&Cream — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:37:04 +0000

These are brilliant – thank you for sharing I’ve planted up a batch with seeds and won’t go back to bought seed pots again.

Pictures of them are here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/31021769@N03/
.-= Coffee&Cream´s last blog ..Free Pattern – Doll Outfit =-.

By: Food Not Flowers « HY-brid

Food Not Flowers « HY-brid — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:45:06 +0000

[...] on seeds. When we got home, Jim got to work on the carpentry while I started transplanting seeds to seedling pots made out of newspaper (did someone say “reuse”?). Now we’re just waiting until the danger of frost is [...]

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:51:57 +0000

Hi Sharyn, I’ve updated the post to include this info as well but the free newspapers here in Germany have two main sizes and a single half-sheet that I use for folding may have one of the following measurements: 35 x 51cm (about 14 x 20 in) or 40 x 57cm (16 x 22.5in). The majority of the paper is 35×51 but the bigger pieces make slightly larger pots which are great for planting multiple seeds or larger plants like zucchini, pumpkins, squashes, etc. Hope this helps. Folding these can be rather tricky at first but become second nature after a few times.

By: Sharyn

Sharyn — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:21:40 +0000

Hi,

Great idea, my local paper must be a different size than yours. We don’t have a flap at the end. Please give me the lenght and width of your paper

By: Jentry

Jentry — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:08:30 +0000

So, I know I’m a bit late in getting everything planted, but I wanted to try my hand at this…wow…this is really easy. Thanks for the video! Very helpful!

By: Abbie

Abbie — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:17:44 +0000

Love the demonstration! I’ve always wanted to learn how to do this. It took me a couple of tries to get the dimensions right; I found the coupon circular from the local grocery store to be just right. Thank you!

By: Revising our plans for 2010 | No Ordinary Homestead

Revising our plans for 2010 | No Ordinary Homestead — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:45:31 +0000

[...] be done back there and around the house in general. And let’s not forget the INSANE number of newspaper pots I will still need to fold in order to start seeds for the crazy number of veggies and herbs I now [...]