Comments on: Origami meets recycling meets gardening

By: Siel

Siel — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:08:23 +0000

Drip system. That’s definitely what I need…. Rafi — You don’t need a garden — just bigger pots –

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:45:46 +0000

Great idea, here, and without the wooden wrap-your-newspaper-around-this-form-newspaperpot, at $16…seen on Martha Stewart yesterday, along with ‘bricks’ of coconut fiber you can wet, and break up into mulch or use to bulk out your potting medium with. Martha Stewart…who knew?

By: ecofriendly

ecofriendly — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:44:11 +0000

one way to help keep planted seeds moisturized is to cover them (ie: a piece of paper bag or cardboard) until the sprout emerges…

ditto on the native plants. here’s link for some “where to get them”

http://www.bewaterwise.com/retailers.html

By: Rafi

Rafi — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:42:42 +0000

Sounds like a fun plan!

If only I had a garden to transplant these guys into later….

As an eco-nag, I’d like to urge everyone to plant california-friendly native plants, or at least non-invasive non-natives, if they are going to plant these outside.

Have fun greenthumbing it, everyone!

By: Summer

Summer — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:21:56 +0000

It’s super easy to sprout your own seeds, just make sure the soil stays moist and pick something that grows well in your area (easy to find plants that grow well in LA). You can set up a super-easy little drip system to make sure they get enough H2O…the common cause of the death of my container plants. I have a container gardening book I can send you…I think I’ve extracted the useful info from it and would be happy to pass it on.

The newspaper pots are cool! I just bought some coconut fiber pots that also break down in the soil (and are a good alternative to the peat pots my mom used to use, but that use peat (a new green no-no)) but I like the idea of origami newspaper pots- recycling & no plastic wrapper to throw away.