Start Plants In Citrus Peels

Starting your plants indoors for their eventual outdoor transfer doesn’t have to mean buying little pots. Half of a grapefruit or orange can do the trick too, as one crafty blogger demonstrates.The blogger at My Roman Apartment was on a year-long kick to buy as few new things as possible, and with planting season fast approaching, this is how she made do. Poke a hole in the bottom for drainage, and your herbs and other small plants can be simply grown on the counter, then brought outside and planted whole in the ground. We’re not garden experts, but we’ve heard compost fans describe citrus peels as being good for the mix. If you’ve got a similar idea for starting your plants without buying once-a-year equipment, give us the dirt in the comments.

Garden Hack: A Citrus Peel Starter Pot For Seedlings [My Roman Apartment]


The Cheapest NBN 50 Plans

Here are the cheapest plans available for Australia’s most popular NBN speed tier.

At Lifehacker, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


2 responses to “Start Plants In Citrus Peels”

Leave a Reply