K-Cups Repurposed
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it's about time to start growing seeds indoors and I found that the pickups that I used to throw away from my coffee maker are perfect for this purpose in fact I put up a note at work and I have people bringing me bags of there finished K Cups so instead of buying those little peat moss pellet cups or making toilet paper roll cups...I find I have a ready supply of small containers just perfect to grow a seedling and there's already a hole in the bottom for drainage!
I have them sitting on a heat mat and have covered them with plastic to make a Kwasi terrarium until the seedlings emerge then I'm going to give them plenty of light and try to keep them warm and not too moist and just wait for my little babies to appear!
I use the stickers left over from my yard sales to label each cake up with what seed is planted it'll make it easier when I go to transplant them to a larger pot
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Would it hurt the seedling if I left the coffee grounds and paper lining intact. Thinking I would add a small bit of potting soil of course.
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@Mary Save the coffee grounds for the compost pile.
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save coffee grounds or go dumpster diving at Starbucks for the best acid fertilizer ever.
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