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Seed Planting, Using Toothpicks For ID and Repurposing Egg Flats

1/22/2013

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If within 60 seconds I can think of another use for what would normally be considered trash, I keep that item.  Egg flats aren't great for storing our eggs, but I figured they would make great seed starters, as the material will degrade nicely when I transplant the seedlings outside.  I used these two flats to plant butterhead lettuce.  The old plastic bin lid underneath allows me to soak the seeds from the bottom.





The other day I planted a flat full of seeds.  To ID which space has what seed, I used a toothpick and some masking tape and wrote the name of each seed, then inserted the toothpick.  Easy plant ID using
materials you already have!



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Here is a photo of one of the seed flats with all the ID toothpicks.  You can see last year I used this same flat, and used masking tape to ID each row.  This year, I planted more varieties of seed, but fewer of
each, so labeling each row wouldn't work.  I find that I can almost always solve every problem with things that I already have, rather than going out to buy something.

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