A Little Eggsperiment...

So...I've been meaning to return all those egg cartons back to the Lubber's farm. But a thought struck me, why not use some egg cartons to start growing all those flowers? I figured it's really no different than the other plastic (pricey) terrariums at stores. Searching through the net I saw other creative ideas for make-shifts by using empty plastic pop bottles.

And that's what I did!

With egg cartons.

I missed having flowers last year and I finally picked up sunflowers and zinnias to go along with my dahlias. Dahlias didn't do so well last year. Hopefully they will do better this year when I actually put them into a garden instead of just in a pot out on the back porch...my bad.

It was pretty easy to get it all started. Just grabbed some cartons and started slicing holes in the bottom. Put in a hefty layer of organic potting soil, poked holes, dropped a seed in, covered it up again, and sprayed with a fine mist from a cheap Home Depot sprayer.

I placed them in my studio downstairs in front of the window. I'll be keeping the little heater at 68 for the first week. They should do well enough in the morning sun.

 

I guess I'll just keep things posted from here and hope it works!


UPDATE

 

Well, 5 days later and this is already what they look like. The mammoth sunflowers really shot up and had to open the cartons so they could grow some more. I wasn't expecting anything to pop up for 7-10 days (as per seed packet). But then again it may be because the egg crates don't go that deep. I hope the root system can still develop before needing to transplant. Maybe I can place more dirt on top to support them a little better.

Leaving for a weekend of fun near Chicago (Darklord Day and Phill) I may just take these guys off the heat before I leave on Friday and put them in the sun room.