DIY: Eggshell Plant Starters

I love DIY projects, but am not a very good gardener. I haven’t had much luck with germinating seeds and have been buying plant starters for a long time now.  However, my green thumb neighbor, Ashley, said she had good luck germinating green bean and cucumber seeds last year. This was what I needed to hear, to convince me to give it another try! I decided to try germinating green beans—it’s a small investment and could have a big (and tasty) reward. Besides the seeds being inexpensive, why spend money on a pricey starter kit, when I can make my own kit out of eggs shells and an egg carton! If germination works, the money invested on seeds will be 50% of what I would have spent on one starter plant. This DIY project is “green” and saves me a lot of green!

Once I planted my seeds, I used a recycled bottle dropper to water my seeds and then placed my carton in front of a window. (Another easy way to water would have been with a spray bottle.) The seed packet says it will take 6-8 days to germinate. I have my fingers crossed!

DIY Resources

For detailed instructions on how to germinate your own seeds in egg shells, check out this tutorial.

This post gives you 9 other ways (other than egg shells) to make DIY seed starters.

I found this post on 10 different uses for egg cartons full of great ideas.