Topic: Origami plant pots

[John_H]

These links are handy for making pots using sheets of newspaper without any other materials.



http://www.geocities.com/newspaperpots/
http://www.geocities.com/dyanito/origami.gif

[Derekthefox]

I always wanted to know how to do this !!!!

Thank you

[Svea]

very neat, thanks. why didnt i think of searching for this last year - i used to do origami
looks easier than making pots the rolled way.....

[tomatoada]

Tried it but failed.  Has anyone out there tried and succeeded.  Will go back to my half cracker type.  No glue just a quick twist round my rolling pin and stand in bucket ready to be filled with compost and seeds.  Might get the grand children onto it.

[John_H]

It worked when I did it, mind you I did think steps 6 to 8  in the first model could do with being a bit more detailed.

Step 6 isn't really asking you to fold a corner back on itself, its more like pushing it 'in on itself' (a little bit the way the lip of those old 1 pint tetrapack milk boxes used to fold in on themselves). Sorry if thats even more confusing but it was the only folding exercise which I could think of where something similar happened.

[redimp]

The newspaper in the article looks like a broadsheet - not many of those around now and I certainly don't read the one that is still in this format.  And half a broadsheet is the same size as a whole tabloid.  I am hoping that my berliner sized one will not fall between the two stools but cannot find out until tomorrow as mine have all gone for recycling.

[redimp]

It worked when I did it, mind you I did think steps 6 to 8  in the first model could do with being a bit more detailed.

Step 6 isn't really asking you to fold a corner back on itself, its more like pushing it 'in on itself' (a little bit the way the lip of those old 1 pint tetrapack milk boxes used to fold in on themselves). Sorry if thats even more confusing but it was the only folding exercise which I could think of where something similar happened.

Trying to do this with a piece of white paper and just cannot fathom stpe 6 at all.  Do not usually find things like this confusing  ???

[Derekthefox]

I will attempt, only once, to explain this fold ...

after step 6, unfold the sheet again back to step 5. It should now be like a book, with 2 sets of pages on the left, joined at the bottom, and the same on the right. Referring to the left sets, this join at the bottom should be pushed up between the sets of pages, and the one set can then be pushed over to the right, as in the picture. The triangular bit is actually the bottom, after having been 'folded' up in between the pages. This can only really be visualised with a folded sheet in front of you.

I wish you luck.

[Svea]

RC, cant help as i found it really easy. sorry, i find the intructions very clear.
dont give up

as to newspaper sizes, try and fold one with a full sized berliner sheet
i tried earlier to see what sizes i would get with half a sheet or a full sheet. something of a seed-pot size will emerge, i am sure.

[redimp]

Thanks Derek and yes Svea I shall persevere - Do not think the Review section will last long in the morning.

[Jimbo]

I have my own technique, which produces a round, tube-like structure, 2" in diameter, and 5" long - about the same dap as a toilet-roll tube.  These are ideal for early beans, and I have a bunch all ready for use for dwarf-broads.  It's basically a paper tube, (the bottom is added as an after-thought), and is not really designed for individual robustness and structure, but I have filled old drawers with them, packed in tightly like a honey-comb, and they won't leave the comfort of their drawer until planting out time. 

They will reside in my recycled drawers in my home-made cold-frame in the garden over Winter.  When frosts have gone (hopefully in March), I will lift each unit out  individually, and plant them on my lottie, protected initially by pop-bottle cloches, hopefully saving me a bob or two from my limited Lottie budget, and doing my little bit to save this planet's valuable resources.

[redimp]

Have had a crack at these and they are a bit of a clat - don't really want to be making the hundreds that I am going to require for all my beans and corn.  Think I will stick to the tin can with both ends cut off.  Value cans from Tesco are ideal as they do not have the 'new' shape and the bottoms can still be cut off.

[amanda21]

Just had a go with these using a fullsheet of tabloid.  What size should a seed pot be - I ended up with one about 3" square and about 4" deep.  - Is this too deep for seedlings?  A bit fiddly but once I had worked out step 6(!) was ok.

[GREENWIZARD]

think i'll give these a go
use loo roll tubes but they tend to go really slimey & don't breakdown very easily

[kenkew]

I posted detailed pics and instructions of my method on here last year. I'll see if I can find 'em.

[kenkew]

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=28&topic=8351.0

[bupster]

I read somewhere that using toilet roll inners encouraged broad beans etc. to root strongly downwards. Is this the case? I was planning to put them in newspaper potlets, but perhaps they're not narrow enough?

[kenkew]

Use a narrower tin?

[bupster]

I'm doing the origami ones. They're quite tall and deep, but also wider than a toilet roll.

[amanda21]

the can ones look quicker to make - cheers!