Looking for ideas to start your seeds, the 14 DIY Seed Starter Pots from Household Items today will help. Most are natural and biodegradable pots that can be planted directly in the ground, making your gardening work even easier. They are environmentally friendly and easy to find and, even available in your home as all of them are familiar such as toilet towel rolls, newspapers, eggshells, citrus fruit, and more. So, don’t toss them into the landfill, let’s turn these everyday items into seed starters and get started on your own garden.

#1 Toilet Paper Rolls

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Making seed starter pots from toilet paper rolls is easy in about a minute or two. Simply, take a toilet paper roll (or paper towel roll) and make a few long vertical cuts into one end, then fold them inwards to create a cup.

#2 Newspaper Pots

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After reading newspapers, you can make your own DIY newspaper seed pots. They are easy to make and biodegradable. To make these seed starter pots, you just use newspapers and a tin can to help shape the paper.

#3 Eggshell

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Do you know that you could use eggshells to sow your seeds? Eggshells are the perfect container to use to start your seedlings as they are biodegradable as well as contain high calcium to increase the health of young plants and soil. As such, the next time you crack an egg or two, rinse out that shell and save it for your seed starters.

#4 Egg Cartons

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Not only eggshells, but each egg-shaped cup in the carton also is a perfect seed starter with a proper size for an individual seed-starting pot. Simply, add the soil and the seeds, keep them moist and tear apart the individual sections, these can be planted directly in the ground.

#5 Empty Carton Boxes

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There are much empty milk or juice carton boxes in your kitchen, save them and free DIY seed starter pots will be started from those. Simply, cut an opening on one side where sowing seeds, and fill the boxes with potting mix.

#6 Citrus Peel

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Do you know citrus peel seed starter pots are fantastic biodegradable? They are not only a boon for your garden when they compost and release all the nutrients into the soil. You just cut a lemon, lime, or orange in half crosswise, hollow it out, drill a hole in the bottom to give extra water a way out, and fill the citrus halves with soil, then add the seeds.

#7 Pulp Paper Pots

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Pulp Paper Pots can be used to turn into your own clever seed starter pots for young plants. So, don’t toss them, save and create them with us!

#8 Disposable Muffin Pans

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You can use a regular muffin tin for an adorable DIY seed starter pot. Plant the seedlings in the pan cups lined with paper liners to help you pull the seedlings out and transplant them when it’s time. Then fill with potting soil and add your seeds. Once the seedlings are ready to be transplanted, plant them along with the paper cupcake liners in your garden.

#9 Paper Cups

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Don’t throw used paper cups away, save them and recycle them as seedling pots. Simply, punch a hole in the bottom before adding the soil and tear off any excess part of the cup before planting in the ground. You also can use plastic cups to sow seeds but paper cups can be put directly in the ground.

#10 A Self-watering Seed Starter Pot from a Plastic Bottle

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Instead of tossing old plastic bottles to the landfill, upcycle them into self-watering seed starters. Just separate the bottle in half, the top half sows your seeds and sits into the bottom half which you keep filled with water. You’ve got a seed starter that will automatically hold the right moisture level for growing most of the time.

#11 K-Cups Seed Starter

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K-Cups not only contain delicious coffees or teas or hot chocolates but also can be turned into great seed starter pots. They keep the soil in place while letting it drain, and the bottom has already a hole. Even, you can leave the coffee in it to help fertilize the soil.

#12 Milk Jugs Seed Starter

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Plastic milk jugs allow you to plant seeds inside, even in the middle of winter. They work like mini-greenhouses to keep the soil and seeds warm and moist enough to sprout and grow. Just cut the top half of a milk jug off and make some holes for good drainage, then sow seeds inside. So, if you empty up a milk jug the next time, rinse it out, and put it away, you will have pots to start those seeds.

#13 Ice Cube Trays Seed Starter

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You can use a plastic ice cube tray to start seeds. Then, drill a tiny hole in the bottom of each section for good drainage. Fill each section with potting soil and add your seeds. Plus, you can reuse them year after year.

#14 Loofah Sponge Seed Starter

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If you grow your own loofah in the garden, you can use that loofah to start your seedlings as it is biodegradable. So, you can plant the seeds directly into the ground without taking them out of their starter pots.