Humble Beginnings

Photo above is of Bitter Melon seedlings.

Photo below is of Yard long Bean seedlings.


These seedlings are planted in a recycled plastic water bottle. I cut the bottle in half and use the bottom as a drip pan and the other half as the seedling pot. The opening of the water bottle becomes the bottom of the seedling pot. I loosen the bottle cap so that excess water will drip onto the "drip pan", which use to be the bottom of the water bottle. I put a 16X11 plastic freezer bag over the seedling pots to keep moisture and humidity over the seeds. I then place several of these pots on my sunny window sills and voila! The seeds really started sprouting early even during the very cold spells in early march! I like to recycle things and this is one way to put those plastic water bottles to good use.