Dollar Store Loot Bags. Water Bottles. Old Foil Pans.
(cellophane "loot bags" are usually sold 30 pieces for a dollar)
Winter Sowers can't resist a good bargain. Cellophane Loot Bags from the dollar store are the containers which hold soil and seeds in this project. Recycled bottomless, capless water bottles provide the inner support to hold the bag up and off the soil and seeds. Loot Bag Tents are cheap and easy to make.
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Two 12 ounce cups measure enough
soil for a Loot Bag Tent.
Moisten soil with water.
View shows moist soil and plant tag.
View shows size entire bag with soil
and tag. Sow the seeds now.
View shows center placement of the
water bottle.
Place a bottomless, capless water
bottle onto the soil surface.
Another view of tent with bottle inside.
Twist upper edges of bag to tighten it
around the bottle neck.
Secure the twists with staples.
The top may also be gathered around
the neck and secured with a twist tie.
Closer view of tent and twist tie.
View of Loot Bag Tent.
Close-up view of twist tie.
Four Loot Bag Tents sit in a foil pan.
Close-up view of tent in pan. Note the
amount of water in the bag.
Use a scissors or knife and cut a slit near the shoulders of the bottle to add air flow to the outer bag area.
Use a sharp knife and add some slits
below the soil line so excess moisture
can drain away.
Add drainage slits to the pan too.
Flats of Loot Bag Tents.
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