Start Seedlings Indoors with Recycled DIY Grow Boxes

March is the month that many people start seedlings indoors to transplant into their outdoor gardens once it’s warm enough. Seed starting can be intimidating, especially when you consider the expense of purchasing special grow lights – but hey, guess what? You don’t need that pricey stuff! The Cheap Vegetable Gardener came up with 2 awesome ways to start seedlings indoors with stuff you might already have laying around.

If you’ve got a rubbermaid storage container and some leftover LED string lights from the holidays, you’re in business for this first project. You simply drill holes into the lid of the bin, insert the LED bulbs and hot glue as necessary. The Cheap Vegetable Gardener mixed red and white LEDs (Check out this post to learn how color spectrum affects plant growth).

When the plants get larger, you could follow The Cheap Vegetable Gardener’s example by turning an old PC case into a grow box. This is certainly an innovative way to recycle those old cases! All it takes is an extension cord, lamp timer and socket plug adapters.

Check out the full instructions over at The Cheap Vegetable Gardener.

Link [The Cheap Vegetable Gardener] via [The Huffington Post]

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