The next time you have leftover takeout containers, think twice before tossing them into the trash. One gardener recently shared their awesome hack for repurposing plastic Tupperware as a propagation station.
The scoop
Gardener hennessy (@hennydx) revealed her secret for growing healthy, green pothos at home. The trick? Growing them in plastic takeout containers.
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Hennessy explains how she cleaned out her takeout containers and filled them with a mix of soil, perlite, and orchid bark. She then adds the nodes, which are a part of the plant's stem where new growth forms, into the soil.
After spraying the nodes and soil with a "generous amount of water," she seals the takeout containers and leaves them on her windowsill for an entire year.
"Watch me open this tupperware of pothos nodes I potted over a year ago and haven't opened until now," wrote Hennessy in a caption. "What a beautiful thing science is."
The result? After a year, the container was filled with vibrant, green leaves.
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How it's helping
Using containers you already have sitting in your kitchen declutters your cabinets and prevents you from wasting money on new planters.
Hennessy's hack is not only helping gardeners save money on planters and propagation stations but also helping them reduce their waste. By repurposing takeout containers, gardeners can prevent those food boxes from ending up in landfills, where they emit harmful, planet-warming gases into the atmosphere.
What's worse, most takeout containers are made of plastic, which takes hundreds of years to degrade and release toxic microplastics into the soil.
What everyone's saying
TikTokers were impressed with the simple yet effective hack and eager to give it a try at home.
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Not enough time ⏳ "Whattt that's so cool," commented one user. "I need to try this!!"
"The leaves look so clean and perfect," added another TikToker.
"I want to do this in my office!" responded one user.
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