Seeds the Day and Go Replant These 9 Fruit Hacks

Stop throwing out your money! It’s time to start replanting your fruits and veggies at home.

Want to give these hacks a try at home? Check out our tips below on how to make your own eggshell planters and step-by-step instructions to get your at-home garden started.

How to make eggshell planters

Materials:

• egg
• spoon
• bowl

Instructions:

1. Gently, but firmly, tap the top of the egg with the back of a spoon until a crack forms.
2. Peel back the top of the eggshell, leaving a big enough hole for the contents to pour out.
3. Over a bowl, pour out the egg whites and yolk until you’re left with an empty eggshell.
4. Spoon in some soil.

Strawberries

Materials:

• strawberries
• tweezers
• eggshell
• soil

Instructions:

• Use a pair of tweezers to pick out the seeds from the strawberry.
• Transfer the seeds to an eggshell filled with soil.
• Keep the soil damp while the seeds take root.

Pineapples

Materials:

• pineapple
• toothpicks
• mason jar or glass
• water
• soil

Instructions:

1. Twist the stem of the pineapple off.
2. Peel off a few of the outside leaves near the base of the stem until enough is exposed.
3. Stick in four toothpicks around the stem.
4. Rest the toothpicks and around the edge of a mason jar so the base of the stem is submerged in the water.
5. Transfer to soil in 6-8 weeks.

Mushrooms

Materials:

• coffee grounds
• mason jar or glass
• mushroom
• coffee filter
• rubber band
• toothpick

Instructions:

1. Add old coffee grounds to a mason jar.
2. Remove the cap of the mushroom so you’re left with just the stem.
3. Press the mushroom stem into the coffee grounds.
4. Wrap a coffee filter over the top of the mason jar. Secure it with a rubber band.
5. Poke a few holes in the coffee filter with a toothpick.
6. Keep in a damp and shaded location for 3 weeks.

Raspberries

Materials:

• mesh strainer
• bowl
• raspberries
• spoon
• water
• eggshell
• soil

Instructions:

1. Add some raspberries to a mesh strainer positioned over a bowl.
2. Press the raspberries into the strainer with a spoon to help separate the seeds.
3. Pour water over the mashed berries to help sift out the seeds from the flesh.
4. Let the seeds dry.
5. Add a few pinches of soil to an eggshell.
6. Top off with some of your raspberry seeds.
7. Keep the eggshell planter in a sunny area.

Bean Sprouts

Materials:

• mung beans
• mason jar or glass
• water
• cheesecloth
• rubber band

Instructions:

1. Add a handful of mung beans to a mason jar.
2. Pour in water.
3. Cover the opening on the mason jar with cheesecloth and secure with a rubber band.
4. Leave the beans in the water for 2 days.

Avocados

Materials:

• avocados
• toothpicks
• mason jar or glass
• water

Instructions:

1. Slice open an avocado and remove the pit.
2. Stick in 4 toothpicks around the pit.
3. Rest the toothpicks on the edge of a mason jar until the base of the pit is submerged in the water.
4. Transfer the pit to soil in 6-8 weeks.

Cherries

Materials:

• bowl
• straw
• cherries
• eggshell
• soil

Instructions:

1. Remove the pits of the cherries using a straw. Press the straw through the top of the cherry until the pit pops out.
2. Let the pits dry out and transfer to an eggshell filled with soil.
3. Keep the eggshell planter in a sunny area.

Bell Peppers

Materials:

• knife
• bell pepper
• bowl
• eggshell
• soil

Instructions:

1. Cut the bell pepper and pull out the stem of seeds.
2. Scrape the seeds into a bowl.
3. Transfer a few seeds to an eggshell filled with soil.
4. Transfer to a larger plot of soil in 8-10 weeks.

Lemons

Materials:

• lemons
• knife
• eggshell
• soil

Instructions:

1. Cut open a lemon. Remove the seeds.
2. Transfer one seed to an eggshell filled with soil.
3. Press the seed down into the soil and cover it.
4. Transfer to a larger plot of soil in 2 weeks.