Plants with longer roots, such as legumes, are suitable for such sowing. Peas, broad beans, beans. The good thing about sowing plants in toilet paper rolls is that their delicate roots will not be damaged during planting.
Sowing itself is quite simple.
First, you need to collect a certain number of toilet paper rolls. Then arrange those rolls in a plastic container – for example, the container in which you bought carrots, tomatoes, or similar vegetables in the store.
This is necessary so that the substrate for sowing remains inside the rolls, to make it easier to arrange them upright, and so that the water during watering does not spill and soak everything if it passes through the substrate.
After you have arranged the rolls, you need to fill them with the substrate for sowing up to about a centimeter or two from the top.
Then lightly water the substrate, preferably with a sprinkler. And then put a couple of seeds on the surface of the substrate. For peas, you can freely put three seeds in each roll.
When you’ve done that, fill the tubes to the top, lightly pat the substrate, and then water it a little more.
Place a piece of plastic bag or transparent cling film on top, cover with paper, and place in a warm place.
Because the cups are made of paper, the soil/substrate will dry out faster, so you may need to water them a little more often than plants in plastic pots.
But of course, always check first and if the substrate is moist, do not water so that your seeds do not rot from too much moisture.


Peas germinate quickly and after a few days, the first sprouts will begin to emerge. Then you have to remove the paper and foil/bag and put the plants in a well-lit spot.
Peas grow quite quickly. When the young plants are approximately 10-15 cm tall, you can transplant them into the garden or greenhouse.
When planting, you simply make a hole the size and depth of the toilet paper roll, put the peas together with the roll into the ground, and gently press them from all sides. After you have planted all the peas, don’t forget to water them well.
That’s how I planted peas last year and they grew great.
In addition to the benefits for the roots of the plant itself, such simple and cheap planting also has the advantage that in the spring we will eat peas earlier because they will sprout faster inside in warmer conditions. And in addition, with this method of sowing, we are sure that our seeds will not be eaten by hungry voles.
