Crochet a garden pot nursery

Crochet a garden pot nursery!

During the periods of prolonged confinement, a lot of people have used their extra time at home to learn new skills and crafts, such as crochet, knitting, sewing and macramé. Other people have been taking up cooking and gardening. What is not to like about growing your own plants, fruits and veggies? With a few tips and tips, you can even install a vegetable garden in smaller spaces, such as balconies and terraces. Watching planted seeds become real plants and harvest your carefully grown crop from your own nurtured plants is a deeply satisfying experience. In order to grow seeds into seedlings, you need seedling pots or air pots. Here your seeds can grow into small seedlings that can be transplanted to larger soil pots or even in the ground - if you have a garden.

Free crochet pattern seedling pots

Before you begin

Please make sure you have the required abilities listed in the 'stitches' section in order to complete this pattern. Please read the notes section thoroughly before starting for some useful hints and tips.

Measurements:

Base x height

Small pot: 7,5 x 8 cm (3 x 3 inches)

Large pot: 13 x 8 cm (5 x 3 inches)

Notes

Jute yarn can be quite a solid, stiff yarn to work with initially, so working slowly may help you get used to its texture. Using a 10 mm hook helps give the pot stability and makes it solid enough to hold compost inside, but you can move up to 12 mm hook if it's feeling too tight. Bear in mind that this may make the gaps between stitches larger, so it's a good idea to make a test swatch if you choose a larger hook size.

Half treble through the back loop (htr-blo) only is a slight adaptation of the regular htr stitch. Instead of working under both loops, we work under the back loop, forming a braid that acts as a perfect way to form the base of a pot or basket.

In the illustration image, you can see where to insert into the back loop. However, this illustration is the double crochet stitch.

To work the htr stitch, yarn over once, insert your hook under the back loop of the “v” formation of the next stitch, yarn over again, and pull through all three loops on your hook.

When adding the compost, make sure that you compact it fully by pressing the compost firmly into the pot. This ensures that it stays inside firmly and does not leak through the small holes between the stitches.

Crochet pattern for the small seedling pot:

Ch 4 and sl st into the first ch st to join in the round (or make a magic ring).

R1: Ch 2 (this counts as the first st) and make 9 htr into the centre of the ring. Sl st in the top of the first ch 2 to join (10 sts).

R2: Ch 2, work one htr-blo into each st around. Sl to into the top of the first ch 2 to join (10 sts).

R3: Ch 2, work htr into every st around, sl st into top of first ch 2 to join (10 sts).

R4: Ch 2, work htr into every st around, sl st into top of first ch 2 to join (10 sts).

Now make the hanger (see below).

Crochet pattern for large seedling pot:

Ch 4 and sl st into the first ch st to join in the round (or make a magic ring).

R1: Ch 2 (this counts as the first st) and make 9h tr into the centre of the ring. Sl st in the top of the first ch 2 to join (10 sts).

R2: Ch 2, work one htr into this same st. Work 2 htr into every st around (20 sts).

R3: Ch 2, work one htr-blo into each st around. Sl to into the top of the first ch 2 to join (20 sts).

R4: Ch 2, work one htr into every st around, sl st into top of first ch 2 to join (20 sts).

R5: Ch 2, work one htr into every st around, sl st into top of first ch 2 to join (20 sts).

Now make the hanger (see below).

How to crochet the hanger:

From the beginning of the round, ch 9 and sl st into the same place you start from to secure. Break yarn and pull the yarn through, weave in all ends securely on the inside of the basket.

Fill your crochet seedling pot with compost, compacting it firmly into the pot to make sure it is solid and doesn't leak. You have now created the perfect and biodegradable nesting pot for your seeds and seedlings!