Made these using worm compost tea rather than water....OMG, so effective! Love you Mike for making our world a better place!

I used to make my own paper way back in the day, too! It was fun to upcyle stuff & put it into my art! I've used the emersion blender but what worked better for me was to strain the water off the paper mix & use an old food processor. You can usually find an old, used one at a thrift store for about $8-10. Once the blades dull, they are pretty useless in the kitchen but they are handy for a lot of things in the art studio! 😉 Also for the screen, I've used an old wooden picture frame with tulle stretched over it. It's not as sturdy as poly screen BUT it's cheap & easy to find (especially if you're already in the craft store... 😉). Great video, Mike! Someday soon I'll be starting my garden. Produce is EXPENSIVE & Michael & I are doing our best to eat healthier. Thanks so much for your inspiration! ✌🏻💜😄

My grandbabies and I took a bunch of their recycled homework and made these. We popped it in a blender with water, rang out excess water and added mixed flower seeds. They would throw them everywhere in our yard and random beautiful flowers would grow. I've seen people make them in heart shapes for weddings and parties also. So fun.

I liked (loved) and subscribed less than 2 minutes in. You are exactly the kind of teacher we need. I was intrigued when I first saw the back of your T-shirt; we don't get duded up to do our gardening either. "No one should worry about having food to eat", and then showing them how to do it economically, shows you truly love people and want to help, so much so that you're willing to make a video to show them how. I don't comment much, but I want you to know that you are who I call 'real people' and I see you, and I appreciate you, and I love you, too.

0:45 is where it's at, chilling in the garden with the cat and enjoying the growth around you. Keep inventing and having fun!

The taking something you HAVE and finding a productive use for it is so appealing to me that I don’t even have words. I’ve been on a hunt through my house and my mind has been reeling on what I have on hand to try sprouting new plants!

amazing. can't wait to get started with hydroponics again. I tried it several times before but failed due to lack of basic knowledge. I have watched tones of other videos but still not quite sure, your videos are the most simple straight foward vids that got me hooked. thank you very much for your informative videos

I started saving toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls to try those.

Brother your videos are Super!!!!! Super!!!! God bless you man!!!!

Love your vids and the way you re-purpose things. Thank you!!!!

You’re a great teacher and videographer. Good job! Thank you!

RESOURCEFULNESS ROCKS -and so do YOU, Brother! Sooo excited you showed up just in time - as if YT read my mind. Oh wait, they DO - oh well, it worked out great this time!

You’ve got some very informative and creative videos. They’re great. Thank you. Subscribed.

I love the beginning when your throwing stuff - love it! Single, and money is very tight - but I’m going to be trying this very soon! Just went and looked around and found a spare screen - woo Hoo lol. Love watching your video’s.

This is awesome Mike. I never recycled paper before but I will be now because of you. Thank you for all the great info and ideas.

Awesome job done showing us how ya made these paper pads from egg cartons. Looking forward to seeing how that work out. Love the kitty comes to visit you. Friends for life!! Stay safe and have a great week!

What a great idea, Mike! You are quite the inventor/creator and are inspiring a lot of us with what you think of and create!!! Thanks and.... Keeeeep it goin'!!

Maybe 20+ yrs ago I made paper, too. Recycled egg carton... ❤ it! What if top of egg carton is cut off, corners cut to lay it flat, then cut to desired size/shape for easy, pre-mades? Then make more substrate with the bottoms as you did. ❤ how you think out of the box and reuse rather than waste.

Happy I’ve found your series, inspired me to try it for myself. I’ve skimmed through your videos but haven’t found the answer to my question on how to control insect pests like cabbage loopers and others. Thanks!

Really cool Mike! I'm going to try this with the kids.

Thank you for your great ideas.

So glad I found your channel! I'm always looking for uses for things we usually throw out,and now everyone needs to be frugal and find uses for those things. Always wanted to grow hydroponic ,thought it was hard till I meet you ,Thanks sooooo Much! I only need for myself ,I live alone but ,still I love home grow vegetables taste.

What a great project idea. I'm all in to try it along with you.

This is interesting. I am not getting a paycheck right now, so I have been looking for cheap ways to grow things.

Aww that cat just chilling with you 😍

Awesome video! I just found you and so glad I did. I saw an ad for seed sheets and I thought it was so cool. Then I thought… I can make these myself so I’ll look for a good video and there you are. I’m bummed that I just gave away 12 egg cartons though😭 Thanks for the great info🌸

You are inspiring me so much! Thank You !!!

Mike that’s an awesome idea 💡 thanks so much for sharing 😊😸👍🏼

Drink carriers, Firehouse Subs sandwich containers also work well!

I am incredibly impressed with your approach to hydroponic gardening. I have watched a bunch of your videos in the past few days and it's pretty obvious to me that you have an approach to hydroponics that works. I've got a few ideas that I'd like to share with you. I am a victim of the Grazon herbicide and got it in a very large batch of compost that I purchased. I made a decision to switch to hydroponics because my garden has been poisoned for two years or more. I am absolutely impressed. I have started several tests already and am eagerly awaiting the results. I am going face-down in your videos looking for more ideas. THANKS SO MUCH.

I actually tried using an egg carton to germinate seeds and just a few sprouted. Not sure if it was the egg carton or my experiment that failed. I like this idea, though, I am always repurposing things around the house. Going to look for the follow up video.

A very clever pad construction. I'm sure a fluted cardboard box cover and sides when soaked in water will do the same job, without going through the wooden construction mould for your egg box pad.

Just made my first grow pad based on your video instruction, but used shredded newspaper in lieu of egg cartons. Can hardly wait to see how it works. Note to self, don't shred up a credit card in the same batch....

So glad I found your channel

That is an awesome idea.

That is a great idea. You come up with some great stuff!!

Thank you ❤️

I really liked the camera angles and direction you took in this video!

Brilliant!

This is exactly what I was looking for.

Keep up the great work, Great video 👍

I love this thank you.

Really clever!

I love how this man sits in his beautiful garden to see pictures of plants. I wish I could have that level of connection with life.

Keep up the good work.

I’m a new subscriber. Love your inspiration ~

Totally awesome!

Mike, you're an epic inspiration. Thanks brother.

Always good to have furry company! These are Great videos! I am glad I found you!!

Great idea. I have the egg cartons all the time.

Thanks man!

Thank you

Hi from Australia! Thanks for the idea, Mike. 👏🏻👏🏻 Have just tried it. To save time, I didn’t make the frame but used things from the kitchen! - silicone mesh mat that I no longer use, placed on a cake cooling tray, resting over an oven tray. In spite of being a coarser mesh than yours, it is draining well and only water is draining through. I have posted photos on your Facebook page. I hope it works okay! Not sure if it’s too thick but then I can always try again as no costs were involved. 👍😀

brilliant! thank you. 💚

I'm always making something from things that are going to be tossed away or just laying around. Ive tried a few micro green growing containers. Didn't work very well. But, THIS I will do for sure!

Dollar store: picture frame and a grease splatter for tools to make the frame

@Keep on Growin' I did something similar, for hydro seed grass mixture. I used the egg carton water mixture, added in some food coloring, and soluble grass nutrient fertilizer. The difference is since i'm using it similar to "hydro mousse" I threw the dry mixture in a blender to fluff it up so it could be dispersed with grass seed mixture. We'll see how it turns out when I apply it this season. MAYBE mixing in nutrients with the water in your application might be helpful with the starts/seeding process?

I love your videos, very inspirational. Thank you. When I have an income, I will happily contribute.

Paper mache! Thank you for the inspiration! Stay safe💖

right on

Hi thanks for sharing such a great idea. Take care 😊

Mike, this is a great video. I mean serious, this was great.

Truly love the simplistic and thrifty way you do things. I am always into repurpose reuse for everything I do and purchase new as a last resort. Thanks Mike!

Your awesome ❤

This is seriously epic!!

Спасибо добрый человек за то что делишься своими идеями!!

Great idea thank you

Thank you so much for sharing this. I always wanted to try hydroponics but the cost of all the equipment and accessories was to high. We will finally try out hydroponics now !!!

Awesome stuff Mike, that's quite innovative. I am really getting into making worm teas these days to grow with basalt volcanic rock. Not sure how it will work. Stoked to see your channel cranking a long! 😀. I am using egg cartons these days for bedding for my worms as I have access to an egg farm. Love the stuff! Be nice to catch up one day soon. All the best Marty

I’ve really enjoyed watching your videos. Thanks for making, editing and publishing them. You are an inspiration Mike. I never worked how I could successfully do Kratky Hydroponics outdoors uncovered without rainwater constantly filling/diluting the nutrient solution. Can you confirm your system minimises rainwater getting into the reservoir?

Wow thank you ✨💜💪🏾💎🆙🌍💦🌺🌼🍅🥦🥬🥒🥔🥕🥜🫑🍆🍠🥑New Earth 🌎 appreciate you sharing

Good Man👌👌Genius

An unbleached coffee filer might work for the grow pad for micro greens.

all i am gonna say is that your CAT is awesome, it has a delux editon ultra pro max tail pre installed and it is not afraid to flex it 😍😍

Find a farmer and swap eggs for cartons. I used to do the same, for ppl that wanted free eggs. Them cartons are around .50-1.00 each for a disposable product. A mortar mixer on a HD drill may work as well as the immersion blender.

What a great video. :-)

Love this

You can also pour the mix into a form and make “logs”… free firewood!

This is a great idea for reused paper pulp Blending them and then putting them back together required a lot of work. The way paper works is it is plyable when wet. Take some bricks squish the cardboard down between the bricks. Place the bricks /paper sandwich underwater for a few hours. Paper should stay stuck together but come out flat. Pull it out and let dry on a flat surface. It should be flat enough for your needs. Otherwise newspaper cut into the perfect size in how ever many layers you need will stick together after getting wet. I use newspaper for weed suppression. Sometimes they get wet from air moisture or even rain and they stick together. Box cutter Cut a stack of 4 layers of news paper into a smaller rectangle. Place between bricks to keep flat when wet. Place bricks/water under water Let dry on a flat surface. Might need a brick on top since it might curl as it dries. Will still wick up moisture even though it isn't a pulp. I'll experiment some more. Keep the ideas coming.

Reuse stuff is 👍🏻

Newspaper breaks down well as a fiber source too....not sure about the ink though..... But, if you live near a newspaper printer, they have small rolls of clean paper that are basically what's left over when they change out the depleted huge paper roll on the big web type presses. They usually sell these very cheap and some even give them away for free....

Heck yeah.

Hello just wanted to say how I appreciate your knowledge and I enjoy your videos slot! 😊I wanted to know how long it took before the egg cartoons harden. So thank much I'm a fan. I grow Microgreens and wheatgrass I spend a lot on growpads but ibsave my eggs cartons for my vermicompost and now a new use, thanks to you 👍

I have a garden kitty also... his name is Deneros. he doesn't even mind when I'm watering the garden.. :)

gracias, excelente

😂😂passive aggressive cat 3:04 minutes in😂

Like your furry friend I think he'd rather be your cat! That cat looks like one of the resuce cat's the guy in Canada has; the guy who feeds ALL the racoons. His cat is named Conner. Great idea thanks for showing us & all your videos!!

I’m just starting my hydroponic journey. I also like to find different uses for things around the house. I embroider on a sewing machine that requires a stabilizer. I have a lot of “tear away” stabilizer that is paper. In fact after I complete the embroidery design I literally tear it from the back leaving a hole in the center of a 4x4 piece, it’s not good for anything else but to toss. Can this be used to propagate seeds? It absorbs well and doesn’t tear easily when wet. Tia. I’m enjoying your videos.

Do you think I could use a paint stirring bit on a drill to mix water and egg cartons?

Admire your ingenuity and energy. However would those volcanic balls or even coir wirk ti spread the roots in a kratky pot?

Mike, I have tried to grow outside, but the bug came and nibbled at most everything. How do you keep your plants bug-free?

i'm trying this at the moment. i tried hemp pad grow but when u take the microgreen out, the roots went missing in the mesh.

I live ❤❤ your show, can you use cardboard to make to make the paper trays for growing, I don’t buy too many eggs anymore so I don’t have any cartins

Great idea Savin cash

Can I use the paper from my shredder bin to make a grow mat

This is like making paper clay for sculptures!!!!

You clearly enjoy making videos & you make them well. 😊 PS Cats rule, dogs drool.

That’s really awesome way to do it! Thank you for sharing your ideas! It occurs to me that when it comes to egg cartons, you could just cut out the flat parts and use them as they are, so that you only have to physically make the ones that come from the parts of the carton that are moulded to the eggs.

What do u use to make the lads

Anyone tried this with shredded 20# paper? Would it work as effectively? I produce a LOT of that because of my work.