A VLOGGER has shared his secret to sprouting healthy seedlings with the help of one everyday bathroom product.
Although growing your garden from seeds is one of the most natural processes in the world, it is not always so easy.
Sometimes the seeds refuse to sprout, or succumb to fungus before they can grow.
YouTube influencer Siloé Oliveira of Suburban Homestead (@suburbanhomestead) has shared several garden hacks for sprouting more of your seeds and seeing them grow into healthy plants.
"I believe that how well you grow your seedlings really dictates how good a gardener you will be," Oliveira said during the video's introduction.
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One of his best hacks is an alteration of the common "plate germination method" to sprout seeds.
Typically, gardeners using this method place seeds in between wet sheets of paper towels resting on a plate for a day or two at room temperature or warmer to tease out the sprouts.
But for Oliveira, paper towels are not the tool of choice in this case.
"I don't think you should be using paper towels – you should be using toilet paper," he said.
"Specifically the two-ply kind of soft toilet paper – it actually holds on to the moisture but it also breaks down easier," he said.
Because seedlings that grow aggressively might get their roots entangled in the toilet paper, it is better if the material can disintegrate instead of having to rip them out of a more resistant paper towel.
Oliveira also shared how he puts his seeds and toilet paper inside a candy dish that holds a plate inside to sprout.
The plate is resting on top of water to keep the toilet paper wet but not soaked, he said, and the lid is not airtight so mold is less of an issue.
Over 40,000 people liked Oliveira's video and shared their support for his home and gardening tips.
"Brilliant. My wife and I love your videos. Your enthusiasm is infectious," one fan commented.
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"I love all the ideas, but the candy dish seed starter was brilliance! I really enjoy using unusual items for gardening," another wrote.
