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Homes & Gardens
Tenielle Jordison

I’m Sowing Double the Seeds on My Windowsill Thanks to Seed Snails – a Free DIY That Takes Just 5 Minutes and Actually Works

Spring flowers.

Now that February is here, a lot of us keen gardeners are getting a head start on seed sowing for earlier blooms. A common problem, though, is finding sufficient space for indoor sowing. But I've just stumbled across one of the best space-saving solutions: a seed snail.

At first, this might sound a little bizarre, but a seed snail is a hack that allows you to sow seeds indoors without taking up lots of surface space. Essentially, it consists of a spiral roll of potting mix to sow seeds in a compact space. Gardening with Ish's TikTok video below demonstrates this.

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