Students on the second floor of the QUB School of Biological Sciences Building have been reusing plastic containers and coffee cups to make planters to grow chillies! From plastic bottles, sweet containers to foil trays, we use it all.
It all started from a chilli plant which grew 3 chillies; one was eaten and two had their chilli seeds removed to make more chilli plants. Chilli seeds were placed into a used muffin container (below) to build a DIY greenhouse to allow germination of the seeds and after a few weeks, we had lift off!
Stay tuned, other plants are on the way! Pepper seeds have been quietly germinating in an old lunch box! Watch this space…