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Gardening

In the garden, a chopstick is a mini stake, a seedling dibber, a row marker, and a splint for broken stems - all in one biodegradable package. It'll rot back into the soil at the end of the season with no plastic left behind.

Gardeners have used sticks since the invention of gardening. Chopsticks are simply the neatest, most consistently-sized version of that idea - especially useful for indoor growing, seed trays, and small container gardens.

7 ideas in this category.

#28 · Holding up small plants

Support a drooping seedling or lightweight stem with a chopstick stake. The garden doesn't judge your tools.

#29 · Dibber for seedlings

Use the tapered end to create perfectly-sized transplanting holes in a seed tray without disturbing surrounding soil.

#30 · Poke holes in soil for seeds

Create consistent seed-depth holes across a tray or pot before sowing. Clean, quick, and much better than your finger.

#31 · Aerate a plant pot

Poke gently around the edges of a pot to loosen compacted soil and improve water drainage. Your plants will thank you.

#32 · Mark rows for planting

Press chopsticks into the soil as row markers before sowing seeds so you know exactly where everything is.

#33 · Emergency plant stem stake

Tie a broken plant stem to a chopstick splint with twine or a twist tie. Many a tomato plant has been saved this way.

#34 · Label garden rows

Write the plant name on masking tape, wrap it around the end of a chopstick, and press it into the soil. Job done.