Photo: Sandi Schwartz for BobVila.com We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Home Advice You Can Trust Tips, tricks & ideas for a better home and yard, delivered to your inbox daily. If you spend any time on gardening TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube, you have likely run across the latest viral propagation trend: the seed snail. Promoted by popular gardening outlets as a revolutionary, budget-friendly hack to start seeds indoors , the seed snail method promises to save an immense amount of windowsill space by stacking seedlings vertically in a spiral. But does this viral method actually work for the everyday home gardener, or is it just another gimmick that looks better on camera than it performs in reality? To find out, I put the seed snail method to the test with a packet of pepper seeds. Here are the steps I took to create a seed snail, materials I used, the frustrations I encountered, and what I might have done wrong.…