[permaculture] Seed Starting Supplies & Soil blocks
Paul Cereghino
paul.cereghino at comcast.net
Wed Jul 18 01:09:24 EDT 2007
Nope they tend to degrade over time and dry out too fast... I'd say only
for annuals. I have started doing more clean cultivation in rows and
beds for my cuttings rather than containers.. Watering is much easier,
by mid summer I switch from hoe to mulch, then transplant in fall. May
be 6 of one half-dozen the other, but I have been much happier with the
health of my cuttings and not had to worry about fussy pots. I have
been sprouting perennials in flats, then pricking to the same row crop
arrangement... we'll see how it goes.
Paul Cereghino
mIEKAL aND wrote:
>Most of the perennials that I grow out from seed, spend 2 years in
>containers, getting planted the 2nd autumn, & they are in 1/2 gallon
>to 2 gallon containers. Not sure soil blocks would work with that
>type application. I've used soil blocks for starting garden annuals,
>but that's a small part of what I do here.
>
>~mIEKAL
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>On Jul 17, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
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>>mIEKAL aND wrote:
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>>>I have yet to buy any potting trays in the 20 years I've been
>>>growing, but I get trays & pots free from landscapers, roadside
>>>pickup & what people bring me. If you put them away for the winter
>>>I've managed to reuse some of them for 10-12 seasons...
>>>
>>>
>>Have you tried soil blocks?
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