Market Farming

[Lucy Goodman <goodows AT infinet.com>]

been using them for years. I use seedling 
flats that drain to put the blocks in than 
put the flats into perma-nest trays so I can 
bottom water. Top watering ruins the air 
pruning effects and can badly erode the block 
off of the roots.

The soil recipes in Eliot Coleman's new 
organic grower is a really good recipe for 
soil block use.

It will take a bit of learning to get the 
soil and water ratio just right  so expect 
your first several flats to not be perfect 
but they should still grow seedlings.

lucy goodman
Boulder Belt organics
New paris, OH

Vivian Kooken wrote:

> Hello List:
>
> Does anyone here use soil blocks?  I am going to order block makers this
> year instead of spending that money on the large quantities of plastic cell
> trays I usually get.  But, I was wondering if any of you have experience
> with them, and if you do, what do you place the blocks in while germinating
> and growing seedlings (plastic trays without - or with - drain holes, wooden
> boxes...)?
> Thanks!
> Vivian