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- From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:48:27 -0500
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:27:49 -0500, Deb Taft wrote:
> So, do you use one? What are pros and cons? Do you use it/them for all
> applications or are you still using flats for some things? If so, what?
> What soil mixes have you used with them? Have you tried your own mix? Are
> the stand up models worth the extra cost for the sizes that are similar to
> the hand-held types?
I'm no expert, but I'm using this recipe this spring:
3 parts peat
4 parts vermiculite
3 parts farm compost
The compost is super-rich, having received all our kitchen scraps plus aged
horse manure and some soil, and then decomposing for about 12 months. This
mix is so far performing better than Johnny's soilblock mix for the lettuces
I am using for a comparison.
--
Richard Robinson
http://www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
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[Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
Deb Taft, 02/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Road's End Farm, 02/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Maggie Palmer, 02/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, David Inglis, 02/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Richard Robinson, 02/15/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
cjmaness AT juno.com, 02/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
pech, 02/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
breck, 02/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, David Inglis, 02/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Deb Taft, 02/17/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
breck, 02/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, John and Katy Ehrlich, 02/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Sean Albiston, 02/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
pech, 02/15/2010
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