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Shoutout to the guy at the Baton Rouge flea market who sold me a $9 soil block maker
I laughed at his table and told my wife we were not buying a plastic toy for starting seeds, because I had always used those little peat pellets and they worked fine, and then he handed me a free one and said try it and come back Sunday if it fails. Well I used that thing in a tray of damp mix on my back porch in March, and every single block held together while the pellets kept falling apart on me and costing more per plant. Now I am torn on whether the pellets are actually fine for most people and I was just doing them wrong, or if soil blocks are the real deal like he said. What got you to switch over, or are you still team pellets?
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derek6569d ago
Get where you are coming from on the pellet vs block thing because I went through the same back and forth. Pellets break apart on me when I bottom water too long, so I started making my own blocks with a cheap mix and they hold up way better. You probably did nothing wrong, the blocks are just more forgiving once you get the dampness right.
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