Showerthought: Those fancy soil blockers vs. plain old nursery pots

I was reading through the Old Farmers Almanac website last night and came across a stat that surprised me: apparently soil blockers reduce plastic waste by up to 95% compared to using 4-inch nursery pots. But here's the thing I keep going back and forth on. On one hand, I like the idea of not tossing out all those black plastic pots every spring. On the other hand, soil blocks can crumble if you don't have the mix just right, and my seed starting has been hit or miss with them. Meanwhile, those nursery pots are cheap and sturdy and I already have a stack of them. So which side are you all on? Has anyone made the switch and stuck with it, or did you go back to pots after a season?

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ivan_mason5d ago

Honestly, "soil blocks can crumble if you don't have the mix just right" is the story of my life. I spent a whole weekend making perfect little cubes last spring and then sneezed near them and they basically turned back into dirt.

lucasw825d ago

Man... literally the same thing happened to me.