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Any of you growing in soil blocks?
Hello all,
This year we opted to start only our wholesale and retail veggies in plastic and started all our own, and some friends, veggies in soil blocks made with the 4 block blocker from johnny's. We sewed everything in the blocks and the plastic at the same time and have kept them all together in the greenhouse. So basically they are getting the same sun, the same water and feed. The plants in the blocks are about 1/5th the size of the plants in the plastic. For instance, stonehead cabbage is almost three inches tall with three true leaves in 806's and the blocks _may_ be an inch tall with their firt true leaves coming on now. We are a bit perplexed as to what would cause this. Everything used the same mix, on the same benches in the greenhouse, and care is the same. Any ideas? I was concerned that perhaps we packed the blocks too tight however the seem about the same as the plastic. I am guessing there is probably a tad less soil in a block than in an 806 but it would be very minimal. We were packing 50 blocks to a 1020 web flat so there are two more plants per flat as compared to an 806. Thanks, Mark |
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