Ladbrooke Soil Blockers - 2" Blocker (4 Blocks) - Bootstrap Farmer
$44.99
Soil Blocker for Seed Propagation
Introducing your newest favorite farm tool, the Ladbrooke 2" Mini Soil Blocker. The perfect solution for those looking to incorporate soil blocking into their operation. This mini blocker makes it easy and convenient, so you can focus more on growing and harvesting instead of struggling with tedious tools.
This soil blocker comes with (4) 1/2" seed pins designed to affix to the blocker and create indentations for seed placement. If using larger seeds like sunflowers or peas, purchase the 5/8" dowel pins separately.
PLEASE NOTE YOUR SOIL BLOCKER COMES WITH THE SEED PINS IN A SEPARATE SMALL BAG. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT DISCARD!
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How to Use a Soil Blocker
Check out this tutorial on soil blocking or read this how-to article.
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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Do you have a recommendation for a soil recipe that would work well for soil blocking?
SOIL BLOCK RECIPE
From The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman
A standard 10-quart bucket is the unit of measurement for the bulk ingredients. A standard 1 cup measure is used for the supplementary ingredients. The following recipe makes approximately 2 bushels of mix.- 3 buckets brown peat (standard peat moss).
- ½ cup lime. Mix ingredients together thoroughly.
- 2 buckets coarse sand or perlite.
- 3 cups base fertilizer (equal parts blood meal, colloidal phosphate, and greensand). Mix thoroughly.
- 1 bucket garden soil.
- 2 buckets well-decomposed compost. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
Moisten the mix thoroughly using 1 part tepid water for every 3 parts blocking mix.
Successful soil-block making depends on the mix being wet enough. The mix should have the consistency of soft putty or wet cement, so that a small amount of water oozes through small openings in the blocker as the blocks are made, and the individual blocks cling to the blocker until you are ready to release them.
The water to soil ratio is both an art and a science - you may have to add more water or mor mix to get the proper ratio to get the blocks to hold their shape. -
What type of soil is used with soil blockers?
Any fine seed starting mix is great because it is free of large pieces of organic matter (I.e. sticks, etc.)