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The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

169 - Pros & Cons of Soil Blocking for Indoor Seed Starting

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

How To, Education, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.7830 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Interested in soil blocking?  Today I am providing you with all the information you need to decide if this method is right for you.

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0:00.0

If you start seeds from indoors or you are considering it, you may have noticed online this

0:07.3

seed starting method that gardeners use that's called soil blocking. If you aren't aware of the term,

0:14.5

you may have seen these little cubes of soil with seeds or plants growing out of them. It's kind of

0:20.7

strange if you've never seen it before.

0:22.9

A lot of gardeners are going to soil blocking in their indoor seed starting. This is something

0:28.5

that I have been doing the last two seasons just to test it out and see if it's something that I

0:33.6

wanted to continue doing. And today I'm going to be sharing with you

0:38.0

my experience of using soil blocks

0:40.9

in my indoor seed starting.

0:43.4

We're gonna be talking about the pros

0:45.3

to using these soil blocks, the cons, the drawbacks,

0:49.8

why you might want to use this method,

0:51.8

why you might not, and just my personal observations along the way.

0:56.5

So whether you are a brand new seed starter or you're just considering using this new method,

1:02.0

or maybe you already do garden and soil blocks and you're getting some ideas of how to do things

1:07.7

a little bit differently, then this episode will have all the information

1:11.6

that you need.

1:14.5

Welcome.

1:15.4

I'm Jill, and in 2013, I started my first garden as a new stay-at-home mom wanting to do my

1:20.5

part to provide for my family.

1:22.5

Over the years, I stumbled my way into becoming a gardener, and in this podcast, I want to

1:27.0

help other new

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