DIY Seed Starting Recipe | Great for Containers and Soil Blocks
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2024
- DIY Indoor seed starting mix for both containers and soil blocks. This is a recipe that has worked well for me.
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I’ve been doing this every year for my seedlings! Glad to see others are doing the same thing.
As an extra step, I pour in boiling hot water to kill any insect eggs.
I come back a few times a year to watch this and still haven't tried!! You make it look so easy. I need to find where to source these different materials. That's what holds me back. Thanks for sharing this!
I love your family. Wish you could put out more content but I do understand life is busy and family life comes first. Thanks for sharing. :)
Thank you! Hopefully we will be able to do more in the future :)
I am so ready to get into my garden !!
That looks fun.
Oh it is!!!!!!
I can’t wait to see your garden this year!
love this thank you so much for sharing with us!
Nice!!! The wife and I will give this a try. We have been looking for a good seed starter. Timely too. God Bless, stay safe.
Thank you! Best of luck!
I love your DIY soil sifter! I need to make one of those soon. Planning to use a soil block maker for the first time this month! Glad I saw this before I get started. 😊
Thanks! That's great!
I truly look forward to watching your garden and homestead this year! i made a garden last year mostly in containers, and it sucked. lol this year im trying in the ground mostly and will be using your videos as a guide to start my small scale ( compared to yours) garden. :)
This was so helpful! Thank you so much for sharing!
I recently made your soil block recipe and it is amazing!!! It turned out so well. Thank you for making this video! I can’t wait to see all of my seeds turn into happy little seedlings 😁
I'm so glad!
Great video. I'm glad you mentioned mask ....I was thinking that while watching your video....mask for healthly lungs your whole life when working with such dusty ingredients. :) I am curious how is it that the soil blocks do not fall apart when you water? Do you have to mist them?
Just a tip, you should wear a dust mask while mixing peat moss and also using perlite/vermiculite
I've read that the particles from that can hurt you over time
Thanks! Yes, you are right. I mentioned that I should have done this in the end of the video...plus eye protection! It is something I will definitely do in the future.☺️ The dust is awful!
Thank you. I love your channel and vids. JL
Thank you for sharing this! I was wondering how you made your soul recipe.
What part of the U.S. do you live? Here in Vermont where the growing season is very short I would need to use a green house to be able to grow more food for my family. Love what you are doing. My family also wants to have a homestead and be as much off grid and self sufficient as we can be❤
This is awesome! I will try this next year. This year was my first time soil blocking and I used vermiculite instead of perlite and it was too dense. Also do you still use the 4 inch soil block that was in your first year video? I am curious if it is worth buying.
at the end of the video when you are making the soil blocks the mix is wet... how much water do you add to your mix?
hello dear homestead...thanks for sharing all of your coverage with the viewing audience ..you made a good mix ...2 very small adjustments i would like to share..1..dolomitic lime it contains calcium and magnesium these2 guys need each other..next i would add in AZOMITE rock dust this is A to Z trace minerals...ok next helpful ..tips a catalog you need.dear family its HARTMANNS PLANT COMPANY a whole sale catalog may be on line ..also book steve solomans gardening in hard times when it counts. there has been many great homesteaders before us..i know what you mean..from my heart..ok great new find your on my list...shalom
How many soil blocks can you get out of your recipe?
Which soil blocker maker do you have? I have been doing some research, but reviews seem to be mixed. And I’m not sure what to get.
When you add homemade compost and peat to this, you don't find that you get flies, fungus gnats and whatever else in your seedling starts in your house?
Looks like a good potting mix; seems a bit heavy on pearlite for seed starting.
Just love it, Thanks for being such an Inspiration !!
I heard that you weren't supposed to use compost for seed starting is this different because you're not using pure compost?
Hi Becky! I was wondering about the green sand you use, i know you say its optional, but I bought some, and it it isn't as fine as yours appears on the video... it almost looks like green perlite! :o))) Would you still use it? Not sure if I should just send it back or not? I would greatly appreciate your opinion! Thank you in advance! Oh! And if theres a place you'd suggest buying it from, would you please link to it?
Interesting! I’ve used more coarse green sand too, it looked like sand size particles though. If it’s as big as perlite then that may be too big for seed starting… maybe it could be blended in a blender?🤪 The place I bought it from no longer has it in stock, I bought the brand “Super Greensand” Micronized
@@TheSeasonalHomestead I thought about grinding it down as well, but my husband says it won't work, that it would just get "gummed up". (He's a chemical engineer {as well as other kinds}, so I figured his advice is sound. :o)
Do you have a suggestion for substitution, by chance? I truly appreciate your time and advice! Thank you for your kindness too!
@@belovedbiblebellecreations4012 Kelp meal is a great substitution if you can find it!
@@TheSeasonalHomestead Thank you!! I'll be on the lookout!
@TheSeasonalHomestead have you ever had your soil blocks freeze in your high tunnel?
I take them inside if temperatures are predicted to be below 25. For tender crops like tomatoes if it gets below 32 I bring them in just in case. I do cover them with row cover at night and that helps a ton! So to answer your question, no I’ve never had them freeze.
How often do you end up needing to make this mixture?
You should NOT be using peat, look into the many reasons why its incredibly damaging
but what is that cloth under the soil blocks in the tray?
Huh was this barn originally on the land?
Yes, barn was the only existing structure when we purchased :)
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If you could get a cement mixer just to make your seed starting, it sure would save a ton of time. Just a thought.
What is green sand? I know its sand but what makes it green😊
How much water should we add
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I know you will think I’m picking on you but please stop using peat moss. It destroys environments that it is taken from plus our whole environment. There are many other products available now. Coir being one of the best. I have a lot of respect for your family and know you will do the right thing for your childrens environment.
Can you explain this exactly?