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22 Comments
I was not a huge fan of soil blocks either. I may try it again for next year, but they seems to stop growing at a certain height. I just didn’t have time to try to move them up to bigger blocks. It was faster to transplant to a bigger pot. Drying out was also an issue.
I probably won't bother trying soil blocks either – I already upgraded to much better seed starting pots in pretty colors, so might as well use those! – plus it's just for my front and back yard 😁
Love that you still have plants growing – we got a hard freeze and lots of snow in early November that still hasn't let up – so my carrots & sprouting broccoli are frozen. I probably won't attempt a fall garden next year since it keeps snowing earlier each year 😐 (z6 , NE WA)
I think the cilantro should do well. I’ve had cilantro overwinter even with snow sitting on top of it but it doesn’t get as cold here so the cover will definitely help for your colder weather.
I hope you get some germination otherwise you’ll at least have an early start for next spring. Good luck little plants 🌱!
My mom used to do something similar to your raised bed hoop house. I guess it was like a cold frame because she used old windows instead of plastic. She also filled empty soda bottles with water and put them around the edges of the frame. During the day the water would heat up from the sun and help keep the plants a little warmer at night. Of course our zone is much warmer than yours.
Soil blocks seem entirely too fiddley for me. Then again I either direct sow or start seeds in old yogurt cups! 😃
It appears David likes you a whole lot! I heard you mention milk – be careful giving David milk. Some cats are lactose intolerant and milk will cause them to have diarrhea. Testing to see if those cool weather crops will sprout under plastic – you are a scientist at heart!
I've never tried soil blocks and probably never will for the same reasons as you mentioned and the fact that it would be hard on my hands. Plus I like to give away extra seedlings and it's not easy to give soil blocks away.
Hope the cilantro does well. I'd add an extra frost blanket under the hoops if the weather gets too cold.
Also, David is a girl 😆 and cats are lactose intolerant.
No soil blocks for me..I have up graded to good quality plastic trays and pots… love them. They should last for years …I've also found that the peat free pots dryout and brake apart..they were a real pain. Love your channel
Your plants in terra cotta might do ok, but several of my terracotta pots themselves cracked and broke in the freeze/thaw of winter ☹️
I think you did the soil blocking in the wrong way, is effective if only use the 20 3/4 blocker cause is space saver and the seedlings don’t need to be potted up. Plus you can transplant 4 weeks after sowing, using the 2 inch blocker is just a waste of time.
I myself have 1500 seedlings under grow lights to be transplanted in January 11 they been there for a week and the growth is just beyond expectations.
Thank you for your honest opinion about soil blocks. Love your channel.
I am in IND and 6a. My carrots look like that.
We've grown cilantro with no problems over winter in those free plastic containers we often get from Wilco with some harvest guard fabric over it. The lowest we ever get is 27°F. We also never water it because we tend to have rain and condensation from moist morning air.
I have been researching soil blocking but my garden is small and the more I read about the subject I realize that it is better for farmers or cut flowers growers as you mentioned, and it does requires watering twice per day so I desire to go with another method that seems more simple and inexpensive.
I rooted some grocery store cilantro in water in about two days. Much easier than growing herbs from seed this time of year
I have only ever used small pots or winter sowed seeds. I thought the soil blocks looked like too many steps for me and I didn't want to have to have a special soil blend.
Can’t wait to get updates on your hoop house and see how it’s going to work out . Thanks to you I have a hoop house also that my husband built for me , don’t have the plastic yet, but soon I’ll be ordering
Great video. I'm in zone 6 in the mountains of AZ. Yes, AZ does have mountains and cold temps 😳
Would you be able to share a link to the Amazon store where you ordered the plastic for the hoops? I like the opaque quality and the heaviness of it. Thank you!
I'm just right next door in South Central Illinois, and I'm so excited and curious as to how well things will grow in your hooped, raised bed! Can't wait for the updates! 👍😁
I’m doing soil blocking this year. I’ll follow up in time on it.. Nice hoop cover! Have fun good luck!
I’m sure you’ll have things germinating! Especially things that love cool spring weather. I want to use soil blocks because my indoor growing space isn’t big enough for all the cell trays and pots. I have to plant the garden out all at once because the heat hits too suddenly here in SC. Everything goes into survival mode once it hits 90. This year that happened in March unfortunately. It usually happens in June or July. I missed out on things like peas, cantaloupe, and cool herbs. The watermelons and okra never really ripened because the cold came early. I’m going to start things now and throw seed down in case we have another year like this one.
You have “adopted” David 😊 I think your cilantro will be fine. You know you can sow cold tolerant flower seeds where you want them to grow and later in thin them out. That saves you time by it growing them indoors 😊