Sep 13, 2023
Mindful Garden's Sean Pessarra has made hundreds of thousands if not a million soil blocks over his farming career. He is also the inventor of the Mindful Gardener Soil Block Drop Seeder.
In this interview, Sean discusses the how-to's, whats, and whys of Soil Blocking for seed starting.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:38 What is soil blocking
01:23 What makes up the soil mix
03:31 How to choose soil mix
07:07 Why you should limit liquid feeds
08:00 How long till the plant receive the benefits from the nutrients in the block
10:00 When to fertilize soil block
11:00 How far in advance can you make soil blocks
14:11 Adding water for soil block mix
16:15 What is the soil block
19:24 Air pruning in soil block
23:02 Advantage of early season soil blocking
27:30 Soil block dibbler sizes
28:50 Garden planning with blocks
30:45 Are soil blocks fragile
31:20 Which size soil block maker should I get
33:20 Which trays to use for soil blocks
34:10 Drop seeder
37:50 Best practices to water soil blocks
43:30 Key components to farming
47:05 Wrap up
49:00 Bloopers
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