What about Soil Blocks? What is your opinion on those digdirt?

Not completely sure how biodegradable pots are advantageous. The plastic pots I use aren't biodegradable, but I reuse them many many times. So they are heavily recycled. Is this about pots that disappear when you use them? It would be interesting to compare the ecological cost (manufacture as well as disposal) of biodegradable pots compared to simple cheap plastic pots that don't disappear when you use them, with reuse factored in.

"What about Soil Blocks? What is your opinion on those digdirt?"

I like using soil blocks for some things that I germinate in small numbers and that germinate quickly. But they would be very time consuming to work with if doing large numbers of transplants and don't work at all well for slow germinating seeds as they just don't hold together over long periods of time. And they are an expensive up-front investment in equipment and don't work well with just any mix.

Don't know why you want to avoid the standard plastic cell packs, plug trays, and containers but they can't be beat price-wise, in germination effectiveness, or in efficiency of use. Plus as Dan said they are reusable numerous times. They have stood the test of both time and use.

I suppose if I had to pick one of the disposables it would be newspaper pots even though they tend to mold and fall apart too quickly in many cases. But I don't have the time or the inclination to sit around making up 100s of them in various sizes.

Dave

I also use plastic pots and cell packs for my vegetables, not because I like plastic per se but because they work well and cost me nothing. I reuse containers from the few bedding plants I have bought over the years. I only raise small numbers of plants and I have never had to buy any of my starter containers. They last years and years.

A few years ago I picked up 500 peat pots at an estate sale for 50¢ and I ran them them through a clipper and put them in the compost. I am not aware of any problems. ｡◕‿◕｡

WTG Albert! ;-)

Good use for them.

Dave