Soil Block Maker Complete Kit* (Cool Season)

The Complete Seed Starting Kit* (Cool Season):

The Complete Seed Starting Kit includes everything you need to get seeds started with soil blocking and to support growth indoors until they are planted outdoors in the garden. Soil blocking is a simple and easy way to start seeds in a home setting.  In the area of 12″ x 26″, you can start and support 240 small blocker plants until they go to the garden. There are no pots or trays to store or purchase each year. We use trays with no drainage holes so it can be done anywhere indoors. We find that the seedlings are healthier, grow quicker, and in general hit the ground running and suffer no transplant shock. Here is what customers are saying about how soil blocking has changed their seed starting experience.

Cool Season Kit:  Choose this kit which includes cool-season hardy annuals that prefer cool to cold temperatures and the first to bloom in spring.  (Warm Season Kit also available here).

Kit Includes:

• Online Course: Seed Starting Made Easy
• Small Soil Block Maker, 20 Cells
• Soil Blocking Mix, 6 qt bag
• Large Reusable Foam Blocker Trays, 5 pack
• Burlap Wide Weave, 1 pack
• Table Top Grow Light, 24” with built in timer
• Heat Mat, Small
• 4” Wooden Plant Labels, 10 pack
• Neptune’s Harvest Fish & Seaweed Fertilizer, 18 oz bottle
• Sticky Traps, 5 pack
• Mosquito Bits, 8 oz bag
• Floating Row Cover, 50’ 
• Seed Pan & Toothpick Set
• Seeds:
  • Feverfew, Tetra White Wonder, 25 seeds
  • Snapdragon, Rocket Mix, 50 seeds
  • Black-Eyed Susan, Indian Summer, 50 seeds
  • Pincushion, Blue Cockade, 50 seeds
  • Statice, Seeker Mix, 50 seeds

At-A-Glance Kit Details:

• Online Course Seed Starting Made Easy. A 90-minute course on how to start from seed indoors using the soil blocking method and planting seeds outdoors in the garden. You have unlimited access to the course from any device.  $29.95 value.

• Comes with the Small Blocker that makes one set of twenty 3/4” blocks. We use this size blocker to start most of our flower, herb, and vegetable seeds. We most often grow them in this block until going to the garden.

• Soil Blocking Mix. Certified organic.  Has all the natural supplements needed to get your seeds off to a great start. 6 qt bag makes 400-500 small 3/4″ blocks or 25 large 2″ blocks.

• Five Large Reusable Foam Blocker Trays. 5-7/8” x 10-3/4”. Each tray holds 3 sets of twenty small blocks or 2 sets of four large blocks. Reusable and washable.

• Wide Weave Burlap.  Lay over newly sown seeds in soil blocks, cell trays, and in the garden to retain moisture and enhance sprouting.  36” X 36”.

• Seedling Heat Mat. Maintains soil temperature 15-20 degrees above room temperature. Warm soil leads to more seeds germinating and faster germination.  

• Tabletop Grow Light. For the best seedlings, provide 16 hours of direct light daily.  Built in timer!

• Ten 4″ Wooden Plant Labels. Markers to identify trays of seedlings.

• Neptune’s Harvest Fish & Seaweed Fertilizer, 18 oz. Mix at a rate of 2 tbsp. per gallon of water. Meets the complete nutritional needs of seedlings and mature plants.

• Sticky Traps, 5 pack.  Catch adult fungus gnats with yellow sticky monitoring and trap cards.

• Mosquito Bits. Water your plants with a "tea" made from Mosquito Bits to kill fungus gnat larvae in the soil.

• Floating Row Cover, 83” x 50’. Use for the first 10-14 days after all plantings to protect seedlings. Reusable year after year.

• Aluminum Seeding Pan. No static cling makes sowing seeds much easier!

• 5 packs of our favorite cool-season hardy annual flower seeds.

Also available:

Warm Season Soil Block Maker Complete Kit includes 5 packs of warm-season tender annuals (Benary’s Giant Zinnia Mix, Celosia Cockscomb, Basil, Zinnia Oklahoma Mix, Celosia Plumes) that prefer warm to hot temperatures.  

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