tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post1420894173103288608..comments2023-09-18T02:47:33.825-07:00Comments on Bare Mtn Farm: Using Soil Blocks on the FarmBare Mtn Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899173717249898522noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-72885856987241244682020-08-16T08:33:19.306-07:002020-08-16T08:33:19.306-07:00I want to share with you all here on how I get my ...I want to share with you all here on how I get my loan from Mr Benjamin who help me with loan of 400,000.00 Euro to improve my business, It was easy and swift when i apply for the loan when things was getting rough with my business Mr Benjamin grant me loan without delay. here is Mr Benjamin email/whatsapp contact: +1 989-394-3740, Lfdsloans@outlook.com / Alan Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392664961564723538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-29935649720281879012016-06-10T16:19:29.007-07:002016-06-10T16:19:29.007-07:00Tony and Denise,
Thanks for all your inspiring po...Tony and Denise,<br /><br />Thanks for all your inspiring posts and pics about soil blocking. We've started blocking most crops this year (we couldn't make cosmos fit in any block), but we are finding sifting peat and compost to be quite inefficient. Have you figured out a technique or sifter design to speed this up?<br /><br />Jonathan Leiss Jonathan Leisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934789659244867681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-87521267960372650562014-01-13T14:47:06.321-08:002014-01-13T14:47:06.321-08:00Sorry, for misstatement above: meant to ask if &qu...Sorry, for misstatement above: meant to ask if "water from the capillary mat was insufficient".Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08994767376334531765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-35593899468410466852014-01-13T14:45:01.447-08:002014-01-13T14:45:01.447-08:00I'm looking to use soil blocks along with capi...I'm looking to use soil blocks along with capillary mat & heat mats for market garden starts, and am wondering about any lessons you've learned since adopting this system. Did you find the blocks were able to pick up from the capillary mat even through the woven bottom trays? Did you have to bunch up the mat or anything like that to get contact with blocks? Have you been able to use Are you able to use heat mats or are you depending on a heated propagation room? You mentioned limited overhead spraying. Was that because water from the propatation mat was insufficient? Appreciate the feedback.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08994767376334531765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-33099829363961963382013-07-11T09:00:55.570-07:002013-07-11T09:00:55.570-07:00see more info on "all things soil blocks"...see more info on "all things soil blocks" at key word: Potting BlocksJason Beamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05486594711692660339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-40570947398478099482013-05-09T05:59:51.307-07:002013-05-09T05:59:51.307-07:00Hi there, just wanted to thank you for this great ...Hi there, just wanted to thank you for this great post. I have also decided to get rid of the nasty plastic plug trays for my seedlings in my backyard's micro farm and bought the block makers. However, most of the recipes I have found online for making block soil required some pretty obscure and hard to find ingredients: (Glacial rock dust, colloidal phosphate, greensand myccorrizae, organic fairy dust...) <br /><br />I'm happy to have found someone with a much simpler recipe that works! <br /><br />Thanks again!<br /><br />Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389374572642513878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-17592333085007030042013-03-03T04:18:42.811-08:002013-03-03T04:18:42.811-08:00I am definitely trying this next week. Thanks so m...I am definitely trying this next week. Thanks so much for sharing Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02036776766341030324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-48278287783452212192013-03-02T22:35:24.431-08:002013-03-02T22:35:24.431-08:00Hi Jeremiah;
Thanks for your insights below. I a...Hi Jeremiah;<br /><br />Thanks for your insights below. I agree 100% on a looser spacing in the growing tray to allow air pruning on all sides of the block would be optimum. For us though we had to weigh the downsides of tighter spacing versus being able to get as many transplants as needed through our limited propagation house benches before field transplanting. What we found was even though some of the roots of the transplants did leave the block we never grew things on so long so that they grew significantly into the adjacent block. All our blocks are watered via capillary mats with limited overhead spraying. Block integrity is maintained as well as even moisture. Even though this is perhaps not the most optimum these types of transplants showed little field transplant stress and started to grow faster then similar plants grown in standard plastic plugs.<br /><br />Thanks again for your comments and I appreciate you reading our blog.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />Tony Gaetz<br />Bare Mtn Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899173717249898522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-18800774213323468142013-03-02T17:09:49.918-08:002013-03-02T17:09:49.918-08:00When placing your larger blocks in the tray, it is...When placing your larger blocks in the tray, it is important to leave space between the blocks and to not cram them in as you show here. This allows for the air pruning of the roots which is a CRITICAL part of why soil blocks are so much better than a pot. It allows the plant to keep growing roots and never get root bound. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01923738223396740729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-11006977423968834972012-02-11T20:30:37.838-08:002012-02-11T20:30:37.838-08:00That's really interesting! Thanks for sharing ...That's really interesting! Thanks for sharing your move away from plastic. Can't wait to pick up some of your stock at the market!ErikaJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598957100714314882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-15270308765096177252012-02-10T20:46:20.119-08:002012-02-10T20:46:20.119-08:00Thank you so much!! Such nice words!Thank you so much!! Such nice words!Bare Mtn Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899173717249898522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910766349526095062.post-13951031770125715022012-02-08T18:21:03.504-08:002012-02-08T18:21:03.504-08:00I am so impressed, your love for your flowers and ...I am so impressed, your love for your flowers and the earth will surely reward you with beautiful flowers and a health land for years to follow.K. Barber-Flower Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221588281934242015noreply@blogger.com