It does. Thank you for responding!
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]]>Hi Heidi!
To answer your questions: Many folks recommend a bottom-style system of watering for soil blocks, meaning that you would have the blocks in a tray and would pour water into the tray. Personally, I have always watered them from the top using a a very gentle spray hose and have never had any issues. It’s a bit of a personal choice, really.
To transfer the seedlings into the larger block sizes, wait for their roots to fill out enough to help hold the block together. Then, gently place them in the divot of the larger block. I show a quick example of how to do this on my Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2XabddrvaQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
When customers purchase my plants, I box them up using cardboard boxes that I have saved up over the course of the year (either shipping boxes with the labels removed, or oftentimes my friends, family, and neighbors will donate clean, used boxes to me). This is doubly nice because the boxes (plain corrugated cardboard printed with black ink only) can be utilized afterwards as mulch in the garden.
Hope that helps answer your questions!
I realize that many of the habits we choose in order to be environmentally conscious are inconvenient ,and some come at an added cost, but if you’re supporting yourself as a market farmer this seems like a quick path to needing a new means of support.
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