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🧱 Ditch the Plastic, Free the Roots 🧱
We’re at Paradise Farms watching their team punch perfect little cubes of soil, no pots, no trays, just a hand-press blocker and a tray of airy mix. Each cube gets a built-in divot for the seed and slides onto a mesh rack to breathe. Notice how the roots stop at the edges instead of circling? That’s “air-pruning,” nature’s way of telling the seedling to branch out laterally once it’s in the ground. 🌱
Why soil blocks beat cell trays:
Air pruning = turbo roots. When roots hit open air they stop elongating and start multiplying, so transplants establish faster.


Microbe magnet. A living block teems with beneficial fungi and bacteria; plastic trays can’t compete.


Zero landfill waste. Thin nursery trays crack after a season; blocks break down into the bed. Goodbye, clutter.


Pro tip: Start with a 2-inch blocker for most veggies; pot-on to a 4-inch block if you need an extra week before planting out.
Have you toyed with soil blocks? Drop your favorite recipe (or biggest fail) below 👇
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