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Your cart is empty.The Fiskars Soil Block Maker creates seed-starting soil blocks, which produce healthier seedlings and reduce the need for disposable seed starter trays and pods. Soil blocks encourage strong root systems via natural air pruning while preventing young plants from becoming root bound. This reduces transplant shock, while offering more efficient uptake of water and nutrients when the plants are transferred outdoors. The structure itself provides proper compression of seed-starting soil, ensuring each soil block has the right amount of air, moisture and consistency. Create one 3Ω in. block for larger seeds and plants or four 1 in. soil blocks for smaller plants. Additionally, the tool places a hole at the top of each block for easy, optimal seed placement and depth.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2024
Fun and messy to use!😂 I found it worked best by filling it 3/4 up with potting soil, adding water, topping it off with more potting soil and water, turning over and compressing the water out. Then give a handful of hard smacks to shape it and get a nice seed hole. I did place small pieces of card board in between to make sure they didn’t try to crumble or dissolve into each other. Goes quickly once you get the hang of it. Easy to figure out.They are handling well the mist level dial on my hose attachment. So far so good. Think I’ll be gifting these to gardener friends.
Skydoc
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024
Less soil mix needed than cubic block, seems as good as my Ladbroke metal ones for a fraction of the cost. Even if the plastic breaks down quicker than the metal ones rust away a great deal. However I am keeping it out of the elements unlike my old and now rusty metal ones.
MadisonGeek
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024
I've worked with soil blocks for several years using square metal blockers. This was obviously designed with little thought to the 1020 standard plastic tray. If they just would have made it square and sized in such a way that both the small and large blocks produced blocks that were sized to span 10 inches they would have had something. Also, no matter what soil blend I used the small insert caused the blocks to fall out before I could get them into the tray. The large blocks are shaped in sort of beehive mounds that tend to disintegrate if top watered. I live in Madison WI(Fiskars is located here) and I would be glad to provide input for a redesign. I'm a huge advocate of soil blocks for seedlings and this product has potential with a redesign.
RobM
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2023
It seems to be well made and it is easy to use. But, if you make the single large block it is really too big for most plants. The block is tall and cone shaped which is not very efficient in terms of soil use or space. If you use the insert, you get 4 small blocks, but they are almost too small, and again the shape is not very efficient. If you just want to try soil blocking it is low cost tool and works OK for a small number of blocks. If you think are going to do a lot of soil blocking seed starting, I would suggest the more standard square blocks. In my experience a 1.5 or 2 inch version is good for general garden use.
Bailey
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2023
Yes item exceeds all expectations.... It is light weight, makes 1 inch blocks and 4 inch blocks, it is strong durable, easy to clean, very easy to use and just all around the best personal soil blocker for someone with a garden... It would take too long for a market gardener but it's perfect for a decent sized family garden....my wife and I use it, my 6 year old uses it with ease and my 2 year old uses it with my help.... Amazing product at a great price!!!
MAcustomer
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2022
Easy to use and the value for its size is great. I have used soil blocks for years and love them. For the price, this intrigued me. Square soil blocks are SO MUCH better, though as they hold each other up. The narrow tops on this tend to want to topple, even with bottom watering. I rarely use this. If you are used to square blockers this one may disappoint.
M.B.
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022
I used it this season. If you don't have a large operation, this is the way to go. Great value for your money. Much cheaper than metal soil blockers, but held up very well. I didn't really care for the size and shape of the smaller blocks. They dried out very quickly. But it worked great.I'm convinced that soil blocking is the way to go, but I may switch to a metal blocker because while this one is great, its a lot of work if you are growing a large amount of plants. That could be my fault. I'm not sure that I'm loading the soil in the blocker in the best/easiest way.If you are looking at trying soil blocking, this is a solid way to start for little money.
Dad of 3
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021
Great tool for the price. One tool makes two different size blocks, four 1-in. blocks or one 3½ in. block for small or large seeds. This is different than the more "professional/traditional" soil block makers. This maker does not create a small block that fits into a larger block. The professional makers are made to nest inside each other and fit concisely in a 10x20 tray. While the blocks will not nest inside each other, and the round plugs will not fit nicely onto the square tray, this tool fits its purpose. It makes two different size blocks for different seeds, and it works wonderfully. I created blocks for about 200 plants in just a couple of hours. This tools was a great investment and I look forward to using for years to come.
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