The article discusses the benefits of soil-blocking as an alternative to conventional seed-sowing methods, particularly regarding environmental sustainability and plant health. It highlights the experiences of Ron DiGravio, a product technician at Johnny's Selected Seed, who transitioned to soil-blocking 15 years ago after learning about it from Eliot Coleman’s influential writings. The method avoids the issues caused by plastic cell packs and allows for healthier root growth by preventing root circling. Soil-blocking has become a preferred technique for many gardeners and farmers, proving versatile for various plants.
One pushback against both issues is to become a soil-blocking convert, learning to form trays of free-standing cubes of compressed germinating mix to sow into instead.
Like many adopters, they found their way to the technique in the writings of Eliot Coleman, who had his own soil-blocking epiphany in 1976 while visiting a European farm.
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