Wool: Your Seed Starting Secret Weapon! (wool pellet soil block recipe)

This is hands down, the best soil block recipe I have ever used! Especially when you use the food processor to shred the pellets! It really distributes the wool evenly. Bri, I will have to try wetting the pellets slightly before I process next time. Overall, this soil block recipe is great for germination! Celery is notorious for being difficult to germinate and I got mine to start growing after 8 days, when the packet says it should take up to 30! Thank you for sharing your recipe, Bri!! It is definitely changing my gardening game for the better ❤️

Before this came out I just tossed the pellets in a bowl of water and by the time I sifted my soil they were all puffed and loose just dumped the wool & wool water into soil & mixed. Works Great!! No processor needed. 👍🏼

First year growing lisianthus, first year soil blocking, fist year using wool pellets a la You, and I'm not sure what everyone is talking about when they say "lisanthus test" mine have grown effortlessly. Thank you. I actually just retrieved my second pack of Wild Valley Farms wool pellets from the mailbox this morning and came here for that recipe again. Perfect timing! Thanks so much. My second sucession of flowers and veggies is going to be a healthy and vigorous as my first. I ended up mixing this recipe with the recipe that had green sand and coco coir at a 1:1 ratio of the two recipes with everything but my Lisanthus (mostly because I ran out of wool pellets), and I had great success.

Oddly enough, I've discovered pet fur can also be used. I wish I'd thought to look it up sooner. I own a dog that sheds alot and another very fluffy one that I have to trim every 2 weeks. Now I will be adding lots of fur to my garden😂

Thank you kindly for all your help woth the soil blocking method.

There are pellet machines available, and my daughter wants to raise angora rabbits for a 4H project, so that’s something I’m definitely going to try!!

I used wool pellets and coco loco (just these two things together) for my blocks. Rosemary seeds germinated in SEVEN DAYS at 70 F. Incredible!!!

Have you tried this with just straight wool? I'm wondering what the pelleting adds to the process other than perhaps consistency in measuring. I have been doing some reading/watching, and I have come across one or two who use sheep wool as a mulch. Anyway, I'd love your take one whether it's necessary to turn it into pellets before use.

great informative video! Thank you!

Thank you for the work you do 😊

Thank you, I was looking forward to this video.

I tried this and my blocks are doing great! I’m converted!

Saving some belly wool next shearing🎉🎉🎉

What a great idea. . . I will keep my poodles hair and try this out. :).

Always love and learn from your great and motivating instructional videos. You thoroughly cover your subject while keeping it real with charm and grace. Thank you Bri! 💕

MiGardner offers really nice coco coir this year if anyone is looking for another non peat option to add to their wool pellets.

Great video! What kind of soil do you use after the seedling stage? Or once you transplant? Can we use the same mix for a garden raised bed? Im a beginner!

Ok I did it!!! Got my mini blocker. My first concern was did I overprocess my pellets? But they blended with soil and I made my first 100 blocks in a matter of minutes. My next question is this- do you have any kind of heater in your greenhouse? I have a Palram greenhouse. Not fancy but it’s 50 plus inside and 42 outside. I don’t have electricity but I did manage to run an outdoor cord to it and set up a heat mat. What else can I do?

I love your videos! What lights are you using??? I need a few new ones and there are just sooooo many.

So are you using raw fleece to make these pellets? I’m assuming you are. Looking at working with a local farmer to get some wool for making the pellets and not really sure about what I’m needing to buy. Brand new to using any sort of wool or fleece or anything and So I’m unsure. 😅 thank you so much for passing this wonderful information along.