You are probably familiar with plastic trays that greenhouses use for starting plants, but soil blocks are different. They are literally a block of soil. The blocks are formed using special molds such ...

Soil blocks can be made in several different sizes for use with a variety of seed sizes. Small seeds can be started in tiny soil blocks and then moved up into the dibbled holes of larger blocks once ...

Keith Shepherd works for the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). This work has been funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Finnish Government, and supported by the CGIAR Research Program ...