Description
Sowing in cells is tidier than sowing in one big tray. Each seedling has its own space and its own soil. When it is time to plant out, you push the plant out of its cell with the roots intact.
You get five trays with 24 cells each, 120 cells in total. That is enough for a vegetable garden full of lettuce, cabbage, beans and flowers.
Each cell is large enough to let a seedling grow for several weeks. The plant can stay there until it is strong enough to go into the garden.
At the bottom of every cell is a small hole. Place the trays in a shallow tray of water for ten minutes. The soil soaks up water from below. That way, tiny seeds aren’t washed away by water from above, and the soil doesn’t form a hard crust on top.
The holes also make planting out easy. Push a pencil through the hole from below and the plant comes out in one piece.
The trays are made of sturdy plastic. Wash them after the season and use them again next spring.
They fit inside the windowsill propagator.
