Friday 4 November 2011

Natural rooting sponges

These sponges are the best thing I have ever used for cuttings and seedlings, I went from cuttings taking at least two weeks to fully root out of rock wool cubes to them taking a week in these sponges. Not only that the cuttings grew better and healthier too.
Benefits include:
They have much improved absorption of nutrients and maintains an ideal water to air ratio.
Environmentally friendly-biodegradable .
Improve water retention compared to other products.
They insulate your plants fragile new root system against cold.
Contain beneficial bacteria and microbes to really get those roots going.
They typically cost around £9 for fifty sponges in a resealable pouch and this is a bit more expensive than alternatives such as jiffy pellets or rock wool cubes but they do the job so much faster that they are worth every penny, not only that but success rate is also improved making you more productive saving wasted plugs and plants.

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