How to Make Soil Blocks | I Made a Wooden Soil Block Tray | Spring 2021 

HEY EVERYONE, HOPE YOU FIND THIS VIDEO HELPFUL. IF YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO DO AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO ON HOW TO MAKE THE SOIL BLOCK TRAY/CONTAINER SEEN IN THE VIDEO LET US KNOW! GO MAKE SOME SOIL BLOCKS!

3 yrs old: Makes mud pies 30 years old: I have perfected my mud baking.

I made something similar. I have a 2nd inner border piece with evenly spaced guitar string stretched tight and cross-weaved around each other. Press it right through the blocks, whole grid done in a few seconds. Great project.

Such a great affordable and sustainable way to do this!

this is the best video I have seen while researching soil block maker. I was thinking about getting plug trays yesterday 50 for $100, today I was reminded of the makers but dont really want/need to spend money on either. your method is less work and customizable to block size. Thank you. :)

😆😅🤣😂 good heavens, i just ordered my soil blocker huhuhuuuuu ....mygreathanks and blessings. but i'd love to see results when using them...

You just gave me the solution. I've been thinking about how to do this and you gave it to me. You're not there yet, but you are So Close. You need one more tool. It's a frame that matches the bottom of your spacing frame, and has wires running across in the grid for your soil blocks. Pack your soil in, lift your spacer out, set the wire grid frame on top of the soil, push it down with the spacer frame. Presto! all the blocks cut to size in one pass.

It's like cutting brownies! LOL!

This clever method of yours is very doable so maybe I will try it once my hubby builds me the tray that is lol. Also I would love to see you plant those blocks up and see the technique you use to pickup and move the blocks to somewhere else.

Excellent! Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely brilliant idea. Def going to make something like this with a few add-ons.

Thanks for this! I was looking into soil blocking this year and it seems to me this is probably one of the best method. Can be done with any container, just using the same principles.

Thank you for uploading Friday's video!

Bro, just make the original walls that you packed it into, not attached to the plywood base. Then when you're done packing, remove the walls. Voila! Now you have all the space you need to cut and spread 1. Easy access for removal of blocks 2. and you never addressed how to get the blocks out with the walls attached and I don't see an easy way without losing a few of them. 3. Forget having to make that little rim liner insert. 4. Hope that didn't come off as rude... just honest what I see. Also I believe if there was parallel knife blades of say of 20-30 cm long spaced at whatever convenient size, it could greatly affect the efficiency of the cutting. I like where you're heading with this. The 4 cubes at a time machine is not fast

That's very creative, thank you.

Hi, assuming the boxes might last a season or two - When cutting the sides and ends, put small cuts into the top edges of the wood at the spacing sizes you need. You won't then have to mark it with a pencil. The spacings can of course be made at the spacings you need for smaller or larger blocks ... Cramp 2/3 pieces togethe and make the cuts with table saw, hand saw, band saw, jigsaw etc. 🤙

A simple improvement would be having a removable bottom like a spring-form cake pan so you just set your box with the cubes on a brick, let the box sides drop to the ground and your cubes are standing free so you can easily pick each one up for transplanting. What you showed us reminds me of the problem I have every time I make Lasagna...trying to get the spatula to remove the first piece without crushing it sideways.

this makes me want to bake some brownies.

Genius!! thanks for sharing!! 👏👏👏

Maybe carve some measure notches in the wood for future.

This is brilliant I am thinking of doing this now for my seedlings for rain season coming. I wonder if I can do this with compost!

What would be cool is if you could remove the sides when you’re ready to plant out.

Great project. 5x13 for 65 blocks. I like the guide you made for the gap. One could be made to fit other containers too. And that was some thick looking cardboard.

Great idea! Hoping to find a vid that shows these in action and removing them from the tray.

That is pretty cool. I got to tinker around with this idea.

good thinkingyoung man new sub.

How did these hold up? Soil blocking works by really compacting the dirt so they don't fall apart. How did you do that with these? Especially if you are top watering?

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I like this way of making blocks. The blocking tools are so expensive and it seems they are not very easy to operate. Last year I used peat plugs but they were expensive. I like the wooden tray, but a lot of work to make so I think I will try this with a plastic tray.

Very good video, but I would like to know if it is possible to pick up each floor block by hand. My question is: When the plants germinate, can the blocks be picked up by hand so that each one can be placed in a different place?

I suddenly have a hankering for brownies....

Very cool. A big dirt cake.

I like the tray. Are your making a substitute chocolate cake for your seedlings? Keep in mind that the wood will wick some of the moisture.

Good Idea! Thanks

Love brownies 😊

... now get them out lol

Very cool!

Love this!

thank you for sharing

Amazing video

Thank You Brother!

I like it, but how in the world do you get them out of there?

At 6:10 he starts to so the bloking

nice carpentry

I was thinking brownies :)

can inner part be made taller for make taller blocks (e.g 3" or 4" tall) or the taller blocks won't cut that well? Do blocks have to be at least as wide as tall?

Very cool. Do you even need the outer lip on the base tray? Seems like the brownies would be easier to cut without it. Of course I was thinking of using machete to cut the cake. 😉

Do you remove the soil blocks from the box before you plant seeds in them?

I don't get it. what is this frame with the handles for?

How deep (tall) are your soil blocks?

They need air underneath

hey you need sand

Brownies