If this is your first soil blocking tool, we recommended also looking at: the Ladbrooke Mini 4, at www.amazon.com/dp/B00XAGGFAK (copy and paste into your browser). It is larger than the Micro 20, is our most popular soil blocker and our recommended place to start soil blocking!
Part of the unique Ladbrooke Micro 20/Mini 4/Maxi "nesting" system for starting seeds and transplanting starts, the Micro 20 makes VERY TINY soil blocks and is only used for STARTING VERY SMALL SEEDS. It also requires using a VERY FINE SOIL BLOCKING MIX. The Micro 20 makes twenty VERY TINY soil blocks that are 3/4" x 3/4" x 3/4". PLEASE VISUALIZE THIS SIZE. Because of it’s small size, the Micro 20 is the most challenging of the Ladbrooke soil blockers.
HOWEVER, the Micro 20 is used successfully by hundreds of gardeners worldwide, and is well loved by many many users. Potting soil is compressed wet into the soil block mold and then discharged into a tray with the ejection handle. Soil blockers make a "pot-less" pot, and can be used for all seeds, and are great to use for cuttings as well. With soil blocks, roots are air-pruned and transplant shock, stunting, slow-growth is greatly reduced. The Micro 20 is made of metal and plastic.
If you have received a Micro 20 where the metal handle is slipping out, please contact Patches of Green for a free replacement, even if outside the Amazon return window. Ladbrooke stands behind the quality of its tools.
