Hi we've found this extremely helpful. We have used the pellets since buying a 48 cell propagator kit with the pellets already in 5 years ago. Since then we now buy them on-line in 2000 unit boxes and have found propagator boxes, lids and inserts suitable for the 3 sizes of pellet. It suits us because only a percentage of seeds germinate and we don't want to left with 1/2 empty propagators on our limited windowsills. Also the cleanliness suits us in our kitchen with a toddler running about. I'm open to all suggestions and haven't historically checked whether rooting has been ideal after growing. We will definitely be making a number of incisions top to bottom before planting on, and will do this early on before the roots grow excessively out of the pellet. I would say this though the germination success varies depending on what's to be grown, tomatoes, chillies and peppers seem to love the Jiffy 7C, Kale, Cabbage, Brussels all seem to be growing too fast and are leggy (is this bolting?) And so my question is has anyone actually noticed whether the Jiffy7C (which contains 20% peat and not just coconut coir) may be too rich for certain veg? The Jiffy7 seems much better for certain veg thus accounting possibly for some of the irregularities described above? I also note that John Inne's potting composts get stronger as you go up through the range 1, 2, 3 etc. to feed larger plants. Clearly potting compost is less rich for a reason? I would welcome any input and and wish everyone the best for the coming season xx

stevethelizard, lighten up. You environment activist need to start your own forum & stop being rude to persons who want to grow organic gardens. I have used organic gardening & organic gardening books for over 30 years & NO where have I seen or read that I have to be an environmentalist to be an organic gardener. Sure there are a lot of environmentalist who are organic gardeners, & they are welcome until they preach from the religious platform that we ALL have to be like them. The polar bear are going better today, then they have in 30 years, world wide. No matter what Mr. SUV Gore said on his little movie. This is America & we are each free to be organic gardeners, even if we do not drive electric car or have solar power plants on our roofs.The way I see it, if you do not have those thing you are a hypocrite & should get your house in order first. And if you do, then you still do not have the right to jump on other poster for using peat. Peat which is protected & in very large amounts over a good part of the world. And did not you change from "Global Warming" to "Climate Chance", when your research proved that the earth is not warming up as doom day has been saying .Is it not a fact that from 2006 until now the heat of summer has been dropping, not going higher as All of you claimed 1995-2010? This is the wrong forum for this , when your start the Environment Forum, we can debate this. To everyone else, I am sorry, I will compost my soap box now.

Something has changed with the product over the years. I am now finding the netting that holds the peat does not break apart and ends up girdling and killing my seedlings. I remember when the netting had a perforated side that allowed the plant roots to break the netting.. Now the perforated side is gone. I just dug up some easy to grow marigolds grown in peat potsthat are stunted. The netting was extremely tight and did not break away allowing the plant roots to seek out water and nutrients. I have cut and removed the netting in the hope to save my seedlings. I don't recommend this product at all now and won't use it again. No doubt the change in the product was to increase profits. I also noticed the jiffy pellet growing kit has an extremely cheap and flimsy plastic cover that barely works and makes the grower prone to dropping the tray. What a disappointment in a product.

My pics are 'Popogirl' on the album. The elephant ears I dug up and am storing the bulbs in a burlap bag under the basement stairs. The musa basjoo (banana) I let die back (my neighbor lets his die back and he doesn't even cut it down...just uses some leaf mulch and that's IT and his is taller than his house and 3 yrs old!). Then I encased the musa and the 2 sago palms and 1 trachy (babies) in burlap/wooden stakes and filled the whole thing with dead leaves and straw on top. If you put your hand in there it's nice and warm. Here in the Huron Valley (esp with the climate change) it's not been so bad in winter. Not like up in Oakland Cty or below us, in OH. Maybe -15 for 1 or 2 days. No biggie. They're all right next to the house/basement window. The Chinese Fan Palm and Windmill Palms are all wrapped up, too. Paypyrus, Majesty (cut back to one spear), a fern and some pygmy date palms are inside- many in very wet pots (full of peat moss and pea gravel)- for the winter in the sun room (average 50 degrees- not cold enough to kill anything but not warm enough to cause them problems, everything is slowed or dormant) My cilantro is STILL alive and growing and so are a couple annual flowers. Geez. People say climate change like it's a bad thing! ; )