Mid-Atlantic Gardening: September Blooms, 0 by docgipe

docgipe wrote:
I purchase trays of ready made plugs. They come from a firm I found using Google to locate. The trays are about 16" X 24". I cut blocks of them to fit various sided baking tins. Two trays used this way will last me several years. The holes are molded in the plugs. You might need to punch the hole to handle plants like your begonias and fill the left over space with a product like vermiculite. Seeding is done directly into or on to a filled hole. They snap apart easily for potting or lining out in the gardens. When rooted or germinated the small roots will grow into and through the Oasis in perfect shape for lining out or potting. The trays are made to fit dimensions commonly found relative to commercial greenhouse benches. I did not count the plugs but estimate about a hundred in a tray. My grower friend gets them about one third this size at a higher cost for handling ease in his set up. Go with Google and the word Oasis to find a distributer selling to retail.