Propagation: Jiffy seed starting flats versus Burpee, 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:

I bought several different sized packages of Jiffy peat pots for seed starting seeds this year but I confess I quit using the pellets 2 years ago after much consternation and disappointment. So I have to agree about sowing into aluminum cake pans and black plastic seed flats. Very easy to do that way and I like it too.

It's a mystery to me why they don't sell a variety of plastic 'germination boxes' (by rubbermaid) or the aluminum cake pan makers near the seed displays, but I guess Jiffy has the corner on the market and shoos all the competitors away from the seed display!

I am very new at seed starting and am still learning the best number of seeds to sow and to plan for timing the seed sowing so the space on the heat mats and under lights is used efficiently. And which size pots to transplant into so that the baby plants can make it to outdoor transplanting with only one transplant.

I can only conclude from my limited experience with Jiffy products that maybe they can be used successfully by gardeners with a certain seed starting 'style', but the jiffy products sure seem like a head ache to me (as a newbie), too...Next year I'm going to all plastic for sure! Live and learn!

Here are a few of my jiffy pots in service this year--