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Easy Grow Greenhouse - The Easy Grow Greenhouse features 72 peat pellets, designed for easy growing. Simply water the pellet, add a seed, and let them grow. -- Includes instructions. The plants can then be easily transplanted directly into the ground or larger containers, minimizing transplant shock and root damage.
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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Other reviewers have rated the product poorly based on the ridiculously high price. While it is true that this kit can be had for under $6 elsewhere (I bought mine at Home Depot for about $5), the product is excellent and some comments should be made about that.
This product is *identical* to other greenhouse kits sold on Amazon under the names "Carefree Jiffy Greenhouse", "Ferry-Morse Seed #5272 Pro Greenhouse Kit", and perhaps there are others floating about with different names and prices. Indeed unusual but nevertheless they are all the same.
You get (72) peat disks, each clad in a fine biodegradable netting, in an 11" x 22" plastic tray. A clear plastic lid is included. Add (2) quarts of warm water, the disks expand, pencil-push your seeds in, blanket the seeds with peat harvested from the pellets, lid the tray and place in indirect sunlight until the seedlings grow about 2", move outside and prop open the lid in partial sun, then transplant in about a week or less.
I've been using this for vegetables -- everything from tomatoes, beans, corn, pumpkins, even carrots (snipping off the bottom pellet mesh with a scissor before transplanting). Everything grows well and fast and, for me, it's more determinate and satisfying than sowing seeds directly into the soil.
The plastic is recyclable -- #1 or #2, I think -- so either dispose of responsibly or keep reusing (as I do) by purchasing bundles of the pellets which are cheap and sold separately.
On a final note, if one wanted to replicate the kit themselves it would be quite easy. The "internals" of the Jiffy kit are the aforementioned plastic tray which has (2) parts -- a 2" deep tray and a lightly perforated rectangle of plastic with circular depressions for the disks seated inside. When the water is added the internal tray raises and floats. You could use an ordinary baking pan for the external tray and non-cardboard egg cartons with a few tiny holes punched in the bottom. Roll and pack small balls of peat and wrap each in thin cheesecloth. Place the balls in the egg cartons and snip an opening on the top to place the seeds. Cover the tray with clear plastic wrap. Transplant the balls.
This product is *identical* to other greenhouse kits sold on Amazon under the names "Carefree Jiffy Greenhouse", "Ferry-Morse Seed #5272 Pro Greenhouse Kit", and perhaps there are others floating about with different names and prices. Indeed unusual but nevertheless they are all the same.
You get (72) peat disks, each clad in a fine biodegradable netting, in an 11" x 22" plastic tray. A clear plastic lid is included. Add (2) quarts of warm water, the disks expand, pencil-push your seeds in, blanket the seeds with peat harvested from the pellets, lid the tray and place in indirect sunlight until the seedlings grow about 2", move outside and prop open the lid in partial sun, then transplant in about a week or less.
I've been using this for vegetables -- everything from tomatoes, beans, corn, pumpkins, even carrots (snipping off the bottom pellet mesh with a scissor before transplanting). Everything grows well and fast and, for me, it's more determinate and satisfying than sowing seeds directly into the soil.
The plastic is recyclable -- #1 or #2, I think -- so either dispose of responsibly or keep reusing (as I do) by purchasing bundles of the pellets which are cheap and sold separately.
On a final note, if one wanted to replicate the kit themselves it would be quite easy. The "internals" of the Jiffy kit are the aforementioned plastic tray which has (2) parts -- a 2" deep tray and a lightly perforated rectangle of plastic with circular depressions for the disks seated inside. When the water is added the internal tray raises and floats. You could use an ordinary baking pan for the external tray and non-cardboard egg cartons with a few tiny holes punched in the bottom. Roll and pack small balls of peat and wrap each in thin cheesecloth. Place the balls in the egg cartons and snip an opening on the top to place the seeds. Cover the tray with clear plastic wrap. Transplant the balls.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
I bought this exact product for $6 at Wal*Mart for my first foray into Gardening this year, and it is the perfect thing to get a jump start on the planting season, or to at least give you a bit of time between planting and getting your garden bed ready. So far I've started Tomatoes and Jalapeños and about 90% of them have sprouted. I picked up a second one to start Marigolds and Basil.
If you want to put up a lot of annual flowers, this is just the thing. However, don't let the fact that there are 72 pellets pressure you into making 72 plants (I've planted WAY too many Tomatoes). The pellets are easy to pop out and set aside if you do it before you add the water. After you add water, they swell up into huge blobs of soil, contained in some delicate netting.
The tray is very clever, with a series of drainage channels to make sure the water is distributed evenly. About the only nit I have is I wish the dome were a little taller.
It's cheap enough that you can dispose of the tray later, but on the other hand, refills are available as well, so it's up to you.
If you want to put up a lot of annual flowers, this is just the thing. However, don't let the fact that there are 72 pellets pressure you into making 72 plants (I've planted WAY too many Tomatoes). The pellets are easy to pop out and set aside if you do it before you add the water. After you add water, they swell up into huge blobs of soil, contained in some delicate netting.
The tray is very clever, with a series of drainage channels to make sure the water is distributed evenly. About the only nit I have is I wish the dome were a little taller.
It's cheap enough that you can dispose of the tray later, but on the other hand, refills are available as well, so it's up to you.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
I decided to grow my own garden plants this year, so I purchased this kit at Walmart. (It's funny, I thought it was named "Jiffy" because that's on top of the package.) Anyway, I am eminently pleased with this set, and here's why:
1. It's easy to use. Just add the warm water and wait until the little peat bags have expanded. Two words of advice about this:
a. Make sure the peat bags are in the cells properly, laying flat. If not, it gets a bit messy, but it's not the end of the world. Just try to straighten it out later.
b. Don't use hot tap water. When you use warm or hot water from the tap it leaches the lead out of the seals in your plumbing. So use water that has been heated by another source. Why grow organic cucumbers if you add lead to the starting mixture?
2. You can reuse it. The peat bags lift easily out of the cells (well, you might have to untangle some roots, but that's gardening). Jiffy, or whoever they are, sell the peat bags separately.
3. It's easy to water. You can gently remove one of the peat bags and pour the water into that cell, than lift up the edges of the greenhouse so as to allow the water to flow all around every peat bag.
4. It's cheaper than the Burpee (which does not have advantage #2 and #3). Burpee does offer little seed markers, but I have not yet found a writing utensil that can make a mark on them, which sort of defeats the purpose.
I also, sorry, Amazon, recommend you buy this set locally. It's much cheaper than purchasing it online. But if you can't get it locally - hey, it's a great little kit and still not too expensive!
1. It's easy to use. Just add the warm water and wait until the little peat bags have expanded. Two words of advice about this:
a. Make sure the peat bags are in the cells properly, laying flat. If not, it gets a bit messy, but it's not the end of the world. Just try to straighten it out later.
b. Don't use hot tap water. When you use warm or hot water from the tap it leaches the lead out of the seals in your plumbing. So use water that has been heated by another source. Why grow organic cucumbers if you add lead to the starting mixture?
2. You can reuse it. The peat bags lift easily out of the cells (well, you might have to untangle some roots, but that's gardening). Jiffy, or whoever they are, sell the peat bags separately.
3. It's easy to water. You can gently remove one of the peat bags and pour the water into that cell, than lift up the edges of the greenhouse so as to allow the water to flow all around every peat bag.
4. It's cheaper than the Burpee (which does not have advantage #2 and #3). Burpee does offer little seed markers, but I have not yet found a writing utensil that can make a mark on them, which sort of defeats the purpose.
I also, sorry, Amazon, recommend you buy this set locally. It's much cheaper than purchasing it online. But if you can't get it locally - hey, it's a great little kit and still not too expensive!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Garbage
Use jiffy peat pots and love them.
This "professional greenhouse" is pure garbage, every piece is defective!
Tray is so thin it breaks if picked up by one end dry. Read more
This "professional greenhouse" is pure garbage, every piece is defective!
Tray is so thin it breaks if picked up by one end dry. Read more
Published 2 months ago by rudestar
Simple enough for a two-year old
My two-year old granddaughter recently ''helped'' me set up this kit for a variety of annuals and perennials. Read more
Published 12 months ago by D. SANDAHL
A great head start on a garden
The bottom part of the box is formed into channels that help to hold and distribute water evenly, a tray with 72 pockets sits on that. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Doug Bittinger
Nice idea, poor results!
I purchased two of these flats last year (in a home store, not online) with the starter peat pellets included, expecting great results. I was sorely disappointed. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Fae
Defect on arrival
First the package arrived three days later than the delivery estimate window, which was not a big deal. Read more
Published 20 months ago by sw123
Got my seeds started but....
I used about half of the pellets the first time and got good results. The plants started growing. I planted four seeds of five types of tomatoes; white oxheart, black krim, Anna... Read more
Published on May 4, 2010 by Bean Slap
Missleading!
I thought I was getting a great deal for saving over 90%. I recieved my greenhouses today and they were cracked and the soil pods all 72 were all in the huge box it was sent in. Read more
Published on January 29, 2010 by D. King
roots don't form correctly
I tried these peat starters for some vegetable seeds. At first few seeds sprouted until I removed the "greenhouse" top and brought the tray outside. Read more
Published on September 15, 2009 by MM Jake
Peat Bags
My plants did well at first, then I planted them in the Garden and they stoped growing. I fertilized and watered, still more than have died and did nothing. Read more
Published on September 6, 2009 by Robert J. Halsey
Amazing results!
I also bought this at Wal-Mart (much cheaper if you don't pay shipping, folks!) to start a wide variety of decorative plants for the yard and garden. Read more
Published on June 4, 2009 by C. Blackwell
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