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* The Professional Greenhouse Kit is the same system many professionals use today* Made with peat pots which improves root development, this kit is great for starting seeds for flower and vegetable gardens* Clear plastic dome retains heat and moisture, the perfect seed starting environment* 11" x 22" tray

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1.92 pounds

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FERRY MORSE/JIFFY

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B0015I3TGI

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Chris Obergas

Cheaper elsewhere

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 6, 2007

I have to say I have orded growing products from Amazon but no place beats some of the big box retailers. I bought this same excat setup for four bucks. Shop around.

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Robert Petkus

Great Product - DON'T BUY FROM HERE THOUGH

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 11, 2008

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.

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R. Howell

$5.00 at Walmart!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 27, 2007

What's with the original price in the hundreds of dollars? I would not buy from this seller based on their desperate attempt at gaining attention with a tremendous sale price based on false orignial prices.

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C. Blackwell

Amazing results!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 5, 2009

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. I purchased two, and planted nasturtiums, marigolds, sunflowers, painted daisies, zinnias, and some extra watermelon radish seeds we had lying around. The pellets are smaller than most peat pellets that are sold separately, in order to fit into the tray. I probably had about an 80% successful sprout rate due to a large rain storm that damaged some of the sprouts when I didn't move them inside. The trays are absolutely wonderful for starting seeds! I have been lax in moving the plants to the garden for a number of weeks, so some of them actually got shockingly large for such tiny pots. I relocated all of the sunflowers, but they had managed to reach practically a foot tall in the itty bitty peat pots. In a few more days, I'll move all of the beautiful new plants to the garden, where hopefully they'll bloom. I've never had such a good success rate with starting seeds, and it's way cheaper than buying the plants already grown. This tray is great and I highly recommend it!

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Bill James

JIFFY PROF GREENHOUSE KIT

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2007

IT DOES WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO. (GERMINATE SEEDS)
IT'S A SIMPLE PRODUCT AND IT WORKS.
I USE AN OLD HEATING PAD SET ON LOW UNDER THE KIT TO GIVE BOTTOM HEAT WHICH AIDS IN THE GERMINATION. I'M TRYING TO GROW HYBRID BRUGMANSIA SEED WHICH TAKES FROM TWO WEEKS TO TWO MONTHS TO GERMINATE. I HAVEN'T HAD IT LONG ENOUGH TO SEE RESULTS. IT COMES WITH ADEQUATE PEAT PADS FOR SUBSEQUENT OTHER SEEDS LATER ON. A GOOD TOOL.

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Brand	Ferry Morse/Jiffy
Item Weight	1.92 Pounds
Unit Count	1 Count

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