Root Riot Plugs

CAPCOM · Feb 17, 2015

I have picked up and am using about 250 root riot plugs. I like the no mess form of these plugs and they do seem to be working rather well. Have to moisten every day but no big deal. Does anyone have any idea how these plugs are formed and kept in their shape. At .30 ea, I gotta find a way to make them.

filmost · Feb 17, 2015

I've always wanted to try those, but they are way to expensive to ship to Japan. Might have to try and pick some up at a the local hydro store when I go back to the states in April.

CAPCOM · Feb 17, 2015

I find them a bit pricy here. Might be alright if I only grew a couple dozen plants.

queequeg152 · Feb 17, 2015

CAPCOM said:
I have picked up and am using about 250 root riot plugs. I like the no mess form of these plugs and they do seem to be working rather well. Have to moisten every day but no big deal. Does anyone have any idea how these plugs are formed and kept in their shape. At .30 ea, I gotta find a way to make them.

i was curious and looked up the patent once...

they are made by heating peat and a biodegradable polymer and some other material. you bought alot... i would suggest not storing them wet. they break down after a while.

CAPCOM · Feb 17, 2015

queequeg152 said:
i was curious and looked up the patent once...

they are made by heating peat and a biodegradable polymer and some other material. you bought alot... i would suggest not storing them wet. they break down after a while.

They are all in use come this weekend, Thx

queequeg152 · Feb 17, 2015

btw have you seen these?

http://parkseed.com/parks-original-bio-dome-with-18-whopper-cells/p/96064/

you can buy them on ebay and what have you, but these peat plugs are beatsly. but yea they cost too much.

floricole · Feb 17, 2015

maybe help you figure out a way to do them
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/making-peat-pellets-zmaz71mjzsea.aspx

add compost, myco and should do the job

CAPCOM · Feb 17, 2015

Have now, price seems a little better than the RRs, but I think they could be made a lot cheaper.

floricole said:
maybe help you figure out a way to do them
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/making-peat-pellets-zmaz71mjzsea.aspx

add compost, myco and should do the job

the root riots are not compressed but they are 100 peat and hold themselves together without mesh

floricole · Feb 17, 2015

Made from composted organic materials, these cubes have a great spongy texture which retains the perfect air/water ratio for healthy, rapid root growth.
The cubes are specially inoculated with micro nutrients and biologically active ingredients to nourish young plants, and to aid root development.
http://www.growthtechnology.com/product/root-riot/

google for diy soil blocks