- Ferry-Morse Seed #5272 Pro Greenhouse Kit
- FERRY-MORSE SEED CO./JIFFY
Product Description
The perfect indoor start for your garden. Easy to use, just add water and seeds. Transplants directly into the garden or larger containers. Clear dome maintains humidity and warmth during germination period. 72 cells. No. 5272: Greenhouse No. 5708: 72 cou… More >>
Ferry Morse Seed Co 5272 Jiffy Professional Greenhouse
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#1 by William Jamieson on April 16, 2010 - 4:30 am
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by C. Blackwell on April 16, 2010 - 4:37 am
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!
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by rampageous_cuss on April 16, 2010 - 6:47 am
I’ve used a couple of these things at one time or another, and all have worked well. However there are at least three different kinds:
– WM’s $6 cheapies simply have a tray with indentations for the peat-disks (and the clear-plastic cover). The disks are in some kind of thin film. These trays are good if you’re starting plants with different fertilizer requirements, since the indentations are distinct.
– HD sells two kinds; cheapies with channels between the indentations so water will (to some degree) run from one peat disk (disks in thin netting) to another when you water one end AND
– Trays about this expensive (@ $12) that have an inner tray that sits on a capillary mat. The netted peat disks sit in holed indentations in the inner tray, which has cutouts at each end so when you water, you feed the mat and not the disks directly. This can be a problem if you’ve got plants with different water requirements, like tomatoes and peppers.
Unfortunately, I can’t tell from the product description above WHICH this is!!! But as I say, they all work great – if you know how to treat different kinds of seedlings.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by Matthew P. Seibert on April 16, 2010 - 7:57 am
This product is improved over my last seed starter. The water can easily flow from one side of the container to the other to help in uniformly moist pellets. Still a pretty thin plastic container and lid. Can’t beat the price for the quality of this item.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by R. Howell on April 16, 2010 - 8:46 am
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.
Rating: 1 / 5