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Soil blocks provide so many benefits, but here are just three: 🌱 Plants are healthier, using the soil, water, and air in the blocks more efficiently. As roots hit they edge of the block they air-prune themselves and send lateral roots in a new direction. 🌱 The roots don’t circle around the bottom of a tray or get stuck in the drainage holes. No crumbling plugs trying to free them from the tray. This also reduces transplant shock. 🌱 Infrastructure and tools are minimal. A few mesh bottom trays