Jiffy 3" Biodegradable Peat Pots, 12 pack - Ideal for Seed Starting

So far, I've ended up growing tomatoes of a wide variety inside of the Jiffy pots. And I have succeeded from germinating the seeds to placing them inside of the Jiffy pots. Now I’m giving them water to ensure their vigorous growth. Extremely excited about these jiffy pots because they’re from wood and so they have been retaining their water much more efficiently than some of the other starter pots I’ve tried in the past.

These are great little starter pots, super easy to transfer to the garden. I rip the bottom of the pot off before transplanting into the garden to aid in the growth of the roots.

These things are great. You can start your seedlings from germination onward indoors on a window sill facing light if you want. When ready to transplant into larger container it's ready to go. Peat container disintegrates, no concern over the environment.

Jiffy pots are a reliable product I have used for years . They are great for large seeds like cucumber and squash , I also transpant small seedlings into them , like tomato and basil,that I pricked out from starter pans . Once I see the roots coming out of them , I can move them to their spots in the garden, with none of the difficulties of plastic containers, and no transpant shock. Still a great product !

Loved the ease of the pots, just fill with soil, add seeds, water, and voila: baby plants. The convenience of putting pot itself into the ground helps keep the plants from going into shock. Excellent product for beginners as well as master gardeners.

This is my first time ever doing a garden and this product makes it so easy to start growing my seedlings. All you have to do is put soil in and your seeds and keeps it moist. I definitely would recommend this product. I started it three weeks ago and I already have them ready to be planted in the ground soon!

be sure to bury them below ground level as they will wick water up and away from the plant. Option...I tear off the raised portion to be below ground level when moving the seedlings into the garden. They do eventually deteriorate so they add nutrients to the soil.

These are my go to option for starting bigger seedlings like squash, melons, or cucumbers. Otherwise I use compact soil in little molds or egg cartons but these provide plenty of space for the needier plant starts. My only complaint is that if you are not very careful the seedlings can become a bit root bound before they start pushing through these. While they are intended to be planted with the seedling I usually try to remove these before transplanting and reuse them a few time. When they become spent I throw them in a big planter where I toss other various scraps and dirt messes from seed starting and then mix it all up for more potting soil.

I gave four stars because I really tried to start seeds and failed. However, I don't exactly have the greenest thumb in the zip code. This is the first time trying to get a plant from a seed. I'm sure that has something to do with it. But the idea is really cool. I gave all of them a decent burial.

I started 10 tomato seeds in these in March. I got 9 sprouted and growing, but as the tomato plants got larger, I had issues which I have not had with plastic pots. The peat pots would immediately get wet on the outside, but they were drawing all the water away from the tomato plants. It became a struggle to keep the plants watered enough. This weekend all were set outside and this just confirmed my suspicion. Pots were soaked from watering this morning, but the dirt was very dry.