Don't Buy Budget Seed Starters Until You Watch This
Every year the big box stores put seed starting kits on sale — and every year beginners get burned by them. Here's the surprising reason prefilled seed starter trays are setting you up to fail.
The issue? Coco coir sounds great on the packaging, but it comes out of the bag hydrophobic, retains way too much moisture, and practically invites algae and fungus gnats to destroy your seedlings before they even start. I bought one of these American Seeds kits so you don't have to — and I'm showing you exactly what went wrong.
In this video:
→ Why compressed coco coir fails beginners right out of the bag
→ The overwatering trap these kits build in from the start
→ How algae and fungus gnats take over (and what triggers it)
→ What I actually use instead: Fox Farm Happy Frog potting soil
→ Proof it works — baby bok choy thriving in the right medium
The good news? The plastic trays in these kits are actually solid. Save those. Ditch the soil.
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