Joe
2025-08-07 16:33:42
Before getting into this review, this comes with 3 trays, 2 black seed starting trays 36 cells each, 1 green larger tray to hold the 2 seed starting trays and a clear humidity dome. It felt a bit misleading because it is rather big, so make sure you have enough room for them!This works as intended to start seeds. I DID NOT USE THE INCLUDED PELLETS! I saw that some people were having problems starting seeds with the included pellets. Personally I would highly advise against using pellets to start seeds! Use a potting mix and sift out some of the bigger pieces to get nice fine soil to use to start your plants!My process was very simple and effective. I used a potting mix that was fine, literally right off the pallets from a local store. If you need to, sift the soil, I didn't have many large chunks of wood in mine so it worked fine.MOISTEN THE SOIL BEFORE PUTTING IT IN!!!If you make sure the soil is moist BEFORE putting the seeds in, you're creating a great environment to start gemination and preventing the seeds from shifting around too much for when you do your final top watering. The soil should feel like a damp sponge when you water it. Don't over water the soil!Put the soil into each tray and make sure to pack it a little bit, this will also help with having the soil not sink or shift too much when you add your final watering.After all the trays have been filled, put your seeds in to the appropriate depth.Afterwards top the trays with a little bit more moist soil, a quick water over and you're done!You have the option to use the included humidity dome, which I did, although make sure to let your trays air out every once in a while or else you'll have white mold growing, which I did and I would just pick it off and let the trays get air.This goes without saying, but, don't top water your seedlings! There's a reason there's a third tray included; bottom water the plants. Add enough water to cover the bottoms of the black trays and check back in about 30-40 minutes and dump/suck out any excess water. You can also check if your seedlings need any water by looking at the tops of their cells. If most of them look dried out, add more water to the bottom!One issue I have found was that some plants in the middles of the black trays would not get the water they needed and so I was forced to top water them, but, I was careful to not splash the water or have the water overflow into other cells.Another issue is the black trays' cells were extremely thin. I was a bit nervous transplanting some of my plants that I would break or damage the plastic. The holes at the bottom were just big enough for my pinky to go through so I would push the seedlings out and gently move them to their new pot. My hands are huge, so if you have smaller hands, chances are you might not find this to be too much of an issue as you can just push the seedlings from the cells with your finger/pinky.
shikabane hime
2025-06-27 14:55:55
Works great and my seedlings are all sprouting nicely. I started my tomato plants and a pepper plant in this for now as it is too early for the rest of the vegetables.
james b
2025-06-20 13:39:18
Great idea but falls short in some respects. The bottom tray is substantial and the tray that is the seed cells is okay. The clear cover is a bit flimsy and arrived partially crushed while there was no damage to the shipping box. While these are not expensive I am hoping they will be able to be used multiple times. Not so sure they will stand up to repeated use. The peat pellets were good and did their job for germination. I will see how the cell tray does when its time to pot things up.
Joe
2025-06-14 18:48:44
Love it, easy to work with. I might purchase another on
Alcuin
2025-03-28 12:37:44
This is about the Burpee Greenhouse Indoor Plant Starting Kit with 72 cells. The trays are very flexible, so be sure to have support when you move them (I used cookie sheets which worked fine). I started them in my bathroom with a good grow light and that worked fine. The down sides: (1) the instructions are poor, but luckily most of the procedure is obvious even to a construction ignoramus such as myself; (2) the dome is rather low and mine came with an unfixable downward sway towards the middle, moreover it is so flexible/flimsy that I could not prop it up (tried popsicle sticks); my snowpeas hit the dome well before they were ready to be hardened off and transplanted into my garden room; (3) transplanting was hard as the pellets are not enclosed in mesh (unlike the Jiffy brand); (4) transplanting was messier than with the Jiffy brand. All in all, this was not competitive with the comparable Jiffy brand set, but my seeds did start and the snowpeas transplanted well. The lettuce and rocket had more trouble than in the mesh-enclose pellets.
Denise Blake
2025-03-15 11:57:33
Nice seed starter sets, recommend purchase
Kaylee Drum
2025-03-08 15:15:32
I just planted my seeds today, but quality, what all is included, is 10/10.
j b h
2025-01-20 15:01:17
Cheap plastic product for the money it cost. I was very disappointed. I would not recommend.