Jiffy Pellets are great for starting seeds and rooting cuttings before transplanting. They consist coco coir fibres and high quality sphagnum peat in a highly porous membrane coat. The peat is from carefully selected bogs that are under government control to ensure minimal environmental impact. They harvest the peat only in areas where regeneration is greater than the rate of depletion. Use of peat has a bad name in the gardening community due to the damage harvesting can do, but not so with Jiffy Pellets!
Jiffy Pellets come in dry form and will need soaking before use to reconstitute them. Simply soak them in water until they expand and give them a gentle squeeze to get rid of excess water. Create a small hole in the pellet and insert the cutting or seed and you’re ready to go! Place the young plants in a propagator under a low wattage light. If all goes well you’ll soon have some strong plants ready for transplant. The porous membrane keeps the pellet together while still offering full permeability for air and water.
Jiffy Pellets are available in bags of 10, bags of 50, trays of 60 or as a full box of 1000. They come with a special fertilizer in the material that provides the optimal environment for young plants to thrive in. When you are ready to pot up the plants, there is no need to remove the coat around the pellet. It will degrade in the media over time and has absolutely no negative effect on the plant. There is more info on the Jiffy website. (Opens a new window in your browser).
Alternatives to Jiffy Pellets
At Canterbury Hydroponics, we have acouple of other propagation media products available including Canna Terra Seed Mix, Root Riot and Cultiwool Starter Cubes. We also stock a few rooting hormone products including Clonex and Root!t Rooting Gel to help with cuttings. We also have a range of other products for the cloning process such as Scalpels, Clonex Mist, Root Riot and Canna Start. Generally, a propagator is a must as well, so we keep the Small, Large and XL High Dome Propagators in stock. You can find these and all the rest of our propagation products on our website by clicking here.
