The ultimate tool for driving early-season efficiency on the farm. Compressing a full 1020 tray of soil blocks in one motion requires a lot of mechanical force. Johnny's new 72-Cell Soil Blocker leverages innovative engineering and mechanical advantage to dramatically reduce the manual labor needed to produce tray after tray of neatly compressed soil blocks.

How does it work?

The high strength cast alloy plungers apply an even and consistent downward force on the 72 cells of soil to produce uniform soil blocks ready for seeding. The couplings between the handles and the plungers multiply the compression force, transferring the workload from the operator to the machine.

Place the stainless-steel grid into a 1020 shallow tray. Fill the grid with dampened seed starting mix, slide the loaded grid and tray into the soil blocker assembly, align the cast plungers with the grid cells, and compress with a fraction of the strength needed to compress by hand. The full compression process takes seconds.

Advantages of soil blocking:

• Reduces expense of single-use cell trays or costly strips
• Decreases likelihood of transplants becoming rootbound, as increased air flow between blocks "air prunes" roots
• Creates healthier, more vigorous transplants due to oxygenated roots
• Reduces transplant shock
• Less plastic waste

Features:

• Designed and trialed by Johnny's
• Configured for 1020 72-cell soil blocking
• Includes one 72-cell stainless-steel grid and one soil blocking assembly
• Each cell measures 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" square by 2" deep (compression will reduce the height of the soil blocks)
• Adjustable compression force
• Short learning curve
• No assembly required

This patent pending 72-Cell Soil Blocker shares cast alloy plunger technology with Johnny's 12-Cell Soil Blocker. Both models produce cell blocks in the standard 72-cell format for 1020 trays. NOTE: Only compatible with shallow 1020 trays.

With Johnny's new soil blockers, we are confident you will notice improved soil blocking efficiency before you complete your first tray.