How to use Woollets:
Today’s gardeners are looking for ways to produce beautiful plants and healthy food while reducing their carbon footprint. Woollets ™ Wool Pellets are the answer!
Wool pellets are an amazing all-natural soil amendment and slow-release fertilizer meant to replace peat moss and petroleum-based hydrogels in your soil mix.
Woollets Wool Pellets are made from 100% renewable wool. Woollets Wool Pellets hold 30X their weight in water, slowly releasing it into your soil along with naturally occurring fertilizers and micronutrients. They break down over the course of a year aerating your soil as they decompose and become one with the earth.
Easy to use:
1 pellet for every inch of pot diameter. If you have a 3” pot, place 3 pellets around the perimeter, push them down into the root zone and cover with your growing medium. A 4” pot would use 4 pellets, and so on. Water as needed, and your plant is now fed for 6 months to a year. IF your pot diameter is over 10”, double the number of pellets due to the volume of soil. If planting an entirely new pot, use up to a 1/2 c. Woollets with 1 gallon of soil. See the guide to the right. For vegetables, plant your seeds with 1 pellet to help with germination. When planting “starts”, use 1 TBS per plant unless it’s a heavy feeder. In the case of heavy feeders (broccoli, cabbage, corn, cucumbers, squash, leafy greens and tomatoes) use 2 TBS. Our trick with tomatoes is to place a TBS in the first hole with the roots, then lay the plant sideways and place another TBS along the stem. Cover the stem up. This will create a stronger, healthier root system. Pellets and Shreds can be added when planting any outdoor vegetables and/or flower gardens. Mulching fleece can be added on top.
Why use Woollets? Click below to find out.
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Wool pellets hold up to 30 x their weight in water and prevent overwatering as wool wicks away and holds excess water.
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Wool pellets have a fertilizer value of 10-0-5 NPK and in addition contain calcium, magnesium, iron, sulfur and other micronutrients. The high nitrogen content boosts plant growth.
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As the wool pellets break apart in the soil over time, they leave space for water, nutrients and roots growth, reducing the compaction of the soil.
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Repel slugs and snails by sprinkling a protective ring around sensitive plants. Slugs and snail do not like the barbed fibers in the wool.
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Peat is one of our Earth's largest carbon sinks. It grows 1/16" per year and is unsustainable. Make the switch from peat to wool and do something good for your planet.
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Lanolin, the sticky substance which sheep produce, is an aroma which rabbits and deer do not enjoy. In fact, it repels them.
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