Wildlife World Fair Trade Plastic Free Gardening - 30 Cell Natural Rubber Seed Tray

These are sturdy, hold soil temperature so well and feel like they will last way beyond the extra cost compared to problematic plastic cells. I will be gardening until I die which hopefully will be when I am old, I expect these trays to make it all the way with me.

These are great as far as materials are concerned but there is a very big problem that they are not standard size and there are no trays to fit the size and shape that the makers have decided to make. This causes a problem in the greenhouse with space wasted. These rubber seed trays need to be put in a bigger tray as no exact size so the tray takes up more space than it needs to. Most people at this time of year are trtying to fit as much on their greenhouse bench as possible so efficient use of trays is needed. Who on earth decided on this rather odd shape going against what has become standard sizing. for seed trays. All other seed trays fit any other make of tray. Most gardeners have a lot of trays and like to use what they have, especially as they are probably plastic and if thrown away go to landfill. The manufacturers need to preferably make these trays to what is now accepted as standard size or . iof threy cant do that, make a tray to fit as they cant be used without trays. I was going to buy a few when i had tried the samples i have bought to see which was the most useful size but having sown my seeds this afternoon, i can see how much space i am going to waste on my greenhouse bench. I would rather have one open tray than these divided trays but maybe they would be too bendy. Shame more research wasnt done on sizing on this otherwise good product. Unlikely to be bought in large quantities at present price.

I work in horticulture and run allotments, so I have used a lot of seed trays. This is the second worst (worst is polystyrene, fyi) . It's a good idea, Im onboard with the responsible reusable aspect. Fun thing about rubber, it's really grippy! Which unfortunately is not what you want from a seed tray. It grips the compost. It grips the roots. It grips the limescale if you're in a hard water area. It's not flexible enough to easily pop the plugs out even if it wasn't clinging to them like a barnacle to a ship's hull. The worst thing about it is it's well made and therefore probably going to outlast me, and I'm cheap, so I'll continue to use it and be annoyed by it's failings for a long time to come.

Great service and a product exactly what i am looking for for frequent use. Will probably get more trays of similar type.

The actual dimensions of these are closer to 24x28cm than the stated 22x29cm. Either way you're going to have difficulty finding a watering tray that fits them without a lot of wasted space around them as they are just slightly too large for a standard 38x24cm tray; you can squeeze it in but I wouldn't advise it.I've been using square pot saucers (34cm size worked for me but it'll depend on the brand).Construction is solid, and it's a great idea but somebody should have sized them to fit either the standard domestic tray, or even the commercial module size, though I expect the price would have been correspondingly bigger for the larger tray size.Also, the people saying this make economic sense are, let's say "optimistic". Cheap trays can be had out of the pound shop, ten for a pound and may last you a couple of years. So these rubber ones would have to last about 300 years to be cheaper. Rubber does go bad, particularly if it's outside. Again, being "optimistic", you might get ten years out of these before they start cracking, like old tires.Obviously the economics aren't the point, I just wanted to dull the enthusiasm that these will work out cheaper. You aren't buying these to save money, you're doing it to make a difference, hopefully.Let me know when someone is making standard-sized module trays out of recycled black food containers, the ones that are generally not accepted for recycling because the automatic machines can't "see" them against a black conveyor belt.

this cell tray is absolutely brilliant this is the way forward so people can use them for the rest of their lives this should last me the rest of my life need to do away with the old flimsy plastic ones

The cells are deeper than expected which is good, they're reusable and hopefully will last a long time

Seed tray looks sturdy and good quality.Arrived unboxed which is fine no box needed? All in favour of less packaging.Such a shame the address label was placed over the instruction panel on the back of the pack. Have tried removing the label, v sticky it pulls the print with it.