How to use Woollets:
Today’s gardeners are looking for ways to produce beautiful plants and healthy food while reducing their carbon footprint. Woollets ™ 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 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.
Use 1 c. Woollets with 1 gallon of soil. Use 1 Tbs for an 6-8” pot for houseplants. Pellets and Shreds can be added when planting outdoor vegetable and 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 9-0-2 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 woollets 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.
