[papercreters] Re: Papercrete as growing medium

If you need to move it twice a day, why is it 5 feet tall? Wouldn't it be easier to feed, move and prevent toppling if it was 3' or so?

WRT wrapping in plastic, I don't know what your climate is, but if it is warm and at all humid mold will develop very quickly in the presence of nutrients. I don't know if that will be a problem or not, since you don't have to live inside it. I can tell you from experience that plastic wrap does not stop determined roots. lol. That is one material they make weed barrier out of here and it does not even last a season (Central Florida).

Also, quick reminder if folks could trim their posts it makes it much easier to read in digest.

- E

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "prrr.t21@..." <prrr@...> wrote:
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> Watering will be done at the top only - the sides will be plastic wrapped. A weak feed solution will be used, prepared from free materials.
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> There is a big difference wrt concrete: papercrete is very porous, so localised damage around the roots doesn't need to mean splitting the whole chunk. I'm thinking that the plastic wrap will contain a degree of structural damage, how much only time will tell.
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> I like the self supporting rootball idea, hopefully both roots and papercrete can support each other and tie the thing together long enough to reach harvest. It will need to be moved twice a day every day though.
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