[papercreters] Re: Papercrete as growing medium

The smaller the sticks are, the easier of course. But the number 1 consideration is to maximise crop that can be had from a very small ground area of these sticks, so they'll be as high as is practicable.

Re plastic wrap, root penetration I'm not worrying about, once the roots can do that I daresay they can also hold the stick together.

Mould would be a real problem. The climate's hot & dry, but of course it'll be very damp in the stick. Maybe lots of pipnholes in the plastic wrap would solve this, while still achieving the aim of holding it together, and still reducing evaporation. Water costs money in arid places with no mains supply.


thanks


--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "eepjr24" <eepjr24@...> wrote:
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> 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?
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> 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




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