I’ve been experimenting with different medium for making biodegradable starter pots. The main ingredient has been paper generously donated to us in the form of junk mail and packaging from food stuff.
This is my latest rendition of the concept which started with a desire to find a use for all that paper. While pots made from nothing but paper pulp do in fact work, I’ve found they can start to mold and fall apart before I’m ready to plant.
The one pictured is made with paper pulp and adobe soil. At first I mistakenly planted this Jade Elephant garlic upside down and only figured it out when I dug it out to see if it had any roots. I corrected my mistake and hoped it would recover from the rot it had.
This thing is growing like crazy, even sending roots out from the sides, normally roots coming out side of a pot would air prune and die off. I’m assuming it’s the combination of paper pulp, adobe and coconut coir that has enabled these roots to be so health.
I know it’s normal to seperate all the individual cloves to get more and bigger bulbs. However for this one I’ve decided to let it grow like it would have it came up wild with no outside interference.
I know wild grains are far more health than those heavily farmed, I’m attempting a return to nature, one small step at a time. If anyone else is attempting such a life style change please feel to weigh in. I’m currently just doing what seems natural to me and may be way off.
On a side note, the male pattern baldness that set in in my mid to late 30’s is reversing and now all the places that had little to no hair are once again covered. I’ve noticed I’ve regained as much as someone I know in their 30’s who told me they were using “a product” to restore thiers.
While not as thick as it once was it seems to filling in okay, I think this is from more onions and less processed foods in our diet. Anyway, I’m getting off topic and rambling and I apologize! Thank you hanging out long enough to read all this.
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