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jtuck004

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5. So I got my order from ebay - little hydro shop that can send my Neptune's fertilizers

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 02:46 AM

May 2016

without leaking. Opened the box and the bottles are surrounded by styro peanuts - I thought. I had been looking for rice hulls, but I thought perhaps I could shred these and use them to lighten my planting mix.

Crumbled a few, they came apart easier than the old ones. Then I got them wet. They all but disappeared.

Packing peanuts need not be styrofoam any longer. I wonder what that residue was, though...

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‘Biodegradable’ Plastics Are A Big Fat Lie [View all] silvershadow May 2016 OP

I use compostable trash bags. I don't compost but I figure the compostable bags valerief May 2016 #1

I'm not sure, but it does call it into question. I was hopeful we were onto something. silvershadow May 2016 #2

I think they will degrade fairly quickly in the soil but not in the ocean. You're good. cheapdate May 2016 #3

Thanks! I'm sure they get dumped into the land. nt valerief May 2016 #6

Landfills are very anaerobic environments NickB79 May 2016 #7

I wish more people were actually composting in their yards. passiveporcupine May 2016 #4

So I got my order from ebay - little hydro shop that can send my Neptune's fertilizers jtuck004 May 2016 #5