This is not an
entirely stupid idea. What needs to be
done here is to properly space the seed in the paper with cut lines as
well. That can tackle one of the most
troublesome issues with small seeds that bed for proper spacing. Imagine a three foot by three foot seed bed
with a carrot seed occupying its individual two by two inch spot. This works out to perhaps three hundred fat carrots. That compares to row systems that may give
you fifty to one hundred misshaped carrots.
Carrots in
particular need almost no soil cover and a paper wetted and patted down is perfect.
This applies to
most fine seeds that give seeding difficulties usually overcome by over seeding
and future thinning. Neither is particularly
satisfying. I hope it makes it into general
usage.
New wrapping
paper can be used to grow vegetables
November 28, 2013
Eden's Paper wrapping paper contains seeds which
grow into vegetables once planted (Photo: Eden's Paper)
As the holiday season gets into full swing, one
inevitable byproduct of the widespread cheer will be masses of waste wrapping
paper. One interesting idea to reduce this comes via Eden's Paper, which is
billed as a "100 percent plantable wrapping paper," and can be used
to grow vegetables by simply placing the paper into some soil, adding water,
and waiting for nature to do its thing.
Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign,
Eden's Paper features five designs to choose from: Carrots, Tomato, Broccoli,
Chilli, and Onion – all of which come with the corresponding (organic) seeds
embedded on the back of the wrapping paper, encapsulated within layers of biodegradable
tissue paper.
As one would hope, the wrapping paper itself is
derived from 100 percent recycled paper, and even the ink is vegetable-based,
so it won't harm the soil. In addition, no glues or other harmful products are
used in the manufacturing process.
A minimum pledge of £5 (roughly US$8) is required to
snag one sheet of broccoli wrapping paper. As of writing, the campaign still
has 18 days left to run, with £1,000 of its £25,000 goal raised thus far.
No comments:
Post a Comment