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Foiled by Ficus!

Posted on August 13, 2011 at 7:40pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Hello my fellow eco-friendly peeps!

I put in a composter, and all things were happening nicely. Then one day examining the contents, it seemed quite dry, no worms , no moisture. Inspection revealed a large ficus root coming up the center of the unit and dispersing many hairlike rootlets, which was taking all the nutrients including water.

Said, ok, I will now put down a concrete slab that was obtained at Home Depot. Same scenario, all seemed well for first few months…

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At 2:55pm on April 29, 2011, Sahib Punjabi said…: Welcome ;-)

At 7:44am on April 24, 2011, Sylvia Bernstein said…: Welcome Dennis,

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