Interesting how he's not just using them for a temp purpose, but seemingly using a bunch of them to grow parsnip seedlings. Would newspaper really stand up to repeated waterings, though?

[–] DespairSquid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Paper doesn't degrade nearly as fast as you’d think, especially if its just damp and you aren’t putting pressure on it causing it to tear.

I used to use single sheets of newspaper to line my veg garden as weed barrier and they lasted an entire season no problem. I stopped because it’s hard to get newspaper now, and I don’t want to use colored ink pages.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Thanks for explaining. I still see newspaper in the supermarket.

Sadly, that reminds me that the bi-weekly, independent 'current happenings'-type paper disappeared around 10yrs ago. And this is a major Midwestern city, where it used to be quite popular.