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The experimental mat has been out for about a week now, but extremely high winds during a storm last night pulled up a corner of the mat spilling out the contents.

Luckily the majority of the plants were able to be saved, so we have one empty spot now.

I added some weights to the four corners to hopefully prevent this from happening again.

This is why we're experimenting! Learning what works and what doesn't with the setup.

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

i did not expect this level of action ngl

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Post cleanup picture, lots of silt was stirred up while I was reorganizing and tying off new lines.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I didn't look very close at the growing medium, so the "spill" looked like deer poops and I imagined a deer was tricked onto water and literally all the shit was scared out of 'em when they fell in

Happy to see your garden was salvaged and improved, but a little sad that my deer theory wasn't accurate

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The growing medium is LECA, but we did catch a deer nearby, so I guess it's POSSIBLE it was deer inflicted.

[–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How uv stable is the foam? Not much can survive being in the sun all day without degrading

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, this type of foam is used for docks, boats, sports, and more importantly... this is what the original papers used. All of the parts are rated for water, temperature, and UV resistance.