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Don’t Have Soil, Try Planting in Straw Bales — VOA Learning English

Стаття · Мова: Англійська · Рівень: складний · Автор: VOA Learning English · ≈ 4 хв · 569 слів

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Don’t Have Soil, Try Planting in Straw Bales

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You do not need good soil – or even soil at all – to grow plants. Straw bales can work, too.

Straw is the dry stems of wheat and other grain plants. Straw bales are made of straw that has been tightly pressed together. They can be used to grow vegetables in a cost-effective and easy-to-care-for way.

If you are going to use straw bales for your gardening needs, it is important to know what to look for. Avoid bales made of hay. Hay bales contain seeds and are meant for horses.

Straw is for gardening. Most of its seeds have been harvested. There should not be many (or any) remaining seeds in the bale.

Straw is less likely than hay to have been treated with chemicals that could slow your plants’…

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Jessica Damiano reported this story for The Associated Press. Gregory Stachel adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Джерело: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/don-t-have-soil-try-planting-in-straw-bales/761999

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