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