Customize your own with the OpenSCAD script at https://www.printables.com/model/63198-stylish-plant-labels

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Gotta get those microplastics right in there by the roots

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It’s what plants crave

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solid blocks of plastic create microplastics when sitting in dirt?

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yes

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Acidic soil + UV, for sure.

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🙄

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I don’t get it. Are you a microplastics denier or something?

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I just think people here have taken the worry about it to ridiculous degree.

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1 point

Are you watering your plants? Microplastics got you anyway

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Me and my wife chose a more sporky solution.

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Good and cheap solution!

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8 points

And better than putting more plastic in the dirt.

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If you take the plastic out, it’s not much of a problem.

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13 points

These are cute, but I use popsicle sticks personally. Fast/easy. Now drip trays and even pots… those I have been known to print.

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Alright, well, I thought these were really cool. Just sayin’

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Do we just have enough micro plastics already in the water and soil that these don’t make a measurable difference?

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I mean do you really think these would make a measurable difference? I’d be really surprised.

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