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I took this photo behind UNCW, my friends and I buried potatoes the Friday before spring break. So this is three week after being buried. As you can see there are roots coming out of it as well the skin has degraded a significant amount. It has also lost a lot of its' coloring. I feel like this is a great example of decomposition and Nutrient cycling.
Of course I had to look into how long it would take for potatoes to grow. The research I did showed that it normally takes 3 to 4 weeks, also to bury pieces or whole potatoes 4 inches deep.
harvesttotable.com/how_to_grow_potatoes/
I was very curious after seeing the little decomposition of the potato, how fast other thing degrade. So I what I found was a tin can takes about 50 years to decompose and about cardboard about 2 months to decompose.
www.thebalance.com/how-long-does-it-take-garbage-to-decom...
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I took this photo behind UNCW, my friends and I buried potatoes the Friday before spring break. So this is three week after being buried. As you can see there are roots coming out of it as well the skin has degraded a significant amount. It has also lost a lot of its' coloring. I feel like this is a great example of decomposition and Nutrient cycling.
Of course I had to look into how long it would take for potatoes to grow. The research I did showed that it normally takes 3 to 4 weeks, also to bury pieces or whole potatoes 4 inches deep.
harvesttotable.com/how_to_grow_potatoes/
I was very curious after seeing the little decomposition of the potato, how fast other thing degrade. So I what I found was a tin can takes about 50 years to decompose and about cardboard about 2 months to decompose.
www.thebalance.com/how-long-does-it-take-garbage-to-decom...