I have several gel ice packs to throw out and would rather make use of them if possible. Some leak and others have been collected for various uses (chronic health related). Is the gel the same stuff used for plant seed starters or anything like that?
Sure, I could search the web and find lots of people selling ads with their impractical MacGyver anecdotes galore, but that says nothing about what is practical and worth actually doing versus conventional alternatives.
Does Lemmy have an upcycling community? Cause that would be rad.
I don’t think I’d use them for anything other than their intended purpose if you don’t know exactly what’s in them. For the leaky ones, you could probably collect the gel into some other sealed container like an old jar (not totally filled). Then it would still work well as a cold source for coolers/lunch packs.
So it turns out that half of them are nitrogen based and have print on them that explains to use them as fertilizer. Now I’m curious about growing directly in these as a seed starter.
Too high of a nitrogen content is bad for plants, too. You’d likely have to mix it with something. Possibly, a lot of something.
Website says 6-16floz/gal of water
Damn, wish these were more common!
I keep a pile in the freezer in case we lose power again.
