Just got sent a link to this "soil maker" pot from a friend. Seemed like an interesting concept… until I scrolled down and saw the price ($600!). Thought I'd spread the joy this Saturday morning – hope someone else gets a chuckle out of this!
by BigAbbreviations2709
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With hand drawn instructions by their 5 year old! This is the most bs thing I’ve seen in my existence
lol holy shit
composting is one of the easiest things to do in existence. so much so that trying to make it better with any form of technology outside of shovels makes it less efficient
“throw it on a pile. flip it sometimes. or dont. youll just get your compost slower”
“Saves money” lol!
Why the fuck is it so expensive!?
$600 for a quart of living soil in a year? And there’s no mention of piss! 😂😂😂
You can also get firewood that costs several hundreds dollars for a pathetic amount. Oh, it’s artisinal firewood? Hand picked? Gosh, sign me up!
Some people are very much concerned with how things look. It’s not necessarily more money than sense, it’s more that they want to keep up appearances.
Or it’s people who think money = quality and believe the marketing. Always be dubious of the marketing!
Omg I want one tho
But dude, it SAVES MONEY! Says so right on the tin. Spend $600 once off, save dollars every year!
Or, hear me out. If you have so little garden space and so few scraps that you might want something like this -you could get an unglazed terracotta pot, put that in garden soil, put in food scraps (with or without hocus pocus), cover with terracotta saucer.
Get a wire basket from the dollar store and bury to the top. Add food scraps and other composty materials. You just saved $598 for the exact same time.
The thread 😂😂
You guys want your stuff made in America or not? You guys want local materials or not? Make up your mind, pay the $600
You will be shocked – 😱 SHOCKED 😱, I say! –
to find out how many idiots with disposable income buy this stuff…
What no discount? What if I want two???
This would smell not good
Wow! Maybe I’ll make one in my next pottery class. It is beautiful! Drinking my coffee too, thanks for the warning and the chuckle. Will seriously be thinking of this in the pottery studio ……
Fanciest piss jug evaaaaaa
If this is made of clay depending on the height, that kinda makes sense. My wife if making a bird bath and it requires $100lbs of clay just to have the right amount. Then add in time, labor, waiting time, etc and it’s gonna cost close to that. She also has high demand so I guess you can factor that in as well.
Bro o was kinda all in for minute thinking to my self hell yeah I’ll do a 20$ experiment …..
Used heat treated pallets = $0
80′ cheap rope = $6.99
You can make 6-7 big bins
$600 is just insane! I wouldn’t pay more than $500 for this thing!
Maybe a good deal for a pack of 100.
lol all these gadgets and shit for compost. My compost bin is 4 metal T posts, some chicken wire around it and a tarp over it. My chickens turn it. I don’t even think about it aside from “oh I can toss this in the compost bin”.
People get so nuts over wanting to fine tune something that really doesn’t need to be fine tuned. We just making dirt lol. Worlds been doing it since forever, it ain’t hard lol. Only things ya really need are a shovel and a pitchfork
I will beat their offer and sell a superior soil maker, just step one and step three, for free 😀
As both a potter and a gardener, this is dumb. It looks like the product of some vapid wanna be bohemian nature artist who had no idea about how composting should work.
Doesn’t work without the intentions…
A non-electric soil generator? Sign me up!
I put a bucket with holes in the ground and a flower pot on top.
Cost me $7.
Forget the $600!
I made something way better than this for far less. Take a 7 gallon bucket, drill holes in the bottom half of it (half inch or less diameter holes to keep rats out). Bury the bucket almost all the way. Put a lid on it. Congratulations, you have an in-ground vermiculture bucket. Worms will come in through the holes to eat the food scraps you put in, and then carry their castings out with them when they leave. I recommend a gamma lid for the bucket if you can afford a couple extra dollars, and an HDPE bucket for longevity.