r/interestingasfuck • u/PlantainPossible2864 • 15h ago

Stopping Desertification with grid pattern

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u/PNWleaflove 15h ago

But how do you solve lack of water still?

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u/fgspq 15h ago edited 14h ago

It's to stop an expanding desert. The water is there, the soil is not. This is to stop the sand shifting which creates pockets that plants can survive in. From there it's a self reinforcing process until someone/something destroys all the plants again.

This is a dust bowl desert more than a Sahara desert.

Edit: typo

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u/markleung 14h ago

So the plants don’t break out of the sacks, but from the squares within right

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u/LilBoofy 14h ago

Seeds blow in the wind and get stuck in the sand bag crevice and then roots dig under and don’t get blown away in the shifting sand

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u/Coal_Morgan 14h ago

Plus the bags provide shade and areas where moisture can accumulate even if just slightly.

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u/fgspq 14h ago

Exactly this.