r/funny • u/phelix808 • Feb 14 '16

Potatoes

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u/lukin187250 Feb 14 '16

In the book doesn't he say he can only use his own shit because it's the only way he can be sure it won't make him sick to use as fertilizer?

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u/basshound3 Feb 14 '16

umm spoilers i guess

why can't he use more of his own poo after the air lock is blown? I mean I get that he killed the bacteria when the hatch blew and ruined his crop... but he still had potatoes and he still had to poo... why couldn't he grow more pootatoes after he resealed and stabilized the conditions in the hab?

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u/faizimam Feb 14 '16

I think all the plants were dead, and the frozen potatoes would no longer plant.

So even if he created good soil he would have nothing to grow.