Every season, gardeners are flooded with life hacks

Every season, gardeners are flooded with life hacks on how to turn something useless into "dacha happiness." We have checked some tips that gather thousands of views, and we can definitively say – there will be no happiness with them, but there will be plastic on your plate and toxins in the soil. Top 5 popular dacha life hacks that are ruining your plot: ❌ Styrofoam crumbs for soil loosening → will not increase yield, but will increase the concentration of toxic microplastics on the plot by 100%. Replace with sand, perlite, or compost! ❌ Beds and flowerbeds in old tires → release lead and formaldehyde in the sun. ❌ Roofing felt paths → bitumen + heat = a poisonous cocktail for soil bacteria. Moreover, it inevitably crumbles into dust. Replace with bark, gravel. ❌ PET bottles for root watering → this type of plastic gradually breaks down in the ground, releasing phthalates. Use only for 1 season and be sure to dig them out for the winter. ❌ Slate for bordering garden beds → dangerous when cutting: carcinogenic asbestos dust is formed. Do not saw!

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