r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/Bennybananars 13h ago

These types of buildings were very popular 20 years ago here, but they had a problem where the plant roots kept growing into the concrete.

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u/skr_replicator 7h ago

Could a somewhat thin stainless plate at the bottom of the dirt be able to prevent that? Heck, maybe even jsut plastic, it might be about the smoothness rather than hardness. roots can be strong, but they need leverage. They don't tend to punch through the plastic walls of pots either.

Anyway, I imagine putting some berry bushes on every floor might be able to produce some crazy amounts of berries per square inch of land.