Hypertufa-alternative

Hi there all,

My plan for this spring is a large wall of stacked troughs where i can plant my herbs and salad greens (each one ca. 2,5`long, 1`wide and 12`` high). As bought troughs tend to be expensive I would like to make them myself and my research has told me hypertufa would be the perfect material. it is made of:

- 20% (vol) cement
- 80% filler, like sawdust, peatmoss, perlite, ...
- pigments
- reinfocement of some kind

looks really good as far as i have seen, is said to be very durable, BUT contains cement, which i would like to avoid.

does anyone know of a good alternative?
must be rainproof, cheap, easy and fast to make and should survive several winters with many changes between cold and warm.

Thank you for your help,

Afghani

just ran into this information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hempcrete

might this be an alternative? is it water resistant or will it dissolve? does anyone have any experience?

thanks and take care,
Afghani

Hi Afghani,

Did you have any luck coming up with an alternative for cement? I'm researching this as well but haven't had much luck. There is a "green" cement company but only selling to contractors at this time.

Thanks!
Maria