What's the point in using paper (newspaper, butcher, paper, towels) as substrate?

[IW17]

Originally Posted by Ivanator

Ya I used to find it all the time! Garden shops and lowes is where I used to buy it from but then one day they all stopped carrying it. I asked the guy at the garden shop and he said an organization like peta has been trying to stop the making of cypress mulch cuz I guess they chop down the living trees to make it. Pretty much he said now the only places I'll find it really are pet shops now.

What about using organic topsoil? It holds humidity well and should be easier to come by. I mix this with my cypress mulch but it would do fine on its own.

[Ivanator]

I can give it a shot. Haven't thought about it