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Post by prairiegarden on Aug 27, 2016 8:50:44 GMT -5
It's interesting that the last one keeps talking about clean and natural but what do they use for nutrients for their plants? Certainly hydroponics systems that I've seen rely entirely on chemicals, the only similar systems that don't are aquaponic systems where chemicals cannot be used because they will likely kill the fish, which is an interesting thought. The place certainly looks clean and tidy, in contrast to Will Bonsall's Growing Power aquaponics system which looks a bit cluttered with "stuff" growing everywhere but tidiness is not often a strong point of natural systems, something that frequently gives me comfort.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Oct 14, 2016 15:02:19 GMT -5
I just learned about this recently, but i'm really excited about this. It seems like a great idea. Certainly not to replace traditional farming completely, but perhaps to supplement it. The obvious benefits seem to me to be: more local availability of leafy greens and some vegetables (and thus less petroleum use for transport), less water use, faster growth times, growth in winter, job creation, and business opportunity. It still seems like this is in it's infancy, but i don't see this as going away or failing in the long term. As of now it seems there still may be heavy reliance on chemical based fertilizers, but i can really see other methods like variations on green manure and compost teas or even aquaponics (fish symbiosis) being able to be used with these systems. Also it seems there is a lot of plastic and PVC going into these systems, but on idea i had was what if instead of a vertical PVC pipe one were to use thick cardboard tubing of the same design. Sure the cardboard would not last forever, but it wouldn't be designed to. You could just replace it. And what if the cardboard was inoculated with oyster mushroom mycelium you could grow plants and mushrooms at the same time potentially. This fall and winter i am planning on doing several experiments in these areas. I'm planning on taking an unfinished project of mine and turning it into a basic "food computer" and/or a simple indoor grow box that i hope to use for continuing plant breeding experiments (mostly during the winter months). I also plan on experimenting with Aeroponics and mushroom cultivation as well. I found these three videos very interesting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEx6K4P4GJc This computer will grow your food in the future | Caleb Harper www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_zJ09jUc0 Are Vertical Farms The Future Of Agriculture? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjnDAQnCeIo The world’s largest aeroponic farm, exploding with food in the middle of a “food desert”
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Post by steev on Oct 15, 2016 0:52:06 GMT -5
The real question is whether it will really be used in urban/harsh winter environments where it could be very useful.
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Post by shoshannah on Oct 15, 2016 3:31:57 GMT -5
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