PLANTS in SPACE!

Highlights:
-they don’t use HPS
-they worry the lack of gravity will make stems spindly and weak like it does human bones.

I just thought it was neat.

No weed up there yet unless it’s classified which it probably is.

Ground control to major bud. Over.

Cheers

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I wonder if they had adequate air movement?

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Something like “all environmental factors and inputs are carefully controlled.” Some from the ground.

They also stress them out with a particular enzyme to see what happens.

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I fell in love with hydroponics because of the NASA floor in the Ontario Science Center where there is the display of growing in space using LED’s, gel mediums, and a rotating assembly to mimic gravity :smiley:

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Nah I think they just use Promix :rofl: increases payload though. I imagine a skid of bales in some cargo hold somewhere.

I remember the science centre exhibit. Very cool indeed.

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Favourite rock n roll gel medium? Sammy Agar.

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So cool… it won’t matter of the stems are spindly, with no gravity you don’t need strength to hold up the giant space colas! :yum::thinking:

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Yes that’s a point. I just thought the whole thing was quite interesting.

On a side note I’m going to go out on a limb and guess they have an exclusive lighting arrangement with Mars Hydro.

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Mars = space = c’mon work with me here @Jinglepot

:rofl:

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That’s why I was laughing so hard… quite literally out loud :joy:

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looks just like a hydro setup in a home grow tent :sweat_smile:

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Yeah a little leggy though :rofl:

I wonder how much that space tubing costs?

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It’s from Home Depot. The real problem is getting it shipped into orbit. Maybe amazon would do it.

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Space Weed?

Naw, never head of it… :laughing: :vulcan_salute:

space weed

Cheers
G

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This always makes me think of trailer park boys - something like “going to Jupiter to pick up some space weed but the refuckulator is damaged.”

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I wonder how do you water them … icon_e_confused|nullxnull

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