I have been trying to find a paper for two decades on how daffodils mutate at a higher rate in cities to adapt. Could never find it again… hopefully my memory is not playing tricks on me.
"As a byproduct of digesting this biomatter, the black soldier fly larvae produce frass, which is essentially insect waste."
"Even with 0% frass, he saw flowering and pod growth in plants potted entirely in Martian soil."
"Mendoza found that exceeding anything greater than 50% frass would destroy the plant's ability to grow but adding 10% frass to the Martian soil was the optimum amount for plant growth."
There's no information on growth rate delta between 0% and 10%.
I expected this article to say that plants do not grow naturally in Martian soil, but that the frass provides sufficient nutrients for them to grow. Instead, I learned that plants do grow in natural (simulated?) Martian soil, that an amendment helps an undefined amount, but that too much of the amendment kills the plants. I didn't find that especially compelling.
This seems similar to soil amendment approaches like you can get from your local big box store. I wonder if it works the same way like Scott’s Lawn Soil.
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SeanAnderson ·106 days ago
"As a byproduct of digesting this biomatter, the black soldier fly larvae produce frass, which is essentially insect waste."
"Even with 0% frass, he saw flowering and pod growth in plants potted entirely in Martian soil."
"Mendoza found that exceeding anything greater than 50% frass would destroy the plant's ability to grow but adding 10% frass to the Martian soil was the optimum amount for plant growth."
There's no information on growth rate delta between 0% and 10%.
I expected this article to say that plants do not grow naturally in Martian soil, but that the frass provides sufficient nutrients for them to grow. Instead, I learned that plants do grow in natural (simulated?) Martian soil, that an amendment helps an undefined amount, but that too much of the amendment kills the plants. I didn't find that especially compelling.
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firesteelrain ·107 days ago
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