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Breakthrough: "Electronic soil" boosts crop growth by over 50% (www.earth.com)

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Breakthrough: "Electronic soil" boosts crop growth by over 50%::This research introduces an innovative approach to soilless cultivation, or hydroponics, by integrating electronic soil, or eSoil.

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[-] Sightline@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

being able to grow year round

You can grow year round with low-tunnels (conduit and greenhouse plastic).

[-] piecat@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

There's these peaky things called "seasons" where the amount of sunlight fluctuates, sometimes dramatically based on latitude

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