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Flottweg Plant 2: Growing and Thriving
Much has happened in the year since the first shovel went into the ground. Construction teams continue to pour foundations, prefab concrete walls, and erect columns that will enable installation of the steel roof beams In November, the building (193,000 ft²) will be closed for additional interior work, with an official completion date set for the end of August 2020. Despite the seven-week ...
By Flottweg SE
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How to test the bio fertilizer Oenosan
Testing Experiment with Bio Fertilizer Oenosan: 4 Basil pots bought in a regular shop Basil is a warm-weather mediterranean plant. Basil grows well on warm soils but likes more places partly in shaded area. It is well know in Italian cuisine like the use of pesto and as an aromatic herb on fresh tomatoes. This is the fastest way to test Oenosan at home, at your ...
By Oenosan
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British composting firm signs gasification deal
A Bedfordshire-based composting company has signed a deal to set up a 1.5MW gasification plant on its site. Growing Beds Recycling Services Ltd, a specialist in manufacturing soil conditioners for agriculture and recycling low grade wood waste, has struck a deal with renewable energy company Purepower to construct one of the UK's first such plants. When fully operational, it is set to convert ...
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Delta-T Devices founder Ed Potter celebrates Co-op Lifetime Achievement Award win
Ed Potter, the founder of Cambridge-based high-tech co-op Delta-T Devices, is celebrating receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication to the co-operative movement. He was presented with the prize as part of the annual Co-op of the Year Awards after being nominated and then handpicked by a judging panel. Ed founded Delta-T Devices in 1971 and converted it to a co-op in 1981 so all ...
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Think Spring! RainwiseNET PRO adds 3 New Degree Day Options
We are pleased to announce that we have added three new features to RainwiseNet PRO. Users will now have the option to access valuable data for: Growing Degree-Days The way in which plants grow is strongly influenced by the ambient temperature. Growing degree days take aspects of local weather into account and allow gardeners to predict, or in greenhouses, control the plants’ rate of ...
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Balancing conflicting conservation goals takes time
Ecosystems are complex and managing them effectively can mean balancing conflicting conservation goals. In a recent US study in the San Francisco Bay area researchers examine the best strategies to eradicate an invasive plant while protecting an endangered bird that uses it for nesting habitat. They find that with a clear management plan both goals can be achieved, albeit over a longer timeframe. ...
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LeBio magenta light adjusting nets series
Our neighbor , who runs a bio-farm, using LeBio magenta light adjusting nets series. Which fulfill the plants needs for executing photosynthesis, red light, blue light are what plants need. The specialty of magenta light adjusting nets series is that it create lots of diffused light. In the meantime, it also adjust the ratio of red light and blue light. It adjust and reduce the green light ...
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The plant revolution - more than just a trend
Vegan and vegetarian nutrition have arrived in Germany: In Germany, about 2% of the population now prefer a vegan diet and about 10% follow a vegetarian diet - and the trend is rising. More and more people are also trying to avoid animal products and are consciously choosing plant-based alternatives. Especially in the field of milk and meat alternatives, the market continues to grow: from ...
By Flottweg SE
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The plant revolution - more than just a trend
Vegan and vegetarian nutrition have arrived in Germany: In Germany, about 2% of the population now prefer a vegan diet and about 10% follow a vegetarian diet - and the trend is rising. More and more people are also trying to avoid animal products and are consciously choosing plant-based alternatives. Especially in the field of milk and meat alternatives, the market continues to grow: from ...
By Flottweg SE
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The plant revolution - more than just a trend
Vegan and vegetarian nutrition have arrived in Germany: In Germany, about 2% of the population now prefer a vegan diet and about 10% follow a vegetarian diet - and the trend is rising. More and more people are also trying to avoid animal products and are consciously choosing plant-based alternatives. Especially in the field of milk and meat alternatives, the market continues to grow: from ...
By Flottweg SE
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Chinese space programm use the W.E.T. Sensor to help grow lettuce in space
The multi-parameter W.E.T. Sensor is in use by Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong-2 Space Lab. Tiangong-2, which translates into “Heavenly Palace”, was launched on the 15th of September 2016. This space station is designed to allow Chinese scientists to test life support technologies needed to create a permanently staffed Space Station. Two Chinese astronauts (Jing Haipeng and ...
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Rubisco activase best clue for better photosynthesis in fluctuating light
Scientists and plant breeders who are aiming to improve food production by improving photosynthesis in crop plants, would make a good choice if they chose to change the composition and concentration of the protein Rubisco activase. In conditions where light intensity changes often and strongly, Rubisco activase is an important limiting factor in boosting the photosynthesis process when light ...
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Chinese astronauts use the WET Sensor to help grow lettuce in space
Delta-T Devices has revealed that their multi-parameter WET Sensor has been used by Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong-2 Space Lab. Tiangong-2, whose name means “Heavenly Palace”, was launched on 15th Sept 2016, and is designed to allow Chinese scientists to test the life support technologies needed to create a permanently staffed Space Station by 2022. Two Chinese astronauts ...
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Chinese Astronauts Use the WET Sensor to Help Grow Lettuce in Space
Delta-T Devices has revealed that their multi-parameter WET Sensor has been used by Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong-2 Space Lab. Tiangong-2, whose name means “Heavenly Palace”, was launched on 15th Sept 2016, and is designed to allow Chinese scientists to test the life support technologies needed to create a permanently staffed Space Station by 2022. Two Chinese astronauts ...
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Fast-Growing Plants Adapt Quickly to Climate Change
IRVINE, California (ENS) - Plants with short life cycles can adapt in just a few years to climate change, University of California-Irvine, UCI, scientists have discovered. This finding suggests that plants that grow rapidly such as weeds may cope better with global warming than slower-growing plants such as redwood trees. 'Some species evolve fast enough to keep up with environmental change,' ...
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100,000 Trees and Counting: Dominion Branches Out With Project Plant It!
Dominion Resources and its award-winning environmental education program, Project Plant It!, will celebrate a milestone in April with the ceremonial planting of the 100,000th tree distributed to students since the program was launched in 2007. According to the Virginia Department of Forestry, the equivalent of more than 250 acres of new forest land will be created if all 100,000-plus tree ...
By Dominion
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BioConsortia Moves to New, Larger Laboratories and Expands R&D Team
BioConsortia, a leader in microbial solutions that improve plant phenotypes and increase crop yields with reduced chemical and fertilizer inputs, is announcing an expansion of its R&D laboratories and team with a new, state-of-the-art facility in Davis, CA. BioConsortia’s new facility is located at Cousteau Place in Davis, CA, encompassing initially 15,000 square feet of laboratories ...
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GM seeds can remain in fields longer than previously thought
Despite management practices designed to reduce the risk of genetically modified (GM) volunteer plants setting seed, new research shows that rogue GM plants occur in fields which were planted with GM oil seed rape 10 years earlier. Volunteer plants (plants that have not been planted deliberately) arise because some seed is spilled during harvest and remains in the field to germinate in a ...
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10 Frequently Asked Questions about soils
Why are soils important? Soils are the basis of life for a large number of plants and animals. Next, to their importance for biodiversity, soils are the essential substrate on which most agricultural plants grow. It means that this is where the food we eat comes from. In addition to that, soils play an important role in the structuration of the ground, which is essential for any sort of ...
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Green Revolution adds to human burden on planet
Humans are changing not just climate overall, but also the difference between seasons in any given year. Researchers in the US believe they now know why global warming has begun to announce itself both in annual rises in temperature and in the seasonal records of carbon dioxide in the northern hemisphere − the same seasonal variation in atmospheric chemistry that also contains within it ...
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