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Interestingly ionic stresses on plants is not a problem unique to the moon - There are plenty of places on earth where(relative to typ. earth soil) high salinit
by idiotsecant 5y ago
Interestingly ionic stresses on plants is not a problem unique to the moon - There are plenty of places on earth where(relative to typ. earth soil) high salinity soils exist :
https://www.agriculture.com/crops/cover-crops/new-life-for-saline-soil https://www.agriculture.com/crops/cover-crops/new-life-for-s...
With a little bit of selective breeding and genetic manipulation moon diets might include a lot of specialized barley and sugar beets!
- s0rce 5y agoSalicornia do really well in salty marshy areas and are edible!
- chrisweekly 5y agoI'm picturing the solar system's first batch of actual moonshine.
- airstrike 5y agoWhich for that very reason is a feature in every single piece of space-based sci-fi ever