Thanks for the explanations. When I was heavy into gardening and self sufficency, my main problem with pest management were slugs (I live in a quite humid area

Thanks for the explanations. When I was heavy into gardening and self sufficency, my main problem with pest management were slugs (I live in a quite humid area) and if I get into it again, I will probably use a physical barrier all around the planted area. (Last time I tried it very ecological and biodiverse and it was exhausting and regarding slugs, not working at all.) If you manage, to make your own nitrogen with solar, I would like to read about it. Sounds promising to me as well, but I am not sure if it is worth the effort for small gardening. "My day job is the satellite remote sensing of forests and forested ecosystems." And I was asking, because it sounded a bit esoterical a la remote viewing and that seemed odd, with your otherwise very pragmatic approach ... so thanks for clarifying, sounds interesting. And good luck for the next harvest!