Cultivation | Mutant Action

14 mag/11 0

Open Source Ecology: free technology for agriculture and industry

Marcin Jakubowski is the founder of a project called Open Source Ecology , which has as its purpose the creation of prototype machines, open source and low-cost, necessary for sustainable agriculture and small industrial activities.

These devices are designed to last and be made much money, much less than similar products on the market, but most easily installed by anyone with a DIY spirit.
What can I say ...! A revolutionary design that can open up significant opportunities and scenarios, available to all and respect for the environment!

13 ott/10 0

LabBox Grower: Pocket hydroponic always online

Grow Micro Labs has developed and is preparing to produce LabBox Grower, the smallest box of growth in the world is completely automated. Works with hydroponic drip system that waters and delivers nutrients and is illuminated by high-brightness LEDs, to provide a micro grow all you need to grow.

Tags: Water , Grow , grow lamp , hydroponic , lighting , lamps growth , LED Read

10 giu/10 0

Better organize your home garden

Gardening can be a very charming work, and like other sciences, a little bit of knowledge can not hurt to start with the right foot. Wired has published an interesting article that provides some avenues of study and helps us to organize the space at our disposal 4 proposing solutions depending on the square footage available for our green corner.
The cultivation of a garden, even small and located in an urban context, must be planned carefully so as not to waste any resource and quality products to eat. It is useful to know the basis for the production of compost with the help of worms, techniques to recycle gray water, how to combat pests and how to help friends insects, primarily bees, useful for pollination.
If you are a geek and a fan of science fiction to make work more fun you can think of this as home to a terraforming.

Tags: water , vertical farming , bees , homebrewing , beer , climate , cultivation , compost , efficient , do- to read

2 mag/10 1

Building a practical vertical garden

The vertical garden offers several advantages: easy to build, maintenance of practice, protected from invasions of animals and especially feasible in strategic locations with good exposure to the sun, without having much space available. A solution of this type may be suited to an urban environment where you often only have a balcony or a little more.
In this article I show you three different types of vertical garden that could be useful for growing flowers, herbs, vegetables or anything you like, provided they are of limited size.

Tags: vertical farming , DIY , Growing , DIY , gardening , irrigation , orchard , recycling , greenhouse effect , Earth Read

19 apr/10 1

Little space? Grow plants upside down!

What to do if you do not want to give up organic farming, but little space you have available?
Simple, our plants hanging upside down upside down!

Although traditionally the plants most commonly grown "upside" are tomatoes and cucumbers, a wide assortment of plants can benefit from this technique of gardening, including peppers, strawberries, vegetables and a variety of flowers.