Sam BOT@slrpnk.netB to Solarpunk@slrpnk.net · 2 years agoWelcome to Sandponics, a great combination of agriculture and technologyi.redd.itimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down11
arrow-up148arrow-down1imageWelcome to Sandponics, a great combination of agriculture and technologyi.redd.itSam BOT@slrpnk.netB to Solarpunk@slrpnk.net · 2 years agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoDoesn’t the salinity mainly come from nitrates in this case?
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoEC is more closely tied to the presence of metals in soil. Most of the N applied would be in the organic fraction, I’d imagine.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoWell… we are talking about artificial water logged sand here however.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoTrue. Like I said (or was thinking at least), it’s still a really cool idea, and functional, just needs a bit of refinement to really get going.
Doesn’t the salinity mainly come from nitrates in this case?
EC is more closely tied to the presence of metals in soil. Most of the N applied would be in the organic fraction, I’d imagine.
Well… we are talking about artificial water logged sand here however.
True. Like I said (or was thinking at least), it’s still a really cool idea, and functional, just needs a bit of refinement to really get going.