>>5403052I'm worried about fruits with even a trace amount of acidity. David made some watered down soda and it make Cyla's tongue numb.
>>5403056I'd like for us to get around comparting earth farming methods to those used in space and how they compare. Which is better, what David can compare and combine, what has already been tried.
>>5403060>anyone want anything / think of anything useful to get?Gosh this depends on a lot of things. The cost of solar panels, power requirements needed to feed the entire set up (pumps, filters, misc dummy drones, drone recharge stations, lights), paying people to help assemble all the lego pieces for us. First requirement is acquiring a large warehouse we can renovate and keep safe from shit heads trying to break in or torch the entire place down to the ground. It'll need a couple of fire extinguishers incase of a disaster, and possibly a sprinkler system. It'll need a CCTV set up in and out of the building to ensure minimal security and payed guards.
The inside will require lots of pcp tubing or something equally cheap and usable, lots of shelve space, LED growth lights or better, lots of durable plexiglass in case shit heads break in an try to destroy the tanks, some safe and edible space fish or human fish, some PH and chemical detectors in the waters to warn anyone if there is an imbalanced so they fish and crops don't accidentally kill each other due to an over abundance or lack there of of nitrates (can use duckweed to remove excess nutrients and nitrates from water).
I don't think it matters too much, but the fish tanks will be located at the first and second shelves of the macro-farm just so people have something pretty to look at, while the crops will be located on all the remaining shelves. We feed fish, fish piss feeds plants, cleaner water goes back to fish, cycles continues.
Apples, guavas, and other fruits. It would be for the best that we don't grow them from seeds, and instead just uproot an entire tree or acquire sprouts. We would need an entirely different warehouse for it, maybe.
I don't know if it's efficient use of space, but the concept of aero and aquaponics appeal to me. If we want things like fruit trees or big plants that produce fruits we'll want soil. Aquaponics can support leafy green like the spinach, rhubarb, and kale you mentioned, in addition to bok choy. Potatoes and carrots can probably be done but people will think it's a little dirty and you'll need a clay ball bed for them to grow.
