Comments on: Mebiol’s Futuristic Hydrogel to Grow Food on Desert Sand

By: Cool

Cool — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:37:10 +0000

Great idea. Hydrogel is silicon (found naturally as sand) made into filaments held together by a polymer. Making hydrogel out of a biodegradable polymer would make it 100% biodegradable. More research needs to be done about a desert climate but this could definitely help prevent disease in plant life!

By: @pdjmoo

@pdjmoo — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:19:29 +0000

And what happens to this hydrogel film, plastic looking membrane at end of its lifecycle? How long does it last? And is it biodegradable so that it does not to the plastic waste already inundating our planet? How will be it disposed of?

By: Yosefa @nonrecipe

Yosefa @nonrecipe — Sun, 06 May 2012 06:21:39 +0000

I want some for my window boxes!

By: Hala

Hala — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:25:03 +0000

well, soil degradation, erosion and drought happens because conventional farms depleted organic matter in the soil. Organic farming does not cause these problems, and sustains soil fertility over the long term. Replenishing organic matter, which has high water retention, in desert land is the way to hold on to water in the soil. There is no shortage of organic matter if we properly recycle our organic waste. Modernized organic farms that serve as sinks for processed organic waste, sound like the sustainable way of growing food in the desert.

By: melvaronan

melvaronan — Sat, 05 May 2012 10:26:01 +0000

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