Can plants grow on the Moon? Yes, plants can grow on the Moon but you need to ensure that the requirements for plant growth are being met. These requirements include having enough water, light, the correct pH, enough macro/micro nutrients, microbial life in the soil, and a controlled climate with maintained temperatures and pressures.
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Every once in a while, The Grow Monster comes across a topic that might not be directly related to suburban gardening, but definitely something the suburban gardener can explore with their families. This year, we came across the Plant the Moon / Plant Mars Challenge and are happy to announce what The Grow Monster discovered
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The Grow Monster has been thinking about gardening concepts lately that are absolutely out of this world. As part of the Plant Mars Challenge -which The Grow Monster has happily accepted- we are actively exploring this question along with the topic of Astrobotany in general. Can plants grow on Mars? The short answer is ‘yes’,
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While The Grow Monster enjoys growing plants in our suburban garden here on earth we also look up to the heavens and wonder what it would be like to have a suburban astrogarden up in space. This wonderment lead us to become familiar with a relatively new term (at least for us anyways) called ‘astrobotany‘.
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