2024-05-05 09:31:06
Scientists have achieved significant increases in vegetable yields on Mars using ancient plant growing techniques inspired by techniques used by the ancient Mayans.
The news agency Reuters reports this.
In practice, a method was used that involved growing different crops together, it is called mutual crop combination. This method was first invented by ancient Mayan farmers.
“In practice, a method was used that involved growing different crops together, it is called mutual combination of crops. This method was first invented by ancient Mayan farmers. As part of the experiment, cherry tomatoes, peas and carrots were grown together in the same pots,” the report says.
According to the results of the experiment, it was noted that tomatoes grown together with other crops showed approximately twice the yield compared to tomatoes from the control group, which were grown in separate pots. In mixed growing conditions, the tomatoes bloomed and ripened earlier, and also produced larger crops and stronger stems.
Although tomatoes flourished in mixed cropping, increasing their yield, there was no significant increase in pea and carrot yields when grown together.
Previously, “Cursor” wrote that information received from NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity, about former conditions on Mars, which were similar to those that support life on Earth, attracted the attention of the world scientific community. Discovery of large amounts of manganese oxide in local rocks on Mars, similar to what typically forms in lakes on Earth in the presence of oxygen.
2024-05-05 09:31:06