Aeroponics - Revision history

Michel Lamontagne: /* Disadvantages */

2024-07-29T15:06:19Z

Disadvantages

2024-07-29T15:04:52Z

Advantages

2024-07-29T15:02:01Z

Advantages

2024-07-29T15:00:37Z

Disadvantages

2024-07-29T14:58:49Z

Disadvantages

2022-11-29T19:17:38Z

Disadvantages: Wise to avoid monocultures.

2021-04-20T08:48:08Z

Don't have to worry about the soil health if you are not using soil.

2019-08-04T02:52:50Z

2019-08-04T02:51:22Z

2018-12-17T20:43:01Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:06, 29 July 2024
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	*Salt buildup, and basically any contaminant buildup in the water, needs to be controlled.		*Salt buildup, and basically any contaminant buildup in the water, needs to be controlled.
	*Biological contamination may be possible through the water spray.		*Biological contamination may be possible through the water spray.
		+	*Susceptible to power failure.

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 This method provides several advantages to a colony on Mars:
-*Water Conservation
+*Water Conservation;
-*[[Disease]] Control
+*lower use of nutrients;
-*Increased Crop Yield
+*Ideally, no bacteria or soil life to feed;
 *Very simple 'ecology' (i.e. you don't have to worry about the health of the soil.)
 *No substrate, as compared to hydroponics that usually require a substrate, that needs to be produced and adds complexity.

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 *Increased Crop Yield
 *Very simple 'ecology' (i.e. you don't have to worry about the health of the soil.)
 ===Disadvantages===

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 *Monocultures are susceptible to disease.  (Though nothing says your Aeroponics garden needs to be a monoculture.)
 *Salt buildup, and basically any contaminant buildup in the water, needs to be controlled.
 The long term need for aeroponics in a martian settlement is debatable.  Plants will produce excess biomass, and all living beings will produce waste, that can be incorporated into soil.  So the amount of soil available to a settlement naturally grows with time.  As the biomass of the settlement grows, the entire habitat ecosystem becomes more stable.  An ecosystem based on aeroponics might be susceptible to catastrophe because it has very little buffer.
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 *Aeroponics plants do not have a buffer of soil to temper changes or any type of technical problem.  So they need constant monitoring and are somewhat less stable than soil grown cultures.
-*Monocultures are susceptible to disease.  (Tho nothing says your Aeroponics garden needs to be a monoculture.)
+*Monocultures are susceptible to disease.  (Though nothing says your Aeroponics garden needs to be a monoculture.)
 *Salt buildup, and basically any contaminant buildup in the water, needs to be controlled.