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The high-tech mini-allotment from Nasa that allows you to grow your own fruit and veg

The high-tech mini-allotment from Nasa that allows you to grow your own fruit and veg | Mail Online

A ‘mini allotment’ designed by Nasa scientists to grow fruit and vegetables in space goes on sale today.

The gadget will allow residents of the smallest flats to grow their own food without a garden – or even soil.

The Power Plant Growing Machine uses hundreds of tiny jets to constantly spray nutrients on to the roots of plants. Scientists say this leads to far quicker growth than normal.

July 29, 2009 Posted by | Gadgets | Leave a Comment

   

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