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At Monash Uni we are working on a way to use sun and air to make fertiliser! Our veggie patch shows how to fertilise a family's farm in the 3rd world!

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This is the end of this particular experiment. Still alive at the end of January where the controls and the test plants look similar. Our ammonia fertiliser hasn't been detrimental to the veggies, which is a good start!

#macfarmland #sustainablefertiliser #experimentend

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The plants are on vacation at my parent's house 🤣. Hopefully some #greenthumbs and #wormjuice (with strict instructions for no commercial fertiliser) can make them a bit happier!

#sustainablefertiliser #silverbeet #spinach #rocket #control

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Back on the 12th of December, the third dose of fertiliser was applied! 820mL of 8mM ammonium carbamate solution. Flower and seed production has been plentiful but this has been pruned away to try promote foliage growth. #sustainablefertiliser #spinach #silverbeet #rocket

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Can you see them growing??

#control #silverbeet #rocket #spinach #leafygreens #sustainability #green #frugal #SavetheWorld

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Second dose of fertilizer applied today! 880mL of 7mM ammonium carbamate solution.

#Sustainable #philanthropy #monashuni #rooftopgarden #fertiliser #ammonia

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New location for morning sun rather than afternoon sun! Silverbeet is starting to look better than the spinach while the rocket is loving the wind protection.

#frugalinnovation #sustainablegrowth #sustainablefertiliser #eatyourleafygreens #philanthropy #pilotproject #monashuni

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Getting some morning sun!
#sustainablefertiliser #philanthropy #greenfrugalgreens

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750ml of 20mM ammonium carbonate solution applied on the plants today, 28 of October! As you can see in the background, some leaves are looking a little #yellow! Let's see if this helps!

#sustainable… https://t.co/HY9qaubpjH

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Lab set up! We've used our building's compressed air as a source of #CO2 as well as N2 bubbled through #ammonia solution to create an #aqueous #ammonium #carbonate solution to use as our #fertilizer. https://t.co/9rm2wkDH4j

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Spinach, silverbeet, rocket, controls! Day 18! No #fertiliser applied yet!

#sustainable #fertilisers
#growyourownfood #feedtheworld #urbanfarming https://t.co/lp8j3R0DNH

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#control! Day 1 https://t.co/H5Ghwe6rhq

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#rocket! Day 1 https://t.co/vhuz6tbUoZ

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#silverbeet! Day 1 https://t.co/9XCUZvRX4L

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#Spinach! Day 1 https://t.co/MRCPu31gzK

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Planting! We've got #silverbeet #rocket and #spinach in our #rooftop #veggiepatch

10th of October 2019 https://t.co/W3oc93Raca

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Where do all garden projects begin??? bunnings__warehouse !! #homegrown #homegrownfertiliser #greenfrugalfertiliser #greenfertiliser #leafygreens #sustainability #veggiepatch #macfarmland https://t.co/gauIk6n0Ll