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From CEAg World and Agritecture, the 2025 Global CEA Census will remain open until Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025.
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I live in rural Maine and grew up in the woods with ticks. I’m used to them and generally know how to navigate around them. However, I started homesteading 5 acres six years ago with a focus on restoring biodiversity. I focus on plants and I have not introduced animals to the space, wishing to honor those who already lived here. Since I arrived, biodiversity has grown exponentially, but the ticks are so intense this year that I’m almost agraphobic. I haven’t even planted the garden because I’m overwhelmed by them just walking around, even in low grass. Every kind of tick seems to cover the entire five acres and I’m pulling 3-5 off me every 10 minutes or so. I’m a patient person and prioritize the importance of life and honoring the more-than-human world over my own comfort, but I’m starting to wonder how long it will take to stabilize the tick population through a healthy ecosystem and high biodiversity, as studies have shown. I’m not expecting instant results, but I’m realizing it may take decades, especially considering how many birds and amphibians are struggling to survive.
So my question is, has anyone here seen a decrease in tick population by cultivating biodiversity? If so, I’d love to hear your story.
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The dream of crops that could drink seawater has taken a hit as botanists prove that Nolana mollis, a desert survivor long believed to hydrate itself from atmospheric brine, actually relies on conventional deep-root water uptake to survive Chile’s bone-dry Atacama Desert.
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From the 2025 Top 100 Growers to AI and drone greenhouse applications, here’s what you may have missed in Greenhouse Grower’s May 2025 issue.
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Hello! I need help figuring out how to water an urban garden I take care of for a soup kitchen. I noticed that at said soup kitchen, people dump the water used for washing dirt off of vegetables into the garden beds. The water itself isnt too harmful, it’s just dirt and at worst some kind of produce wax, but they dump a full plastic box at a time, which is way too much water for beds this size. So, I was thinking about making something that would allow people to get rid of the water while not drowning the plants, preferably in a way that plants could get water when they’re dry. This is in the middle of the city, so there’s a lot of concrete, so any terraforms are out of the question. Do you have any ideas? Here’s how the garden looks more or less, the squares being said garden beds
Thank you for your help 🙂
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The Australian National Management Group (NMG) agreed at its meeting on 29 May 2025 that it is no longer technically feasible to eradicate tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) from Australia. This decision is based on the technical considerations of the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests…
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A viral video showcases an unusual parcel containing a single tomato priced at ₹1,300 (approximately $16). The tomato, organically bred, arrives with a detailed resume highlighting its cultivation process, nutritional benefits, and unique qualities. This presentation emphasizes the value placed on organic farming and the…
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If you’re planning to grow tomatoes and cucumbers in high volumes, investing in a large-scale greenhouse for tomatoes and cucumbers isn’t just helpful, it’s essential. These crops are high-demand, high-value, and high-maintenance. A purpose-built produce greenhouse, like Prospiant’s Venlo model, gives…
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An event was held in Scanzano Jonico (Matera) on 27 May 2025, organised by the El Pinar nursery together with local technicians, to showcase the results obtained from an innovative protocol developed for strawberry plants of the Inspire variety, aimed at minimising risks in the post-transplant period…
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“We’ve gone through quite a lot of climatic disorders with this year’s growing season,” Aurélie Ferrieux, Director of ASF Edition, French breeding company, reports. “A lot of hailstorms in the south of Spain and also in the north, combined with excessive rain after seasons of harsh drought.” These…
