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		blacksmith_tb 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things I Won't Work With: Dimethylcadmium (2013) Not practical for growing all the plants we eat, but hydroponics could avoid the problem of absorbing things from the soil.

Bluestein 12 months ago [–]

It's also AIUI more efficient ...

psd1 12 months ago | [–]

Maybe by some measures. But you have to build a hydroponic system instead of just plopping seeds into the ground, so it's less efficient in that dimension.

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