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The fermentation bin does not release smells when it is closed. A household bin is only opened for a minute or so to add and inoculate input via the lid or to drain runoff via the tap. At these times the user encounters the sour odour of lacto-fermentation (often described as a "pickle") which is much less offensive than the odour of decomposition.
A salt index measures the relative change in osmotic pressure in water after a given salt has been added compared to sodium nitrate, which is assigned a value of 100. Salt indexes can have some relation to the rate of fertilizer burn in plants, with fertilizers of a salt index above 20 not being recommended for use with particularly sensitive ...
White oil is an insecticide spray used for controlling a wide range of insect pests in the garden. The spray works by blocking the breathing pores of insects, causing suffocation and death. The spray works by blocking the breathing pores of insects, causing suffocation and death.
There’s a lot to worry about when it comes to food—or rather, there’s a lot that people want you to worry about.
Phytoremediation technologies use living plants to clean up soil, air and water contaminated with hazardous contaminants. [1] It is defined as "the use of green plants and the associated microorganisms, along with proper soil amendments and agronomic techniques to either contain, remove or render toxic environmental contaminants harmless". [2]
Soil steam sterilization (soil steaming) is a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses. Pests of plant cultures such as weeds, bacteria, fungi and viruses are killed through induced hot steam which causes vital cellular proteins to unfold.
Oil extracted from both the nut and husk is also used as an edible oil in Central and South America. Commercialized by a Canadian businessman in the 1990s. [209] [210] Passiflora edulis Passion fruit oil is extracted from the seeds and composed mainly of linoleic acid (62%) with smaller amounts of oleic acid (20%) and palmitic acid (7%).
Washing fruit before eating doesn’t remove pesticides — and the only way to avoid ingesting the chemicals is by peeling the fruit, a new report has found.. Using specific Raman imaging ...