{"id":2687,"date":"2021-03-06T17:45:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T17:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2021-03-06T17:45:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T17:45:35","slug":"human-vs-plant-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/?p=2687","title":{"rendered":"Human vs Plant &#8211; Chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So very predictably I&#8217;m discovering that I&#8217;ve been doing everything completely wrong. I vastly overestimated the light requirements and I think I sort of bleached a lot of them to death with 50W 24\/7. I changed to a 20W LED about 6 hours a day and they seem to like that a lot more. Also I&#8217;ve been reading more about what nutrients they need and a little bottle of miracle grow seems to keep them happy for now. At this point I&#8217;m still just trying to make sure I can maintain a population of these things at all- then I can get into testing out some variations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also apparently I introduced pests in one jar by dropping some dirt in it. Turned into a delightful little hellscape of micro monsters eating each other and the pods and then everything died. I took some video in a USB microscope because it was interesting but not sure what exactly happened there. I like to think it was the plot of Pacific Rim but the trans-dimensional aliens are bacteria and a Class-5 Kaiju is about 2mm tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watermeal Hellscape\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E2unR4tcv8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And I got enough 80\/20 parts in to put together an aluminum frame box so I can get rid of the wood frame monstrosity. I ordered a MakersLED fixture but it&#8217;s been stuck in transit for a few weeks so I just used another heatsink I had and it does okay with a fan on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The raspi just controls a relay for the light and a USB webcam for now. Apparently I&#8217;m too dumb to correctly wire a dallas 1-wire module so not taking temperature readings yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210305_191745180-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2688\" srcset=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210305_191745180-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210305_191745180-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been doing more causal &#8216;research&#8217; and I&#8217;m pleased to find out I&#8217;m way, way behind on discovering how awesome this plant is. And though my assumptions on how to grow it were painfully misguided- apparently my assumptions about its potential value are shared- and actually pretty well proven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cfb.unh.edu\/phycokey\/Choices\/Anomalous_Items\/Aquatic_macrophytes\/floating_leaves\/WOLFFIA\/Wolffia_key.html\">http:\/\/cfb.unh.edu\/phycokey\/Choices\/Anomalous_Items\/Aquatic_macrophytes\/floating_leaves\/WOLFFIA\/Wolffia_key.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article in particular says &#8220;A closed plant and animal system has been tested with Wolffia Arhiza because of its rapid rate of biomass production. The system is designed to function for a period of two years&#8221; which basically says everything I wanted to do with this plant has already been done. But- if some goon with no expertise in any relevant field can do some of it in their apartment- that&#8217;s probably a positive step too so I&#8217;ll just do that. I actually haven&#8217;t looked up the reference for that claim yet- but I&#8217;ll probably get to it eventually after enough failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some other links I&#8217;ve found about watermeal that I only vaguely understand but seem cool and interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FEED\\FOODSOURCE<br>https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/232495a0<br>https:\/\/scialert.net\/abstract\/?doi=pjbs.2001.618.620<br>https:\/\/www.entomoljournal.com\/archives\/2018\/vol6issue3\/PartB\/6-2-286-965.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TOXIC ABSORBTION<br>https:\/\/hero.epa.gov\/hero\/index.cfm\/reference\/details\/reference_id\/510993<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOMETHING ABOUT USING WA AS A GENETIC FACTORY THING &#8211; BIOPHARMA STUFF<br>https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fchem.2018.00304\/full<br>https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11240-015-0834-z<br>https:\/\/www.longdom.org\/proceedings\/callus-induction-regeneration-and-agrobacteriummediated-transformation-of-wolffia-arrhiza-to-obtain-plantproducer-of-therapeutic-proteins-4740.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ALL KINDS OF SCIENCEY ARTICLES<br>https:\/\/www.science.gov\/topicpages\/p\/plant+wolffia+arrhiza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNDER A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE<br>https:\/\/ejournal.sinica.edu.tw\/bbas\/content\/1979\/2\/bot202-01.PDF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GAS CHROMATOGRAPH<br>https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/document\/doi\/10.2478\/s13545-013-0072-0\/html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NITRATE AND NITRITE REDUCTION<br>http:\/\/www.plantphysiol.org\/content\/47\/2\/189<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PATENT FOR CULTIVATION MEDIUM<br>https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/RU2472338C1\/en<br>https:\/\/patentimages.storage.googleapis.com\/d3\/bb\/e8\/997bb1b065efda\/RU2472338C1.pdf (MOSTLY RUSSIAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So very predictably I&#8217;m discovering that I&#8217;ve been doing everything completely wrong. 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