mk30I re-started this azolla/water spinach pond in a kiddie pool, and it seems to be going well.
I set these vanilla cuttings in the water, to keep them wet till I picked a spot for them. And it turns out they kind of like it! Who knew...
Bouncy azolla bucket. Bounce bounce bounce:
https://youtube.com/shorts/EudFoQDOaq4?si=1BSqNuFQrcdYXtkZ
What an amazing plant! Happily creating a thick 3D mat on top of water. The mat is so thick that it holds raindrops and can be bounced without breaking it.
Simon Forman
Azolla harvest time lapse
Nine days in fifteen seconds.
Note the signature of exponential growth: how much happens on the eight day. Bam!
So each day you take out as much as was clear on day eight, and the next day it is replaced.
Fast azolla growth in 9 days.
Some azolla info from the Azolla Foundation:
> Why is azolla unique? ...because it is one of the fastest growing plants on the planet – yet it does not need any soil to grow. ...azolla is able to get its nitrogen fertilizer directly from the atmosphere. ...it is able to produce biofertilizer, livestock feed, food and biofuel
https://theazollafoundation.org/azolla/the-azolla-anabaena-symbiosis-2/
Why is azolla unique? - Azolla Foundation
Azolla is unique because it is one of the fastest growing plants on the planet – yet it does not need any soil to grow. Unlike almost all other plants, azolla is able to get its nitrogen fertilizer directly from the atmosphere. That means that it is able to produce biofertilizer, livestock feed, food and […]
And I put a single bit of fern in tap water (untreated and not left out overnight to outgas chlorine or anything) to see how well it will grow.
#Azolla 🌱 ❤️
Two more trays of #azolla fern. Their color is different than the previous tray because they're under a grow light.
These trays are crowded too. I estimate that I have about four or five square meters if it was comfortable.
Here's one of the tubs of the azolla I got yesterday. It's pretty thickly covered. I just wanted to get the plants back in water after transport. I'll be spreading it out.
I levitated out of bed even before the cat woke up. It's fun to be excited about something. AZOLLA!!!