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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Hydroponics research for kudzu is being studied here

Hydroponics research for kudzu is being studied where? Here. If you are a scientist who knows much about hydroponics or root crops and hydroponics, I need help. I also want to talk to people who do bonsai. Harvesting the root is more important than the greens commercially. I read that there is no longer a green house at the Antarctic, and least not the USA places. So before I knew that I started growing kudzu (a superplant) using a grow light in my kitchen. I don't know what I did wrong. Maybe the 70*F temperature in the house was too cool, maybe the grow light wasn't in the right place. Maybe I didn't have the right fertilizer in the water (hydroponic) or I didn't change the water often enough. Because of pollution, ivy, poison ivy, and kudzu are growing more aggressively on all the continents except the Antarctic. Kudzu is the only superplant I know that is completely edible and medicinal (related to the snow pea and soybeans). I don't know if anyone here is a botanist or has an interest in hydroponics? I also bought a juicer to see if it is possible to juice kudzu. Yes, but a total waste of money. A blender is more effective. I probably need a grass juicer. Even with kudzu cut diagonally, the fibers are too much for a $300.00 Breville juicer. I have had a blog for the last 10+ years with experiments I have done or questions I have had about kudzu and links to help addiction. I need to try again with kudzu because I would eat it year round every day three times a day. It tastes that good, and is that healthy for anyone. The Book of Kudzu by William Shurtleff is a good place to start if you are interested. He is a scientist from Stanford U. The book is 30 years old. Auburn U. and hundreds of thousands of sites have recipes, including my blog. I am the first one to show how to juice kudzu with a blender.

1 comment:

  1. How does kudzu do with we roots? Will they rot in a hydroponic system?

    Btw, I generally find that light is my indoor limiting factor. The sun is upwards of 100,000 lumens, so a 2000 lumen plant light just isn't going to give the plant much energy. Because of the distance from the bulb to the plant, you will be lucky to get 1000 lumens onto it. That's about 1% of the light you'd get outside. Just a thought.

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