MarsPhoenix

says

The friendly dirt has salts and nutrients magnesium, sodium, potassium and chloride. And pH of 8. You could grow asparagus, say scientists.

33 responses to this plurk

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 04:55AM

  flashman

  says

  I don't know if I could visit Mars if asparagus was all I had to eat

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 04:59AM

  blackfeathers

  says

  first cookies baking in an oven, now asparagus. sounds like mars plurks will have a full course meal.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 04:59AM

  finucane

  says

  Well I hope if they build a base on Mars the toilets there don't break if asparagus is on the menu.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:03AM

  ArmchairDeity

  says

  Dirt is not my friend tonight. It is actually, largely, my enemy mostly because it is in the way when you want fenceposts in your yard

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:17AM

  dangrsmind

  says

  he hops that martian hot houses will grow other stuff besides asparagus...

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:20AM

  lisacu00

  says

  asparagus? but they need oxygen, no?

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:33AM

  wbrennan

  says

  asparagus is gross. Why no just green beans? Or, hell, potatoes?!

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:45AM

  dangrsmind

  thinks

  asparagus farming won't lure hte colonists...

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:47AM

  johntindale

  says

  that is so friggin cool

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:50AM

  wbrennan

  says

  oh, I know. But at some point, (because of this plurk), I now see that at some point, people will be selling "Martian produce."

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:51AM

  johntindale

  says

  I'm thinking of registering the site www.martianasparagus.com

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:52AM

  dangrsmind

  thinks

  www.on.br/revista_ed_anterior/janeiro_2003/noticias/astro_arte/imagens/filme-marsneedswomen.jpg

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:08AM

  wbrennan

  says

  go for it, johntindale!

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:10AM

  lisacu00

  says

  get it registered before con agra does

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:10AM

  johntindale

  says

  thats funny!

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:11AM

  catmum

  says

  we ate asparagus for dinner tonight!

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:15AM

  lisacu00

  says

  asparagus also looks somewhat like food from outer space

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:17AM

  ArmchairDeity

  thinks

  it looks more like little green men from Mars... I wonder... the "Martians" of our past were Asparaguys from Mars!

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:18AM

  lisacu00

  says

  asparagus is from mars, and broccoli is from venus

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:20AM

  ArmchairDeity

  wants

  to know where, in that case, is Spinach from? Uranus?

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:20AM

  ArmchairDeity

  OK, that was childish... and funny. Sorry, I have the sense of humor of a 9-year-old sometimes.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:21AM

  lisacu00

  says

  popeye may take offense

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 07:51AM

  wbrennan

  says

  spinach is just as good, I know because I don't like that either …

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 03:11PM

  Chigdon

  wants

  martian asparagus

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 04:38PM

  bloggersblog

  says

  Martin asparagus sounds delicious

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 04:38PM

  joshlawrence

  says

  I would totally buy Martian asparagus.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 04:41PM

  Skateboard1

  wonders how fast it would grow there?

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 04:42PM

  MapleMama

  says

  I fear the environmental cost to get the asparagus to table would be to steep

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 04:42PM

  MapleMama

  thinks

  fresh greens for the future astronauts, would be great, tho!

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 05:21PM

  nthused

  says

  that's a huge issue - food - now if water can be taken care of, the mission requirements could change substantially - I would think

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 07:11PM

  Purple_Impala

  says

  don't forget the radiation, which I think would kill it.