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in #story9 years ago

Hello everyone, today I'm continuing my journey as an organic planter. I've been working on several crops, some aren't doing too hot, but I guess that's to be expected. That's how it is when you don't rely on the chemical agents to support a crop. I've been wondering how hard would it be to go from GMO crops built to rely on certain chemicals in their growth, to ones able to fend for themselves naturally and still maintain high yield.

Malabar Spinach
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Crops like these, that are easy to replicate without much human intervention tend to do Quite well. This plant, Malabar Spinach, is edible as it is, yet the pests that plague other crops, like Pak Choy, do not seem to harm it. It is interesting to observe this edible as is crop thrive easily while others have to be heavily sprayed with insecticides just to survive.

Store bought Pak Choy
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I'm preparing to experiment with seeds from the untreated surviving plants to one day develop a viable, producing but resistant 6 week crop. Should be fun as long as the man doesn't find and stop me :D

I'll keep you guys posted, have a sunny day!
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