Sunday, September 15, 2013

Corn, Tomatoes and Wheat

My good friend has spent the last two years creating experimental automatic watering systems to grow corn, tomatoes and wheat.  The concept of  the automatic watering system is based on the fact of the plants root system uses the capillary action of the plant  roots to draw water as the  water is required by the plant during photosynthesis. The plants receive a steady consistent stream of water that keeps the soil damp but not water logged . The roots are never allowed to dry out.  Because the plants receive a consistent amount of moisture that out produces traditional gardens.  Growing corn in Calgary is not possible because of the short growing season and the altitude. Using the automatic watering system, my friend is able to grow corn.  The tomato plants produce five or six pounds of tomatoes per plant.  From sowing 18 grains of wheat, with the automatic watering system, 182 heads of wheat are produced with each wheat spike producing 48 florets ( grains of wheat).

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