{"id":937,"date":"2016-05-23T07:45:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T07:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eden-iss.net\/?p=937"},"modified":"2018-09-12T10:13:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T10:13:25","slug":"plant-cultivation-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eden-iss.net\/index.php\/2016\/05\/23\/plant-cultivation-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant cultivation training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although I only leave in December 2017 to my one year long expedition in Antarctica, preparations are already going on now. I will be responsible for the operation of the EDEN ISS greenhouse in the Antarctic, and that includes all tasks from sowing to harvest the plants. My gardening skills will determine whether the greenhouse can contribute to the vegetable diet of the crew of the Neumayer III research station and whether all our experiments succeed.<\/p>\n

I spent the last week in the Netherlands to get a crash course in plant cultivation. There I met with experienced horticulture scientists and experts. For me as a trained engineer who never really had a green thumb, the journey was fascinating and very instructive.<\/p>\n

My journey started on Sunday night with a three and a half hour drive to the university town of Wageningen. There, Europe’s leading research facility in the areas of food, food production and plant cultivation is located. Scientists from Wageningen are also involved in EDEN ISS and are looking into the selection of suitable plants and the appropriate environmental conditions.<\/p>\n

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