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Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>Only very occasionally do my day job and my love of space gardening coincide. I didn't write this article, but I did get it across the finish line.</p><p>It's about a Norwegian company learning how to make fertiliser on the Moon, in a very early stage project supported by ESA. </p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Discovery_and_Preparation/Towards_farming_on_the_Moon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esa.int/Enabling_Support/Prepa</span><span class="invisible">ring_for_the_Future/Discovery_and_Preparation/Towards_farming_on_the_Moon</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>This week, my round-up of stories from the world of space plants and gardening includes sub-orbital Iranian seeds, ultrasonic e-nozzles, microbes in EDEN ISS &amp; an analog hidden in a Swiss mountain!</p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-28-october-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-re</span><span class="invisible">port-28-october-2025/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a></p>
melimosa<p>Okay, I'm confused with <a href="https://bark.lgbt/tags/Astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobotany</span></a>, should I shake my plant ?? I don't want to hurt it !</p><p>I mean, I just want it to grow. Exponentially, eventually, taking the whole universe's space.</p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>This week’s Gardeners of the Galaxy Mission report has Polish seeds launching on a suborbital flight, astrobotany happening in the World’s Largest Analog and fava beans growing in Mars regolith simulant.</p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-21-october-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-re</span><span class="invisible">port-21-october-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>There's some fun stuff in this week's Mission Report that's more earthbound than normal - ant yoghurt fermentation and rice cultivation in Cambridgeshire. There's also some <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/tardigrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tardigrade</span></a> action. </p><p>But don't worry, there's still plenty about <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-7-october-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-re</span><span class="invisible">port-7-october-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceFood</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>Researchers at the University of Kent managed to grow tea plants in simulated lunar soil this summer, but Martian regolith proved more problematic.</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/one-small-steep-tea-plants-thrive-in-lunar-soil/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/one-small-</span><span class="invisible">steep-tea-plants-thrive-in-lunar-soil/</span></a></p>
sergio_101<p>OMG. I had a fourth generation plant die in <a href="https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/tags/AstroBotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AstroBotany</span></a> today. I had a four day weekend, and was really busy the whole time. I just remembered to water it, and it was dead. I think I am officially swearing off AstroBotany.</p><p><a href="gemini://astrobotany.mozz.us/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="">gemini://astrobotany.mozz.us/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/tags/GeminiProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeminiProtocol</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>This week's Gardeners of the Galaxy Mission Report has a Canadian lunar greenhouse, space plants in the outback, microgravity mushrooms &amp; extinct scents!</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-9-september-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-re</span><span class="invisible">port-9-september-2025/</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>This week's Mission Report has extraterrestrial photosynthesis, robotic bees, plants on a generation ship and an astrobotany game!</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-2-september-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-re</span><span class="invisible">port-2-september-2025/</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>Steve Iuliano has proposed a Lego set based on the film The Martian, which includes Mark Watney's Habitat (HAB), Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) and rover and NASA's Pathfinder probe and Sojourner rover.</p><p>By popular demand, he has included Mark Watney growing potatoes in the Hab.</p><p>The project is now being reviewed by Lego to determine whether it will be produced.</p><p>IWOOT!</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.humanmars.net/2025/08/the-martian-lego-set-has-reached-10000.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">humanmars.net/2025/08/the-mart</span><span class="invisible">ian-lego-set-has-reached-10000.html</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>My round-up from the world of space plants and gardening this week focuses on the Jaguar Space One payload that just launched to the ISS.</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-5-august-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-re</span><span class="invisible">port-5-august-2025/</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>Woo hoo! It's party time! 🍾 🎉 🎂 🎈 🌱 🚀 </p><p>The fifth anniversary show - gazing into the future of astrobotany - is now live!</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/the-future-of-astrobotany-gotg76/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/the-future</span><span class="invisible">-of-astrobotany-gotg76/</span></a></p>
⛧discrust⛧<p>🚀</p><p>Astrobotany - 145th generation 🌱<br>water my plant:</p><p>♊ <a href="gemini://astrobotany.mozz.us/public/dafd7db795e145dcbd052e5a83e869d7/m1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">gemini://astrobotany.mozz.us/p</span><span class="invisible">ublic/dafd7db795e145dcbd052e5a83e869d7/m1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>What's the future of coffee on Mars: will we plant it or synthesise it? ☕</p><p>Mars settlers will miss coffee. Do you think we’ll grow coffee plants in Martian greenhouses, or will caffeine have to be lab-made for the first outpost baristas?</p><p>And more importantly: how long would you last on Mars without your morning coffee? 😅</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceFood</span></a></p>
sergio_101<p>Thanks to whoever added fertilizer to my plant in <a href="https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a>!</p><p><a href="gemini://astrobotany.mozz.us/public/1bb41091eacf465da012a99385fd4847/m1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">gemini://astrobotany.mozz.us/p</span><span class="invisible">ublic/1bb41091eacf465da012a99385fd4847/m1</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>Interesting project from the Italian Space Agency and three universities, developing a new variety of rice for cultivation in space.</p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/how-moon-rice-could-feed-astronauts-and-earthlings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/how-moon-r</span><span class="invisible">ice-could-feed-astronauts-and-earthlings/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>My round-up of stories from the world of space plants and gardening this week includes an update on EDEN LUNA, a Biosphere 2 retrospective &amp; French food heading for the ISS!</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-8-july-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-re</span><span class="invisible">port-8-july-2025/</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>My top stories from the world of space plants and gardening include space bioreactors, a cultural crop seed payload, anthocyanins and synthetic lichen on Mars!</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-1-july-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-re</span><span class="invisible">port-1-july-2025/</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>Cannabis seeds were among the biological payloads in MayaSat-1, which launched on the SpaceX Transporter 14 rideshare mission last night.</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cannabis</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-sending-cannabis-seeds-space-weed/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/scientists-sen</span><span class="invisible">ding-cannabis-seeds-space-weed/</span></a></p>
Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀<p>This week's Mission Report is now live. It has plants launching on (now delayed) Axiom-4, a 3D-printed module for space experiments, magnets for plants in microgravity and more!</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astrobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobotany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlants</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-10-june-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-re</span><span class="invisible">port-10-june-2025/</span></a></p>
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