How to grow almost anything

by caron 8/3/2025, 10:55 PMwith 61 comments

by 0xbadcafebeeon 8/4/2025, 5:40 AM

Thought this was for plants, womp womp.

We should have already made super-seeds that you can plant in concrete and grow all the tomatoes you'll need in a month with a single LED. Why be dependent on Big Ag or imports from Chile for tasteless nutritionless environment-poisoned overpriced veg if you could grow it in a closet? Saves water, saves power, saves the environment, tastes better, better for you, cheaper. We just need a lot of bio nerds (and a few billion $) to develop it.

by faresahmedon 8/4/2025, 12:01 AM

Off topic, but Notion is a perfect example of how badly you can abuse web standards. This webpage, which is a document with some markup and links (the very thing the web was made for) takes ~600MB RAM, about 10 seconds load, and lags terribly. Just unusable.

by jonstewarton 8/4/2025, 12:51 AM

Oh, I thought there’d be some tips for my rhubarb.

by mensetmanusmanon 8/4/2025, 12:01 AM

A spiritual successor to: https://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MAS.863/

by the__alchemiston 8/4/2025, 12:32 AM

Warning to anyone who goes down this rabbit hole: If you set up a home lab, don't tell people who you're not close with. There's a very good chance they'll assume you're (if they're a normie) making coronavirus or meth, and (If they're a biologist or chemist) assume you're not disposing of reagents and cultures properly. I wish this wasn't the case, but as a society, we're not ready to talk about bio outside of institutions and universities.

Also, the costs are deceptive, even with used or Chinese parts: I estimate $10k USD for a usable molecular bio lab, including equipment and reagents.

by gtsnexpon 8/4/2025, 7:46 AM

Here is where everything started: https://cba.mit.edu/classes/index.html

by dirkcon 8/4/2025, 12:22 PM

I like seeing courses created like this. I also wish there were more good tools to create rich/custom experiences yet are simple to host and durable.

by markdownon 8/4/2025, 5:35 AM

Damn, I thought this was going to be about tissue culture or horticulture in general.

by karanveeron 8/4/2025, 1:29 PM

my mind broke just being on the first page.

by Seanamberson 8/4/2025, 4:47 PM

omg notion is horrendous

by adyashaktion 8/4/2025, 4:00 AM

dangerous knowledge in the wrong hands