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ITT: Agriculture General Volunteer 08/17/15 (Mon) 08:17:56 6a2d19 No.1444

so in pic related is a Public greenhouse which are becoming more and more common in Greenland, and as the temperature warms for some crops these are not even needed.

Though among these crops are strawberries, potatoes, carrots and the like; I propose we take a different route to the farming of Arctic conditions, instead of trying to get non Arctic plants to do well we use Native arctic plants and try and pollinate them with different species to increase the gain.

such as:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empetrum_nigrum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilberry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_vitis-idaea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniper_berry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_archangelica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctostaphylos_alpina

and we can also get into Brewing like what has been tried in :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_Brewhouse however they went bankrupt so we would need a different business strategy for that.

so lets discuss ==Practical== means of farming in Greenland, I might get into some Aquaculture and perhaps irrigation of the hot springs to warm the ponds.

Volunteer 08/21/15 (Fri) 03:28:27 c3d4e3 No.1450

>>1444

potato expert here yukon gold is native to alaska, itll grow anywhere

Volunteer 08/21/15 (Fri) 16:05:43 8debf4 No.1455

I'm not sure if this is on topic but tree plantations for the necessary wood would be good. Trees from siberia grow well in Greenland.

Is aquaponics viable for this? Also there is higher demand for some foods like cabbage I believe but they're expensive asf, we could have a monopoly over the market for some foods like this.

Volunteer 08/22/15 (Sat) 19:06:06 3e2982 No.1464

So guys lets try and find on Wikipedia some plants that are edible that can grow well in Arctic/Antarctic conditions

>>1450

Details?

>>1455

Well we could grow trees but too many would hurt the ecosystem because most of the large animals there eat grass and can't survive in forests and then the wolfs that prey on them would die then other things would breed to much and yadda yadda yadda shit gets fucked, though Some would be good, just not too many trees.

Aquaponics /may/ be a little viable, in a Greenhouse but probably wouldn't work out to well in the winter.

True those foods are more expensive but I doubt people are going to pay half their Money for things like Cabbage and fucking vegetables. I suggest we grow potatoes/Luxury foods and make profit out of those.

Volunteer 08/23/15 (Sun) 20:35:19 1f957e No.1470

>>1464

I mispoke on the yukon golds, but most potatoes only need a temp of 40 to germinate and after that you can grow them in plant them in spring or fall, for a double harvest. The spring harvest would come soon due to the longer daylight hours and im not surr about the fall harvest since the daylight hours could drag us deep into winter and kill the crops. That said potatos can grow to some extent in the teens, but grow best in 50-70°F which is basically a greenland summer. So we probably wouldnt be able to plant in the fall but due to the long days we might be able to do two grow cycles in the spring and summer seasons.

Volunteer 08/23/15 (Sun) 20:42:48 1f957e No.1471

>>1470

Heres a quick read on growing potatos in cold climates.

http://www.uaf.edu/files/ces/publications-db/catalog/anr/HGA-00027.pdf