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Gardener shares ancient maintenance method: 'Keeping your plants nice and hydrated'

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The Gazette

Soil meets STEM with new FarmBeats training for Iowa educators

“This is where STEM meets soil,” said Samantha Dahlby, Director of Education at NewBoCo. “We know students are curious about ...

Super-absorbent hydrogel for soilless farming enables plants to thrive in drought conditions

It is a fully biodegradable and eco-friendly system for hydroponic agriculture, made of hydrogel and capable of supporting ...

Don't plant grass seed until you've checked your soil temperature — here's how to do it

Avoid testing near pavement, buildings, or other heat sources that create artificial temperature variations. These microclimates don't represent the broader lawn conditions where you'll be planting ...
IEEE

Fusion of Machine Learning and Semi-Empirical Models for Cooperative Retrieval of Soil Moisture With Optical and SAR Remote Sensing: Cyclic or Parallel?

Abstract: Semi-empirical models and machine learning (ML) models have been widely used in remote sensing studies. In order to explore the feasible joint mode integrating semi-empirical model and ML ...