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Growing plants in soil from the moon doesn't really work very well

12 May 2022

Thale cress plants have been grown in regolith, the fine dust that covers the moon’s surface, using samples from Apollo missions – but they turn out small and stunted

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Growing plants in soil from the moon doesn't really work very well

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