Horticulture

While bioluminescent mushrooms certainly are fascinating, getting the things to grow in your home can be challenging. Thanks to a new study, however, it may soon be possible to buy glowing versions of otherwise-conventional easily grown plants.

Magic Dirt is an organic garden and potting mix produced as a result of a process that’s addressing the environmental issues caused by effluence from factory farm feedlots. The process starts with DVO anaerobic digesters, which more efficiently converts manure into three valuable byproducts.

Scientists at Purdue University have come up with a way of growing corn in caves, but it doesn't involve some bizarre mating of maize and mushroom, but the manipulation of light and temperature.