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No-Water Grass? Plant gene could do away with sprinklers
sciencentral.com — New research into how plants conserve water may help scientists to engineer drought-resistant plants; and less thirsty lawns could mean less water use.
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- LilCarrots, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3My idiot neighbors need this. Their sprinklers run rain or shine, all the time, for their precious lawn.
- klipseracer, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2It has 38 diggs and its down...Or it was deleted by the Water superpower corporate companies.
- nickfartzone, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I'm not a big fan of grass, mostly because it's become so expensive to water the 5 acres in my backyard. Unless they get this going soon, I'm probably going to start laying astroturf.
- BalooUrsidae, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Rip it out and plant local wildflowers: Turn it into a meadow!
- BalooUrsidae, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Rip it out and plant local wildflowers: Turn it into a meadow!
- Dorolicious, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3Or just plant native grass and flowers, or better yet, your own vegeatable garden!!!
- BalooUrsidae, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2I did that in Hillsboro, Oregon after the neighbors threatened to get the city involved because my grass was longer than the maximum 6" allowed by the fire code. So I ripped out the lawn and replanted it with native wildflowers using seed packs I bought from the United States Forest Service ranger station while camping. Then they bitched that my landscaping eventually grew to be chest high, but they couldn't do anything about it because it was no longer grass.
- BalooUrsidae, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2I did that in Hillsboro, Oregon after the neighbors threatened to get the city involved because my grass was longer than the maximum 6" allowed by the fire code. So I ripped out the lawn and replanted it with native wildflowers using seed packs I bought from the United States Forest Service ranger station while camping. Then they bitched that my landscaping eventually grew to be chest high, but they couldn't do anything about it because it was no longer grass.
- BrownManUPS, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1What happens when it rains?
- mulge, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3The grass gets drunk and starts acting rowdy.
- mulge, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3The grass gets drunk and starts acting rowdy.
- tyshro, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1when it rains worms genetically engineered to spell "green" emerge
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