by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 19, 2024 | Biochar, Front page, Green plants, Carbon bonding, Zero-emission farm
In the greenhouse at Mære Agricultural School, very special radishes and spinach are being harvested. The reason the radishes and spinach are special is because the soil they have grown in has been supplemented with different types and amounts of biochar. Here we have made biochar from seaweed,...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 25, 2023 | Energy measures, Author bio, Front page, Green plants
The greenhouse was built and put into use in 2007. It has a total floor area of 3,000 m2. Half of the area is used for plant production. The rest of the area consists of a construction hall, intended for the landscape gardeners, as well as common rooms such as changing rooms, sanitary facilities, classrooms and...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 24, 2023 | Author bio, Green plants, Carbon bonding
At Mære, we have been conducting practical testing over several years with the sowing of various cover crops in grain with a view to soil improvement and capturing excess nutrients. The sowing has been done at different times and with different equipment (weed harrow with seeding unit and drone). The challenge has...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 24, 2023 | Author bio, Green plants, Carbon bonding
The crop rotation at Mære consists of 3-5 years of meadow and 1 year of barley. We also have ryegrass, potatoes, oats and green forages in the crop rotation on parts of the area. In the meadow year we often sow extra meadow seed to maintain good plant growth. After agriculture became more specialized in...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 24, 2023 | Green plants, Composting
The Mære Agricultural School Development Department has, with funding from KIL, established a Rotlab, which will be an arena for disseminating knowledge about soil and soil structure, carbon storage in soil and how leaching of nutrients and soil particles occurs. The Rotlab...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 23, 2023 | Energy measures, Green plants
With LED lights in red and blue colors placed between the tomato plants in our greenhouse, the yield of tomatoes increases. First and foremost because the tomatoes get bigger. Half of the tomato section has intermediate lighting in addition to traditional lighting from the ceiling and harvested tomatoes on both...
