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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...objects to the fact that a dozen or more small chemical companies have sprouted up to sell nutrient salts to amateurs or professionals experimenting with hydroponics. These have names like Chemi-Grow, Chemi-Crop Co., Shur-Gro Fertilizer Corp. They are legally within their rights, since hydroponics cannot be patented. The only patent which Dr. Gericke holds is for a container to diffuse the chemicals through the solution. But he argues, against the companies, that no formula works well for all plants, all climates, all conditions: and that even if they made a great variety of formulae there are other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hydroponic Troubles | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

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