Sentences with phrase «time watering plants»

Gardening is another great way to get time outdoors, and spending time watering plants in the morning is a great way to get morning sunlight.

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Tests conducted on water being dumped into the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima nuclear power plant have found levels of radioactivity millions of times more than is normal in water.

In the desert times the plant's roots strive to dig deep for water.

By the time the seedlings are ready to transplant, the cartons are softened from watering, and the plants can be separated by cutting the carton segments with a sharp knife.

One of the benefits of an hydroponic garden is that all plant inputs, such as water, nutrients, lighting, ventilation, and pumping timing can be automated using inexpensive timers that can be purchased in any city or on the Net.

Amount is around 3/4 to a gallon of water per each plant, each time.

I'm trying to eat as much as I can because of its nutritional benefits: — they can help your diet by making you feel full (it's because they absorb 10 times their weight in water, forming a bulky gel)-- they are the richest plant source of Omega - 3 — chia seeds slow down how fast our bodies convert carbohydrates into simple sugars, studies indicate they can control blood sugar — they are an excellent source of fiber, with a whopping 10 grams in only 2 tablespoons — chia seeds are rich in antioxidants that help protect the body from free radicals, aging and cancer — chia seeds contain no gluten or grains — the outer layer of chia seeds swells when mixed with liquids to form a gel (this can used in place of eggs to lower cholesterol and increase the nutrient content of foods and baked goods)(More info here.)

Another major benefit of covered anaerobic lagoons with efficient green energy storage is that the methane biogas produced is not only prevented from escaping into the atmosphere (where it is many times more damaging than C02 emissions) but is also harnessed to generate energy — rather than waste water plants being heavy consumers of energy in processing and oxygenation.

Resources: Animal - based protein (whey) requires 6 times more water to produce than protein from plants.

Note: Since relaxing is a loose term for me... here is a good time to read a book, write a letter, straighten up your bathroom, water your plants, put together your grocery list, etc etc and so on.

If your yard is a mess because you don't have the time to maintain it or it died because of watering restrictions, rip it out and replace it with low maintenance plants.

Whether it's a five - minute break to have some fruit and cheese and crackers or other healthy snack or a few minutes to play with a pet or water the plants, schedule a few breaks into homework time.

During this time ask your kids if they can water with you, and of course talk a little to the plants.

During this time, the class will learn about a certain topic (for example, water, weather, animals, plants, and nature) through the use of books, demonstrations with actual objects, explorations outside, or interactive activities.

At this time, the Croton Water Treatment Plant and its off - site construction at the Jerome Park Reservoir (JPR) is coming to an end at both sites.

In a summit already overloaded with symbolism, Kim Jong - un and President Moon Jae - in opted for a time - old favourite ahead of a second round of talks by jointly «planting» a tree, or at least throwing fresh soil at the roots of an existing pine, and freshening it with some water.

On if the improvement of power supply in the country is as a result of raining season or improvement on the part of Discos, Fashola said, «what is interesting is that for the first time in a long time, our gas fired plants and our hydro power plants driven by water have converged together, and when you factor that to the improvement that the Gencos investors have made into their plants and are still making, it explains the improved power supply that you have.»

At 7 a.m., Food and Water Watch, the New York Public Interest Research Group and activists and supporters of the Stop the Cuomo Tax campaign rally in Times Square, Penn Station and Grand Central against tax increase to support nuclear power plants in upstate New York, Grand Central Terminal by # 7 Train, Penn Station, LIRR area, and Times Square by Shuttle and 2 and 3 train tracks, Manhattan.

A view of the water treatment plant on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

He robs half a billion dollars from an environmental fund that is used to clean up water, to safeguard and strengthen our waste water treatment plants, and he was rebuked by the federal government, who said it was the first time that's ever been requested and it was disallowed.»

A sign near the water treatment plant on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

The Hoosick Falls water treatment plant on Wednesday, May, 10, 2017, in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

Some industry insiders had told Citi News that there was no need to have established the Teshie Water Desalination plant because around the same time, the Kpong Water Treatment plant was being expanded to supply over 40 million gallons of water to the Accra East ReWater Desalination plant because around the same time, the Kpong Water Treatment plant was being expanded to supply over 40 million gallons of water to the Accra East ReWater Treatment plant was being expanded to supply over 40 million gallons of water to the Accra East Rewater to the Accra East Region.

It updates weather data several times per day to calculate the right amount of water for your plants and lawn.

For the hydroponics side of things, a zero - maintenance water cooler and a backup reservoir provide stability to the hybrid Deep Water Culture / drip feed system (with aeration built in, too) that can feed up to nine plants at a water cooler and a backup reservoir provide stability to the hybrid Deep Water Culture / drip feed system (with aeration built in, too) that can feed up to nine plants at a Water Culture / drip feed system (with aeration built in, too) that can feed up to nine plants at a time.

Space for 75 plants, all watered with VerticalPonic ebb and flow hydroponics, able to grow up to five times bigger with more production than typical horizontal grow setups.

At the same time, if too much saltcollects in the soil around the plant, a pressure differential arises, and water is sucked from the roots by osmosis.

The new technology could one day save farmers significant money and time by enabling intelligent agricultural equipment that automatically provides plants with water or nutrients at the first signs of distress.

To help save this water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new silica filter for power plant cooling waters that decreases the amount of freshwater power plants consume by increasing the number of times cooling tower water can be reused and recycled.

The cost to treat and recycle water used at power plants is estimated to be 1.5 to 2 times the cost of freshwater, often because of the high price of current silica removal methods.

A year after the planting, when water quality inspectors checked his runoff, they found his septic system was no longer a source of pollution; fecal bacteria levels measured a hundred times less.

Most microbes live quiet lives: they pass their time breaking down and recycling organic material or taking nitrogen from the air and turning it into water - soluble salts which plants can use as nutrients.

In 2005, water supplies to the northeastern city of Harbin had to be cut off after an explosion at a chemical plant on the Songhua River spilled benzene into the water, pushing levels to more than 100 times safe limits.

In 2005, water supplies to the northeastern city of Harbin were cut off after an explosion at a chemical plant spilled benzene into the Songhua River, pushing levels to more than 100 times safe limits.

Plants have been doing this for quite some time, splitting water's hydrogen apart from its oxygen, but our efforts to turn water into a source of free hydrogen fuel by mimicking them have borne no fruit.

When the plants are deprived of water, the researchers found that stomata take an average of 25 minutes to open, while the amount of time for the stomata to close falls to 45 minutes.

Coal - powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers.

With a combination of water, plant food and 17,500 LEDs, he harvests as much as 10,000 heads of lettuce a day — 100 times more per square foot than an ordinary farm — using 90 percent less water and producing 80 percent less waste.

Coal - powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study.

This kind of human - induced slip happens at very small scales all the time at geothermal plants and other locations where water is pumped into the earth.

At a monitoring point in the sea 330 metres south of the main water outlet from the plant, levels of iodine - 131 were 3355 times the limit; levels 1263 times the limit were recorded 30 metres to the north.

For the first time, scientists have improved how a crop uses water by 25 percent without compromising yield by altering the expression of one gene that is found in all plants, as reported in Nature Communications.

Soil moisture sensors show, over time, how much water has gone into the ground, and how much has left, either from drainage or in the form of evapotranspiration from plants.

At one time or another the ash clouds closed 11 airports, and ash that washed into the water intake of one major hydroelectric plant caused $ 6.5 million in damage.

«This is not about using half the water for no reason, but rather studying the water status of the plants and, knowing their needs, watering the crop in the right way and at the best time,» explains the Agroforestry Sciences teacher Mireia Corell.

For example, New York City recently discovered that it will be 10 times cheaper to buy key parts of its watershed and manage them appropriately than to build new water treatment plants.

Hydroelectric plants, for instance, often draw on reservoirs to generate additional electricity at peak times, and then pump some of the water back uphill in off - peak periods.

Rice plants took up inorganic arsenic from water and soil with dismaying efficiency: at 10 times the rate of other grains.

So that the plants can acquire carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the pores need to be open some of the time, resulting in some loss of water.

Investigations by The New York Times last winter revealed that sewage - treatment plants processing fracking wastewater are discharging radioactive fluid into public waterways, in some cases upstream of intake sites for drinking water.