I want to grow cryptogamic soil crusts/biocrusts in a cold desert.
Do you think it’s really as simple as these papers make it sound?


Microbial Nursery Production of High-Quality Biological Soil Crust Biomass for Restoration of Degraded Dryland Soils.
Velasco Ayuso S, et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017.
https://aem.asm.org/content/83/3/e02179-16.long
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27864178/?i=2&from=/31152015/related


Optimizing the Production of Nursery-Based Biological Soil Crusts for Restoration of Arid Land Soils.
Bethany J, et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2019.
https://aem.asm.org/content/85/15/e00735-19.long
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/31152015/