[rocky1138]

How much energy would be required to provide a localized magnetosphere to protect the garden from cosmic rays?

[russdill]

When people think of radiation protection, they think of the magnetosphere. But they really need to be thinking of the atmosphere. There's a reason traveling on a plane gets you a higher dose of radiation and it's not a weaker magnetosphere.

[_nalply]

Perhaps a thick shell of water suffices. In the order of meters, perhaps one to four meters. Perhaps combine it with lead, in the order of centimeters, perhaps ten centimeters, then one meter of water would suffice.

[jajko]

There will never, ever be such atmosphere on Moon as its on Earth. Too low gravity for example, solar winds would scrub it pretty fast even if you would somehow create it 100% with a snap of fingers.

Its nice dreaming about options but this aint realistic.

[XorNot]

Plants grow in radioactive soil around Chernobyl just fine though.

[justinclift]

Those radiation liking mushrooms could be an interesting test for the next batch of plants to the moon. :)

[Lerc]

How tolerant are plants to cosmic rays?

[rocky1138]

This is what the test covered in the article is set to discover.

[pbreit]

Seems like solar could easily supply?

[labster]

Easily, assuming you have solar panels that could survive the temperatures of the lunar night.