Heinz Tomato Ketchup Marz Edition. PHILADELPHIA - Heinz partnered up with the Aldrin Space Institute at Florida Institute of Technology to see how tomatoes grow in Martian soil.The soil is not actually from Mars, but we understand what Martian soil is like because of NASA expeditions to the red planet.It turns out the soil from the Mojave Desert in southeastern California is pretty close to the soil on Mars.Soil on Mars is quite different from the soil here.
It's pretty much just crushed red rock. It lacks dark dirt, which is a problem for plants.RELATED: Heinz launches ketchup using tomatoes grown in ‘Mars-like conditions’ into spaceIn order to grow something on Mars, you have to mix that crushed rock with some type of fertilizer.Now,.