Flowers Snow for Winter Months Home gardeners within the South and Los Angeles can decide on an abundance of plants -- flowering mounds of plants and perennials -- that prefer cooler temps and provide beautiful winter flowers. You need to realize that flowering mounds of plants are simply what their title suggests: Plants that grow‚ set seed‚ and die inside a year. Even though some plants grown in northern gardens are treated as flowering mounds of plants‚ most are truly tender perennials that can’t
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On April 29th‚ I completed a volunteer service with EarthCorps at LaVilla Meadows in North Seattle. The organization is dedicated to improve the forests and parks in local cities. LaVilla Meadows is the restoring target for this time. In order to help create healthy forests‚ volunteers are asked to remove aggressive weeds‚ maintain areas where these weeds have been removed‚ or plant trees and shrubs. In this volunteer service‚ we were mainly responsible for getting rid of English Ivy‚ an invasive
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The Effect of Vitamin C on Plant Growth Aim: To determine the effect of salt/ sugar/ caffeine/ vitamin C on seed germination. Hypothesis: The plant will grow slowly or die due to the Vitamin C. Equipment: * 2 cups * 2 measuring cups * Water * Vitamin C/ orange Juice * Soil * 4 seed (2 for each cup) * A ruler Method: 1. Pour ¾ of soil into each cup 2. Plant 2 seeds into each cup. Put it about half way down the soil 3. Mix 1mL of orange juice with 5mL
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How to Make Ink from Alugbati Things You’ll Need: • Fresh fruit of alugbati • Mortar and pestle • Strainer • Bowl • 3 tbsp. vinegar • 1 tbsp. salt • 2 tbsp. rubbing alcohol • 1 tbsp. iodine • Bottle Writing ink can be made from many natural sources‚ such as the fruit juice of the alugbati plant. Alugbati‚ known in the U.S. as Malabar spinach‚ is commonly grown for its soft‚ spinach-like leaves and shoots. Alugbati is of African and East Asian origin. The juice of the fruits was reportedly
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Priming Affect Crop Stand of Mung Bean Sarhad J. Agric. Vol. 21‚ No. 4‚ 2005 PRIMING AFFECT CROP STAND OF MUNG BEAN Ahmad Khan‚ Shad Khan Khalil*‚ Shakirullah Khan** and Ashfaq Afzal * Department of Agronomy‚ NWFP Agricultural University‚ Peshawar- Pakistan. ** Department of Extension Education and Commutation‚ NWFP Agricultural University‚ Peshawar- Pakistan. ABSTRACT Seed priming had increased germination of several plants particularly vegetables. The effect of PEG 8000 concentrations
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Allelopathic effect of S. macrophylla on the growth of V. radiata seedlings Thea Philea I. Mostralesa‚ Greeny Joy A. Perucho‚ Rhoshela Vi C. Rendon‚ John Gregor A. Rono‚ Emmerson P. Rullog‚ Riffcord R-Denz M. Tabula Institute of Biology‚ College of Science‚ University of the Philippines‚ Diliman‚ Quezon City (a Thea Philea I. Mostrales‚ e-mail: theaphilea.mostrales@gmail.com) ABSTRACT Swietenia macrophylla‚ or commonly known as the mahogany tree in the Philippines‚ is an introduced species of
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Name: Block: Date: Seed Germination Inquiry Lab (adapted from- http://employees.csbsju.edu/SSAUPE/biol106/Labs/seed_germination.htm) Objectives: The purpose of this lab experience is to provide an opportunity to: 1. measure seed germination percentage and rate 2. learn the requirements for seed germination 3. study the effect of various treatments on seed germination 4. grow a plant to maturity 5. learn about a particular species of plant Introduction: A seed is essentially a baby in
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Lab Report: Flowers‚ Fruits‚ and Seeds Part 1: Flowers Directions: Answer the questions below using the picture of the Gladiolus‚ or Lily flower‚ below. 1. How many petals does this flower have? 6 2. How many stamens does this flower have? 5 3. How many stigmas does this flower have? 1 4. Is this the flower of a monocot or a dicot? Monocot 5. Explain your answer for question #4. This flower has petals multiple of 3. The petals also seem to have parallel veins. 6. Is this flower perfect
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Abstract: This experiment was completed with the intention of testing if two specific plants were allelopathic. Allelopathicity is defined as “They are allelon which means "of each other"‚ and pathos which means "to suffer". Allelopathy refers to the chemical inhibition of one species by another. The "inhibitory" chemical is released into the environment where it affects the development and growth of neighboring plants.” (Ref 1) Introduction: Have you ever wondered why certain plants do
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The Matilija Poppy also known as‚ the Romneya couteri‚ is an erect flower growing up to eight feet tall that is heavy branched and woody at the base. The white flowers are the largest of any plant native to California‚ and resemble fried eggs. There are five to eight crinkled petals per stem with many yellow stamens and a single large pistil. The unique flower was discovered in California in 1831 by an Irish surgeon-botanist‚ Thomas Coulter and the first seeds reached England in 1875 and by late
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