#plant experiment

[hellhelpwhichever]

i'm here from the notes of that one dead aloe plant. im genuinely so curious about your fucked up aloe experiments, can we see them? hydroponic aloe... that's a new one by me

Here is my darling little regular aloe plant

Here is my 100% water fed no nutrient aloe plant where as you can see the leaves

It’s rather curious as the leaves become slightly curved and they reach an extensive length before immediately shriveling up and falling off at about 3 1/2 - 5 1/4 inches yet it still continues to grow new leaves at the top and new roots with ease

Also notable is that I rewatered it about two weeks ago after it got about half empty (after being watered at the point 5 months before hand) and it started growing numerous small new roots days after which have turning into the few long white roots you see now while also having small round bumps on it with a single smaller protrusion coming off of them

Then there is my war crime

It is immediately apparent that there is a wild growth in how long and twisted the leaves have gotten where the few shriveled up are much smaller and closer together then on normal aloe plants not to mention how small the stalk is compared to normal aloe

There is also the curious case of how there is another plant growing in here a month and a half ago despite there being no possible way for it to have gotten in

Now here is a bit harder to see and perhaps more noticeable in the third photo but every shine is a small mold spores which has built a protective bubble so that the water can’t drown it out (even turning it sideways the water covers the entire side of the bottle except these small bubbles)

And lastly there is THE ROOT

A black root that covers the side of the bottle before curving behind the biggest spore bubble yet this is not formed by the mold (as it has its own root system that won’t show up on camera) or the aloe itself as it has small crumpled white yellow roots at the bottom of the glass (also refuses to be photographed)

Originally I was simply trying to see if I could grow aloe in the bottles when they were too small for any filtration system or delicate for any hole to be added so I tried all water and one with soil in it back in summer 2022 but I asked someone to water the soil one while I was out and they over watered the shit out of her and the whole bottle had green (not aloe) on the inside but it was growing like crazy while the water one was dying so I waited it out and here we are

Thinking next spring I’m going to try to implant the back into soil and see how that goes

[talkingtomyhouseplants]

Experiment time!

I'll be adding banana water to my airplants. I'm testing this because my local nursery owner suggested for ferns, bromeliads and airplants and why not give it a test.

[reasonsforhope]

If you're feeling anxious or depressed about the climate and want to do something to help right now, from your bed, for free...

Start helping with citizen science projects

What's a citizen science project? Basically, it's crowdsourced science. In this case, crowdsourced climate science, that you can help with!

You don't need qualifications or any training besides the slideshow at the start of a project. There are a lot of things that humans can do way better than machines can, even with only minimal training, that are vital to science - especially digitizing records and building searchable databases

Like labeling trees in aerial photos so that scientists have better datasets to use for restoration.

Or counting cells in fossilized plants to track the impacts of climate change.

Or digitizing old atmospheric data to help scientists track the warming effects of El Niño.

Or counting penguins to help scientists better protect them.

Those are all on one of the most prominent citizen science platforms, called Zooniverse, but there are a ton of others, too.

Oh, and btw, you don't have to worry about messing up, because several people see each image. Studies show that if you pool the opinions of however many regular people (different by field), it matches the accuracy rate of a trained scientist in the field.

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I spent a lot of time doing this when I was really badly injured and housebound, and it was so good for me to be able to HELP and DO SOMETHING, even when I was in too much pain to leave my bed. So if you are chronically ill/disabled/for whatever reason can't participate or volunteer for things in person, I highly highly recommend.

Next time you wish you could do something - anything - to help

Remember that actually, you can. And help with some science.

[mienar]

the wandering painter, part one

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[yakny]

WILDFLOWERS

[botanyshitposts]

there’s an agronomy professor at my work who can take a common crop seed, let it soak in chemicals that dye living parts of the seed shades of red, and then can cut it open and tell you WHY it’s rotting instead of germinating AND can give an approximation of what stage of the growing/harvesting process might have gone wrong to kill it and honestly I’m just struck by how much of an incredibly powerful niche skillset this is. just incredibly valuable in any context, not just in dystopian monoculture corn reality where well-bred/treated/engineered crop seeds are incredibly expensive commodities to be bought and sold but also like, for most of human history? like is this not something kings and emperors and civilizations through human history would put you on courts and councils for. person who can tell you why the crops aren’t growing. remarkable

[tenshibird]

This is my contribution to mermay

Speedpaint under the cut

[los-plantalones]

carnivorous happenings!

dionaea ‘red dragon’ waking up from dormancy

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baby sarracenia purpurea (the right pitcher is only about 2.5” tall)

[wyvernity]

sss day my favorite national holiday WOOOOHHHH

bonus

[daily-basil]

Basil but he smokes Basil

he talks in comic sans when he's extra doped up

[maudiemoods]

I'm majorly in love with Renaissance paintings and idk if this looks anything like one but they definitely inspired me in this drawing

Drawn on the magma hosted by @venomous-qwille !!!

Flats/sketch underneath yayy

[poisonousquinzel]

if y'all ever want a bit of modern harlivy angst that ends happy and doesn't feel laced with ooc toxicity in the like "oh the writer's apparent reference for ivy's characteristics in their relationship is plant ivy and that's it wow..." I'd recommend their little story from DC's Harley Quinn Romances cause <33333 it's very special to me

they make me unreasonably emotional

Ivy after reading Harley's au fic where she gets to punch Joker with her at prom:

[talkingtomyhouseplants]

Let's try this! Leca and We The Wild products! 💚

I've never been attracted to Leca, but always give everything a shot, experiment and analyze the results by yourself.

I also struggled with liquid fertilizer, because I always want to add more than needed and I'm just really bad at measuring things exactly 😂 #latino

But the wild products are awesome! I'm tried their leaf cleaner too, which I'm always against any shiners, but theirs are actually organic, use no chemicals and it even has Neem oil! 💚 Anyways, that's going to be another video. But I'm trying my best to learn the proper way to use liquid fertilizer, let's see how this one goes!

I ended up potting three cuttings in Leca. My rubber tree and 2 different alocasias.

[housecow]

Any reactions from friends or family? Do you notice yourself being treated differently or judged as you get bigger?

ooooh i love talking about this.. i haven’t gotten a single reaction from family or friends!! and i’m 20lbs past my previous heaviest, so… haha i’m honestly just very lucky, they’ve never commented much on my body or anything?? as a teen i think it was painfully obvious how uncomfortable i as with my boobs, so that may be part of why :))

the only comment i got was years ago when my gma just said “300 comes fast” and i could tell she regretted saying anything… ANYWAYS hope she’s right hehe :3

as for being treated differently… certain things are different?? it largely depends on how i present myself, lol. with a cute outfit/hair/makeup or whatever i get treated very well still, but like. a t-shirt and baggy jeans and a chubby round face w minimal makeup bc im on my period?? people sometimes don’t make eye contact lmfao

on the other hand, sometimes there are ppl who treat me VERY well when i’m looking especially chubby/fat and i always kinda wonder…

[sanjarka]

you know i always get a bit annoyed when everlark's love is described as a kind, patient, slow kind of love because sure! it is all of that but it's also VERY FUCKING HORNY AND PASSIONATE.

[friend-crow]

Okay, so.

I fucking love tea, and especially preparing tea for people. I love that it can be as simple or as elaborate as you want to make it. I love how many different types of tea there are, and how many different ways of preparing and consuming it. I love the variety of snacks that different cultures enjoy with tea. And teaware. God I love teaware.

I love that even when friends live too far away for me to actually make them tea, I can still send them new tea experiences.

I love the way people open up over a cup of tea. The ritual of it provides enough to do with one's hands and eyes to make it easier to talk about difficult subjects.

I love that the act of preparing tea can be both a performance and a form of meditation, and most of all an act of hospitality and love.