Understand Plants http://understandplants.com About understanding plants through composting, gardening, and landscaping. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:47:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How did the research of Clausen, Keck and Heisey help in the understanding of how plants adapt to their enviro http://understandplants.com/how-did-the-research-of-clausen-keck-and-heisey-help-in-the-understanding-of-how-plants-adapt-to-their-enviro/ http://understandplants.com/how-did-the-research-of-clausen-keck-and-heisey-help-in-the-understanding-of-how-plants-adapt-to-their-enviro/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:47:16 +0000 http://understandplants.com/how-did-the-research-of-clausen-keck-and-heisey-help-in-the-understanding-of-how-plants-adapt-to-their-enviro/ Continue reading →]]> Question by chasesweat: How did the research of Clausen, Keck and Heisey help in the understanding of how plants adapt to their enviro

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Sometimes plants will appear very different based on their environment (plants show alot of developmental plasticity). Shrubs on hilltops may be shorter than shrubs in valleys…Is it genetic? Are they different species. Clausen took seeds from plants in one environment and grew them in different climes. Much of the difference was due to developmental plasticity.

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I have a bunch of plant seeds for things such such as tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins. is it too late for me to plant the seeds or should I just buy the small plants they sell at places like home depot and plant them in the garden? thanks.

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Answer by waters
check the back of the seed packet for the days to maturation information. If you have that many days before first frost in your area then seeds are still ok. I would still get one or two tomato plants so you can start enjoying them sooner while you wait for your seeded plants to start producing.

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I have lemon,lime,grapefruit,pomegranate,almond,lemon,olive,fig,chikoo and coconut trees. Grape vines, tomato plants,red pepper plants and eggplants aswell as oregano and mint. So I’m asking all of you which veggie and fruit plants do u all have?

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We grow alfalfa and timothy but have apple trees, raspberries and some strawberries.



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I’m doing a project and need to buy plants. I would like to grow some plants indoor but don’t really know where to start. Are there any plants that meet all those requirements? I don’t really mind if it it is pretty or not i just need something that is easy to take care of, cheap, and can handle the cold.THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!p.s. If you know any places you can buy cheap plants that would be great too!

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How much cold must it handle? If there isn’t snow on the ground, you could go to a nearby forest and dig up pine seedlings.Peas handle cold fairly well, but not extreme cold line pines. I’ve heard that peas will sprout through snow, but can’t attest to that, personally.Depending on where you live, Upland Cress (Creecy Greens) will tolerate cold – it’s the earliest wild vegetable in some places. Around where I live, Miner’s lettuce is similar. It’s coming up in our back yard now, and withstands hard frost. For both of these, you just go out to some vacant lot or wilderness area and get some.



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Answer by VampireYuki
Yes it is normal. Some fish just like to swim around without a big care and some swim without you watching. Its like a person. They have personalities.

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