#plant200week14#drfoxcall#plant200call These Yews that I found on campus earlier seem to be suffering from illness, showing symptoms in some branches and needles. The browning of the needles may be occurring due to water stress, low soil pH, or black vine weevils.
#plant200week13#drfoxcall While reading the article “Peach Breeding to Improve Fruit Quality” by Dr. Marini, I learned that nectarines are a variety of peach that express the homozygous gene for ‘no fuzz’ on their skin. https://t.co/LN6RuBzJmP
#drfoxcall#plant200call#plant200week12 One thing I learned from the following article is that turfgrass seeds must be planted at a rate according to their germination rate to fill a certain area. Seeds low in purity may be cheaper, but more are needed. https://t.co/785JeInICM
#plant200week9#plant200call#drfoxcall The latin name for a lime is Citrus aurantiifolia. These fruits reproduce sexually, meaning that male flowers from the same citrus tree or another nearby must pollinate the female flowers in order to produce the lime.
#drfoxcall#plant200week8#plant200call I found King Oyster mushrooms at the store. The latin name is Pleurotus eryngii. These #fabulousfungi grow all around the world and have a thick stem unlike oyster mushrooms. They are also very popular & healthy to eat!
#drfoxcall#plant200week7 This week, I watched a great documentary called “The Pollinators” on Kanopy. This video showed how important honeybees are in the US Ag system, as they are brought to farms to pollinate edible crops. https://t.co/lr7jzFXQRb
#drfoxcall#plant200call#plant200week6 My Tradescantia Purple Heart plant is growing towards the light from the window since it has been deprived lately due to the weather. By the end of spring it should be looking like a healthy, hanging plant again.
#plant200call This lucky bamboo is suffering from some sort of stress and some of the leaves have turned yellow. This could be due to nutrient deficiency or the pH being to high in the tap water my roommates and I use to water it. #drfoxcall
#drfoxcall#plant200call This week, I watched a short film called “El Cacao: The Challenge of Fair Trade.” Found on Kanopy, this documentary highlights not only the sad unfairness of ‘Fair’ Trade, but the lives of several Ngäbe cacao farmers in Panama.
https://t.co/DrE5d6Wiuv
#plant200call#plant200week1#drfoxcall This is my English Ivy plant that I’ve had for almost a year now! With the Latin name Hedera helix, this fast-growing vine is the most common groundcover species in the Araliaceae family, giving it another nickname “common ivy.”
Tons of new growth as we exit the seedling stage and enter the vegetative stage. Check out how beautiful these first true leaves are! @PSU_hempcourse#hemp