Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / July 2008

My biggest two problems are asparagus and watermelon for next year for
this year was failures in both.
Asparagus-- harvesting is fine and great. Trouble is when mid summer
rolls around and the asparagus

Let me describe the situation that I experienced.
I usually keep a few jars near the doorway so that if I find insects
in the house, I deliver them outside
the next day after capturing them in the bottle. Well, a few nights

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Alright, today I had a chance to inspect the clover, both the white
and big red. I found hard seeds by
looking for the really dark and dried heads and rubbing them in my
palm out comes what looks like

Alright, faced with lack of seeds and even when I have say thirty
seeds of rock-elm, only 1 or 2 manages to
sprout. So faced with this circumstance, I must try root-cuttings and
grafting. Honestly, I hate grafting

Please pardon the cross-posting.
Can anyone suggest a UV-visible-IR spectrophotometer that could be within the budget of a high school science department? I have no idea how much such things cost nowadays.
Many thanks.
Jon Greenberg

Please pardon the cross-posting.
Can anyone suggest a UV-visible-IR spectrophotometer that could be within the budget of a high school science department? I have no idea how much such things cost nowadays.
Many thanks.
Jon Greenberg

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Today is a pretty day because it is raining all day. Last time this
happened was last Spring, and since it
is 23 July, I will cease worrying about rain for the plants this year
as the midpoint of summer is long past.

Usually when I can my organic grown fruit, I have some leftover
portions that are too small for a pint
so I wait for it to cool down and pour into a container and save for
the morning to eat as a chilled

This experiment started in 2004 and so it is 4 years old now. I have a
good size field and seeded it
in clover instead  in 2004. We had a wet spring one year and I
thought it would kill the clover since it was underwater for about a

I have been canning juneberries for about a month now and need to
accelerate because soon they
turn too soft and are just mush in my hands. They make an excellent
drink as I usually put some

Yesterday I picked my first organic grown strawberry of the season. We
have had a wet and
cool spring and summer so far. I have not even unpacked my air-
conditioners yet and if it