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Plants have feelings or not ? I have know that if we grow some plants, for example tomatos and we give them a good nutrition and 'classic melody' we will get a great tomatos. Are they have feelings ?
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Asked by WonderFuu
on 2012-02-02 13:06:33

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Last edited on: 2012-02-02 13:19:16

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Tags: plants, feeling, grow, tomatos.

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Growth spurt What factors determine the point on the surface of an apparently homogenous potato at which a new sprout bursts forth? Peter Foley, Workington, Cumbria, UK
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Asked by Moderator
on 2012-01-19 16:41:54

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: plants, vegetable, Potato.

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I've been told plants have a negative affect on oxygen at night so shouldn't be in your bedroom. Is this poppycock?
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Asked by spil030
on 2011-11-07 03:37:06

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Categories: Plants, Environment.

Tags: plants, Oxygen, night, sleeping, bedroom.

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Why do plants grow in the Fibonacci sequence?
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Asked by murasakiyuki
on 2011-10-16 12:51:24

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Categories: Plants.

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Why do cloves soften rigid plastic container rated recycle #3? We purchased ground cloves in a large container marked with a #3 for recycling. As time passes, the rigid container becomes soft. The texture is that of a uninflated beachball.
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Asked by MOM
on 2011-08-25 15:47:04

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Categories: Plants.

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Ant architects The photo (above) shows a green sweet that has been discovered by ants on a paved path in my garden. The sweet had been dropped several hours before, and had attracted the interest of an ant colony which was carrying it away. But the pattern of the surrounding plant debris is a mystery. What accounts for its arrangement around the candy?
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Asked by Moderator
on 2011-07-28 13:20:59

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Categories: Animals.

Tags: ant, plant, debris, colony.

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Why are plants green? I know about Chlorophyll, but why do most plants have green pigments? Surely a darker colour, like in a Red Beech, would be more favourable?
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Asked by Ben.Byfield
on 2011-07-07 21:15:56

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: plants, colour, green, PlantScience, Colours.

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Why is photosynthesis in plants so inefficient? Why has natural selection not favoured a more efficient process?
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Asked by Jamesb1
on 2011-06-05 21:18:11

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: plants, photosynthesis, chlorophyll.

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Why does chlorophyll only absorb such a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum? My understanding is that chlorophyll only absorbs a very narrow range of wavelengths in the EM spectrum, why have evolution and natural selection not favoured a broader region? Thanks, James
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Asked by Jamesb1
on 2011-06-05 20:56:49

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Strange branch on Laburnum Tree Our small Laburnum suddenly grew a thicker paler branch from the regular dark green one. The thick branch then rapidly sprouted a number of vertical branches forming a dense block of foliage quite different from the rest. What was going on?
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