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Does the Moon Affect Plants? Part 3: Gravitational Effects?
Does the Moon’s Gravity Affect Trees? To me this sounds like a silly question. Why? Because I’d no more expect the moon’s gravity to affect trees than it affects the water in a pond … more →
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Does the Moon Affect Plants? Part 3: Gravitational Effects?
howplantswork wrote 4 months ago: Does the Moon’s Gravity Affect Trees? To me this sounds like a silly question. Why? Because I … more →
Does the Moon Affect Plants? Part 2: Moonlight and Biorhythms
howplantswork wrote 5 months ago: The Biology of Moonlight? The moon may have effects on animal behavior (see here for example), but d … more →
Does the Moon Affect Plants?
howplantswork wrote 5 months ago: Walking on the Moon On July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the … more →
Bees and Flower "Velcro"
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howplantswork wrote 7 months ago: Getting a Grip Ever wonder how a bee or a butterfly can land on a flower and not fall off? Me neithe … more →
Why Plants Tell Time
howplantswork wrote 10 months ago: Last time we had a taste of HOW plants tell time. But what, if any, are the adaptive advantages to p … more →
How Plants Tell Time
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howplantswork wrote 11 months ago: How Do We Know Plants Can Tell Time? The daily opening and closing of flowers and the rhythmic leaf … more →
How a Plant Growth Hormone Predicted by Darwin Shapes Plants
howplantswork wrote 12 months ago: The Power of Movement in Plants Most of a flowering plant’s development and physiology is regu … more →
Will Frenzied Plant Growth Help Solve Global Warming?
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howplantswork wrote 1 year ago: Devil-may-care and out-of-control plants. A couple of reports in the science news this week seem to … more →
How Stress Shapes Plants
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howplantswork wrote 1 year ago: To make complex organisms takes specialized cells. Animals and flowering plants require specialized … more →
