Every time I take the time to read one of your articles I'm so glad I did! They are just the right length, too! I know they need that rest period, but now I'm wondering about how the plants in AK adapt to the 24 hour day. You make me think of things I never thought of! Also here's a link to a too fast talking person explaining how pines make it rain. Fascinating! I wonder if the trees in the Smokies let off similar stuff ( I don't think it's terpenes in the Smokies) with a similar effect? https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0SYKh1PLe4YZsDkbqKKWMuWdeT9ZTRJqaYnZw7bKrp4KaW2agw7p7wtGLGNemM694l&id=100064803453804&sfnsn=mo&mibextid=RUbZ1f
Of course, if you read carefully, part of the trick is they are very particular about genetics and selecting just the right seed varieties to breed for extra-large veggies
You weren't joking! He talks so fast it's like he's telling a 1:29 minute tongue twister...
Thank you for the kind words! I do try to keep these pieces short and sweet, mainly because that's about the size my brain can handle :-)
I've added Why are the Great Smokies smoky? to my list of Natural Wonders -- I think you're correct, it's not the terpenes, but the fact that pines can create rain is a cool feature, similar to the rainforests creating rain that I wrote about here: https://naturalwonders.substack.com/p/is-it-possible-to-cut-down-too-many
I do the same turning of my plants! Though not as often as I should...
My research did pull up information about night lights and plants -- I found out that, sadly, one study showed 4% of oak trees in the U.S. die from overexposure to street lights...
Every time I take the time to read one of your articles I'm so glad I did! They are just the right length, too! I know they need that rest period, but now I'm wondering about how the plants in AK adapt to the 24 hour day. You make me think of things I never thought of! Also here's a link to a too fast talking person explaining how pines make it rain. Fascinating! I wonder if the trees in the Smokies let off similar stuff ( I don't think it's terpenes in the Smokies) with a similar effect? https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0SYKh1PLe4YZsDkbqKKWMuWdeT9ZTRJqaYnZw7bKrp4KaW2agw7p7wtGLGNemM694l&id=100064803453804&sfnsn=mo&mibextid=RUbZ1f
Oh, and I did find that plants in Alaska do tend to grow to quite large size, as you can see in this article: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/08/20/341884706/why-vegetables-get-freakish-in-the-land-of-the-midnight-sun
Of course, if you read carefully, part of the trick is they are very particular about genetics and selecting just the right seed varieties to breed for extra-large veggies
You weren't joking! He talks so fast it's like he's telling a 1:29 minute tongue twister...
Thank you for the kind words! I do try to keep these pieces short and sweet, mainly because that's about the size my brain can handle :-)
I've added Why are the Great Smokies smoky? to my list of Natural Wonders -- I think you're correct, it's not the terpenes, but the fact that pines can create rain is a cool feature, similar to the rainforests creating rain that I wrote about here: https://naturalwonders.substack.com/p/is-it-possible-to-cut-down-too-many
Thanks for the idea!
I do the same turning of my plants! Though not as often as I should...
My research did pull up information about night lights and plants -- I found out that, sadly, one study showed 4% of oak trees in the U.S. die from overexposure to street lights...