

I also have to thank some of my later science teachers for re-sparking my fascination in the scientific world, three of them were excellent teachers and made the class so entertaining you couldn’t not be fascinated.
I also have to thank some of my later science teachers for re-sparking my fascination in the scientific world, three of them were excellent teachers and made the class so entertaining you couldn’t not be fascinated.
I got a question right on an electronics quiz about finding the resistance in a curcuit (I have verified I was right).
My science teacher who didn’t know how to do it in the first place and was just looking at the (incorrect) answer schedule said I was wrong. I just said “I don’t think so but ok” even though I knew I was right as I did not want to argue. As she was walking away I explained to my friend why I was right, my teacher overheard me and came storming to the table saying:
“WHEN I SAY IM RIGHT I AM RIGHT! AND WHEN I SAY YOUR WRONG YOU ARE WRONG!”
At the top of her lungs.
I was just a kid so it put me off science for a bit tbh.
Brutal for everyone underneath, but the flowers of Dionaea muscipula are on long stalks keeping you safely above the gaping jaws below.
Just make sure not to have any fermented plum juice before you go, as you may be to tipsy to stick the landing:
I would choose a nettle, as Admiral Butterflies do. There flowers aren’t extravagant but the poison tipped spines are very good protection.
Which nettle you may ask (as there are many)
Ideally Urtica sykesii for its beautiful triangular leaves perfectly embellished with triangular edges which itself have beautiful spikes (one of my favorite plants).
For added protection the most dangerous nettle Urtica ferox a nettle so big it has become a woody tree with thick spikes as long as your nose, loaded with enough poison to kill a dog or leave a man limp for weeks (I would make sure no dogs are harmed). The beautiful red admirals favorite choice.
As somebody else said: it depends. Some fertilizers are shit and contain harmful shit but most are fine.
Here’s some things to know tho:
If fertilizer gets on the leaves you must wash them before eating (which should be done anyway) as the residue may have toxic heavy metals (which may be there for plant growth).
Fertilizer is developed for maximum profits, only things that are needed for fast growth are added. this causes the plants to grow fast but with little nutrients needed for healthy long term growth. Its like plant fast food, it’s cheap to make and will make you fat fast but your going to need more than just carbs fat and suger to be healthy.
So the plant will have less nutrients for us, and more importantly less flavour, for herbs like basil and celery the flavour difference is incredible.
for spinach flavour doesn’t matter much. spinach also has basically no nutrients for us in the first place, in fact the oxalic acid in Spinach, when eaten, removes calcium from your body. So fast growing spinach has basically no downsides.
For a more complete diet I would recommend a seeweed based fertilizer (make sure it’s sustainably harvested!).
Also sweet potato (Kumara) leaves are so so good. And easer to grow, and you get sweet potatoes, and they are healthier, and have much less oxalic acid. Only problem with them is they are not very frost resistant and require more light, if you want tubers, then spinach, (in low light it may not produce tubers but will still have leaves).
Yes exactly, fertilizer are all about growing a plant as quickly as possible for as little money as possible, so many miss out important nutritents for nutritious plants in the eye of profit. Edit: I meant to have the original comment here on the main thread woops, this is all I wanted to say here
Can play games on them to, including clones of pacman, Doom, Super Mario land and pong.