Post by jippsy on May 1, 2009 16:26:57 GMT -5
I have a large planter where I planted nasturtium & fennel seeds earlier in the year. They're now coming up, along with other weeds including some nettles.
While examining them today, I caught an odd movement out of the corner of my eye. One of the nettle seedlings was moving!!!
Not as moving-in-the-wind, but the whole little plant was moving from side to side & round about! It's about an inch & a half tall.
I squatted down & observed it. It continued with this strange movement for about a minute or so, then stopped. I didn't see it move again, although I kept going over to look.
Is this the plant 'growing'? I had watered the planter about half an hour earlier, and the sun was on it. It reminded me of slo-mo videos of plant growth, the kind you see on the TV! But I never thought you could see this with the naked eye in a short time span.
While examining them today, I caught an odd movement out of the corner of my eye. One of the nettle seedlings was moving!!!
Not as moving-in-the-wind, but the whole little plant was moving from side to side & round about! It's about an inch & a half tall. I squatted down & observed it. It continued with this strange movement for about a minute or so, then stopped. I didn't see it move again, although I kept going over to look.
Is this the plant 'growing'? I had watered the planter about half an hour earlier, and the sun was on it. It reminded me of slo-mo videos of plant growth, the kind you see on the TV! But I never thought you could see this with the naked eye in a short time span.
finds that plants do grow in spurts, rather than just growing slowly all the time.
