1 Select a suitable pot for your cutting. You might want to use a normal-sized flower pot for one plant or you can even establish a number of cuttings in the same pot, planted apart from each other. Seedling tubes are also a good idea for many plants. 2 Prepare the pot. Get a plastic (polythene bag) and place gravel at the base of the bag. The pot will be placed in here after you have made the cutting. Fill the pot with suitable soil - sand and peat for drainage make an ideal combination for
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part of my life since I was born. My father grew up in a rural part of north western Haiti, named Jean-Rabel where he used to work the land with his dad. He basically grew up on a farm, and if you look in my yard, we have somewhat of a mini tropical fruit forest. There are two mango trees, an avocado tree, four papaya trees, sugar cane, three coconut trees, and a banana tree. Chapter Eight Written response--Internet research On page 138 Dillard mentions three strange creatures-"-hagfish, platypuses
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Linkage Mapping in Drosophila Introduction Common fruit flies, D. melanogaster, have been found as one of the most useful tools in genetic research. The reason behind that it is a popular experimental organism is due to the high likely hood of producing mutant, visible individuals. Geneticist, Thomas Morgan Hunt, was the first to discover the Drosophila as a model organism to study genetic hereditary. His research showed that the species could randomly obtain genetic mutations that
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Blackberry Picking – Critical essay Chris Inglis ‘Choose a poem in which there is a noticeable change of mood at more than one point of the poem. Show how the poet conveys the change(s) of mood and discuss the importance of the change(s) to the central idea of the poem.’ The poem “Blackberry Picking” by Seamus Heaney is based around the poet’s memories as a child going out in rural Ireland to pick as many blackberries as possible. The poem displays an excited and nostalgic mood throughout
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making simple mistakes. The smoothies would not come out as good as hers, they would sometimes come out tasting sour or bland. Chunks of ice would fill my straw and that in itself was annoying, the same thing would happen with the frozen grapes or fruits would not be crushed all the way. I am going to explain how to making a smoothie can be an easy process, the tools you will need and how to make it a great smoothie. To make the process easy I would recommend investing in a Ninja Blender
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Investigatory Project (Makabuhai and Chili Extract: A household Insecticide) Members: Lois Lane A. de Claro Jillianne Mizzele A. Humarang Angelica B. Landicho Mariel Ann Cudiamat Grade 9 – St. Patrick Chapter I A. Background of the Study An ant lives everywhere on land, being the most numerous in insect species. They live on underground and create those earthier mounds. Some live on trees and some on hollow parts of certain plants. They can be considered as menace in our kitchen
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Case report --- Zespri 04-78-651 Professor: Jonathan Lee Submitted by: November 1, 2014 1. Key issue Zespri, as a world-renowned brand of kiwifruit, is facing some difficulties in the future growth of the company and looking for ways to maintain its leadership position in the increasingly competitive kiwifruit export industry. To be specific, Zespri wants to increase its kiwi export to $3 billion by 2025(double the export), which means Zespri needs to triple the size of global
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All About Apples History The history of apples stretches back to the days of Adam and Eve, when it is believed to have been the “forbidden fruit” described in the Bible. Despite this long standing history, apples did not always grow naturally in New England. While the first apples are thought to have grown on the lower slopes of Tian Shan, a mountain range separating Kazakhstan and Krygystan, they also grew wild in Central and Southwest Asia, China, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Greece.
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unbroken. Third - Break the whole coconut shell in the middle ( put it all together in one place)..Take out the white thing or the meat (Copra) using some tools.....(There is water inside the coconut when you break it...Find a place far from fruits it makes the fruit wither when it absorbs too much water from the coconut) Forth - Let the empty coconut shell under the sun from 1 to 2 days....( To make it dry - the drier the coconut shell is the better result of charcoal). MAKING THE CHARCOAL ( 5
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This IRP will/is going to be testing how liquid nitrogen affects the germination rate of seeds. Cryopreservation is whenever damaged cells are frozen at sub-zero temperatures to attempt to preserve the cell. In preserving the cell it is possible to fix the cell or help the damage done depending on how densely packed the seed is. Based on the information provided if the seeds are stored in the liquid nitrogen then they will germinate at a faster rate than the control group. Germination is the
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