Re: Vine and pumpkin growth
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Vine and pumpkin growth
- From: "* D* <s*@pcug.org.au>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 16:06:12 +1100
Brian,
Someone on the mailing list said they intended to conduct this experiment
using a short life radioactive isotope. Perhaps we will get the results next
season.
Stewart ACT Aust
sdeans@pcug.org.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Cook <bcook@interlog.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, 30 December 1997 3:00
Subject: Re: Vine and pumpkin growth
>Ok, keeping in mind that right now I am completly overcome by the flu
>and it is probably just the fever talking but,.............
>
>In order to demonstrate the way nutrients travel through the plant,
>could we not on a spare plant or two(just to be safe) allow the plant to
>reach sufficent size as to be growing vigourously then, after
>withholding water for a couple of days, water with a solution that has a
>large amount of vegetable or other non-toxic dye? With sufficent
>quantities of dye in the watering solution would it not be possible to
>watch the soultion migrate through the plant?
>
>This could be done with different colours, one for watering at the main
>root zone and another for foliar feeding etc. If enough of you think
>this might work I wil give it a try next summer and see if I can
>photograph the effects. If it shows up at all, it might be interesting
>to post the results in an animated GIF or something.
>
>I think this might work, I have seen it demonstrated on cut flowers
>before, but then again I could just be delierious from the flu!
>--
>Brian Cook b*@interlog.com
>Toronto/Port Perry Ontario Canada
>
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