Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for November 06, 2023

The student becomes the teacher…

A bit of water and minerals every so often doesn’t hurt, either. Just sayin’…

If you’re talking to them, you’re paying attention to them.

And the best fertilizer is a Gardener’s Shadow.

The carbon dioxide in your breath is good for most plants …

Did you not know that, Ms. Harris?

If you want to learn something, try teaching someone else.

Don’t talk to your plants if you value privacy. They’re huge gossips, and they communicate on ultrasonic frequencies which travel a long way. Every plant in the neighborhood knows what you’ve said by the time you finish a sentence.

This plant advise can be applied to children, too.

I talked to my cactus once.It attacked me.

She talks constantly. How does the plant know if she’s talking to it or someone else?

It is the carbon dioxide from your breath that helps the plant. They breath in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen.

“Of course I also talk to my crayons, Ms. Harris. And yesterday I had a long conversation with a jar of paste.”

Just watched a video on You Tube where a Japanese researcher did a study on this. One jar of rice he spoke to lovingly, one jar he spoke to hatefully, and one he ignored. The results were in line with Rose’s assumption.

Partially the CO2, the vibrations might affect it too, as birdsong is supposed to stimulate the little breathing holes in leaves to open.

Talking to your plant is a good form of relaxation. They may not sit in your lap and purr, but they are good listeners,

Knowledge often comes from the most unexpected sources…

Better then when Garfield talked to a plant on Saturday.

On the other hand – we talk to my teddy bears (hundreds of them) and some dolls and they always answer back (even if they sound like us).