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TREE SEEDS: February 2010
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010. Perparing for seeds from Africa. It's about a week now until Tony Hill, our Programmes Director, gets back from his visit to our offices in Burkina Faso, and I'm beginning to get quite excited! Hopefully he will be bringing with him (after checking the biological customs restrictions with the very friendly government agency fera at http:/ www.blogger.com/www.fera.defra.gov.uk. Tree seeds from some of the species we work with in Africa. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If you've been...
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TREE SEEDS: October 2010
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Friday, 8 October 2010. 10th October 2010: A day to think about Trees! With 10.10.10 heading towards us fast, we at TREE AID are encouraging you to plant a tree to help cut your carbon emissions by 10% as part of the global 10:10 campaign. You can plant a tree anywhere: in your garden, in a pot or at your children's school. But if you can't find the time, or the perfect spot, we can make it even easier for you, we can plant one for you! Check out our gift catalogue. Labels: 10.10.10. If you've been inspi...
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TREE SEEDS: March 2010
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010. This afternoon I have been planting tree seeds! I'm feeling a little bit apprehensive now, mixed with excitement. I really hope to get at least a few of each, Baobab and Neem, germinated, and will be so disappointed if nothing happens! I've sown thirty seeds in total, fifteen of each, so it's fingers crossed for the next few weeks! Thursday, 11 March 2010. The seeds are in the building. The seeds have arrived! I have a bag of Neem (. Seeds , and a bag of the Baobab (. Alive and ...
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TREE SEEDS: Seeds' day out!
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Thursday, 2 September 2010. After a busy two weeks the seeds and seedlings had the bank holiday weekend out and about at the Sculptree festival at Westonbirt Arboretum. 18 of the latest batch of Baobab seeds had germinated, so I separated each one out into its own pot. The Baobab and Neems seeds had come in bags of quite large quantities, even for the biggest of windowsills, so I packaged up small bags of the seeds so that visitors could have a go at growing tree seeds too! Labels: bank holiday weekend.
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TREE SEEDS: Not enough water, or too much?
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Wednesday, 9 June 2010. Not enough water, or too much? For maybe two weeks now three of the Baobab seedlings have been looking, to varying degrees, a bit under the weather. As you can see from the picture, some of the leaves have gone yellow, and are very soft and floppy. The rest of the plant has also stopped growing. Survival of the fittest. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to the Tree Seeds blog! There was an error in this gadget. Growing With Science Blog. Arboreality - Tree Blogging.
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TREE SEEDS: September 2010
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Thursday, 2 September 2010. After a busy two weeks the seeds and seedlings had the bank holiday weekend out and about at the Sculptree festival at Westonbirt Arboretum. 18 of the latest batch of Baobab seeds had germinated, so I separated each one out into its own pot. The Baobab and Neems seeds had come in bags of quite large quantities, even for the biggest of windowsills, so I packaged up small bags of the seeds so that visitors could have a go at growing tree seeds too! Labels: bank holiday weekend.
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TREE SEEDS: Where are the Shea seedlings?
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Wednesday, 4 August 2010. Where are the Shea seedlings? In the meantime I've planted up some of the Dawadawa and Tamarind seeds that arrived from Africa with Philip. They were given about six hours to soak this time, as the germination of the last sets of seeds seemed to be most successful after 5 hours in hot water. When I opened the flask and poured out the seeds the Tamarind seeds had gone really slimy! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to the Tree Seeds blog! Growing With Science Blog.
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TREE SEEDS: August 2010
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Wednesday, 4 August 2010. Where are the Shea seedlings? In the meantime I've planted up some of the Dawadawa and Tamarind seeds that arrived from Africa with Philip. They were given about six hours to soak this time, as the germination of the last sets of seeds seemed to be most successful after 5 hours in hot water. When I opened the flask and poured out the seeds the Tamarind seeds had gone really slimy! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to the Tree Seeds blog! There was an error in this gadget.
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TREE SEEDS: Bigger Baobabs and Blue Peter pots
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Wednesday, 2 June 2010. Bigger Baobabs and Blue Peter pots. It's been a good few weeks since the last repotting of the Baobabs, and they've been growing well, doubling in size really. Having seen last time that the roots went so deep relative to the height of the plant I thought it was time to give them a bit more space again. The environmentally and financially considered idea of using empty juice and milk cartons seemed like the best and most colourful way forward. I think the cartons look quite good i...
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TREE SEEDS: May 2010
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010. On the importance of leaves. As promised last week I've done some looking into leaves, why they are different across diferent types of trees and plants, and what makes our Baobab and Neem leaves specially adapted to the hot dry conditions of countries like Burkina Faso and Ghana. Thursday, 6 May 2010. Having been away for about a week I've come back to lots of fresh growth on the Baobabs and, more excitingly, two Neem germinations! I'm intrigued as to why the leaves of the two pla...
