it is wrong to turn plants around

Robin Carrier robin@no1bird.com
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:36:52 PST
what happens?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alberto Castillo" <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Plants use Circadian rhytms to prepare for battle with 
insects


>
> "For example, some  plants that track the sun with their leaves during the 
> day are known
> to "reset"  their leaves at night and move them back toward the east in
> anticipation of  sunrise. "
>
> Some? Rather all. This is why it is wrong to turn plants around to get a 
> "uniform" rounded appearance for Shows.
>
> I don't know the English expression for this but with woody plants it is 
> most important to "respect the North" when transplanting or moving them to 
> a different spot. Meaning, they should retain the same orientation with 
> respect to the cardinal points.
>
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