Back to the Greenhouse............

Here are some 4-inch pots (filled with 5 different soil types) that we have planted with bird seed.........cheap $4 per 20lb bird seed....

This is a little experiment for the "Teach The Teachers" program on June 21.....
We figure bird seed is cheap, germinates in 3-4 days, and should respond to various tortures that we divise (i.e. effects of light, soil, fertilizer, temperature and water)....

For those who might read this blog, here is your life lesson for today:
"...any plant you see anywhere is a product of its
Genotype times its Environment......
As horticulturists we like to manipulate the environment..........as horticultural breeders we like to manipulate everthing (genes and the environment)......life cannot get better than that...........it is the ultimate freedom.....the game comes in trying to trick to plants.........that is not always easy since they have many more genes than we do............grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........

Doing some new work with Banana now............this cultivar is Siam Ruby.............

Bananas like it hot and wet...........if so these plants should grow like heck.................