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Old 05-18-2014, 09:17 PM   #142 (permalink)
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia "Mia" Adair
Slytherin
Sixth Year

Hogwarts RPG Name:
Leigh Upstead
Hufflepuff
Fifth Year
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Eyebrows arched, and holding her breath, Seren waited for Sophie to overcome her short pause... and YESSSSS! Finally, they got there. "That's absolutely correct!" she sang brightly, clapping he hands together in delight. The may have been some rustling leaves coming from the corner at the sound, but she wasn't the least bit concerned by the disturbance.

Of course, true to form -- or so it seemed... Cris also had input with this solution as well. "You're quite right," she nodded, acknowledging his response."[/spoiler]

So... was everyone taking note of this? Weigela and Chokeberry... ahem.

Either way, now that they knew what they were looking at, they could get some learning into them. "Though they bear many similarities, these two bushes have a number of contrasts also. They are both deciduous, both bear red berries after flowering through spring and summer and both grow no greater than five meters in height... though there are known to be exceptions from time to time." But more to the point.. they were both flesh eaters. "The berries on these bushes serve two purposes, the first, reproduction, the second... luring in a feed. The sweet scent and enticing colours of the berries bring small creatures within striking distance of these plants, and while small creatures are their primary staple, they won't mind taking a chunk out of you... given the chance."

And onto their primary objecive for the lesson. The fun part. So to speak... or at least, it was a start, the fun was yet to come.

"Though they are rather mild mannered when compared with a number of the other flesh eaters we study, the Ministry of Magic has still rated them a six using the PCC, otherwise known as the Plant Classification Code. This means that they are useful but considered dangerous, though it doesn't prohibit people from owning and keeping such bushes and they are largely unregulated..." Pretty cool right? They could technically grow these at home... depending on where home was, and how many enchantments they had in place to deter muggles.

"Keeping this in mind, can anyone hazard a guess what kind of care requirements we might need to provide for such specimens?"

OOC: The lesson will continue in approx 18 hours. Please only provide ONE example of care for such plants.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

Sophie was relieved, then, because it would've been embarrassing to be wrong twice. Now that she could visualize in her head where they were at in the textbook, she was much more at ease. Now she knew what they were dealing with. Maybe not hugely life-threatening plants right now, but cool all the same.

She let the others have a go at care requirements will she jogged her memory for other specific details about the Chokeberry Bush, since that's the only one of the two plants she could recall some details about. After some mentioned fertilising, Sophie raised a cautious hand. "Professor, since they're pretty much self-feeding, wouldn't they probably only need the added nutrients from fertilizer maybe only once or twice a year?"
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