Miles was careful not to laugh at any of the mud throwing that was happening, but the loss of points from the other houses was benificial for Slytherin. He raised his hand just after the question was asked. "Can't you control how much water they have when they're in a pot?" He asked questioningly.

Barry put on his gloves and made the hole in the pot, he quickly glanced around and saw Tobi in a conner "Poor Tobi" he said hopefully load enough to get the boy off his back.

Jake raised his hand. "Professor," he said. "If the conditions outside with the weather got unsuitable for plants, you could move the plant to somewhere else if it was in a pot. Same with the soil outside. It's easier to look after it in a controlled way. It may not be natural, but they are less likely to die. Plus, if you relocated, you could easily move it."

Risking a quick glare at Jack, Jake couldn't help but think, I told ya so!

Tobi wandered over to the corner like a kicked puppy. He settled in and raised a hand, best to try and gain some of those points back as fast as possible, besides liking being in second place among the Gryffindors, right behind Anna, he suspected that the moment that they got out of class, She would be delivering him with a sound verbal thrashing for A) attacking Kettleburn, and B) losing Gryffindor points, much less many in one shot. "Ma'am pots allow for drainage, as we discussed before, and they also allow for transportation, so we can remove a plant from any unsuitable climate, such as spontaneous bad weather, sudden bad atmosphere, or any other dangers without having to dig it up or otherwise disturb the plant. The more we touch the plant, generally speaking, the more it is disturbed."

"Pots are portable, gardens are not" said Barry smiling " And Pots stop lots of plants being crowded in one space in the soil" he said hand raised.

He then hurried over to the plants and got the puffopods, he violantly pulled at the plant and most of it came out, and he walked over to the tub and started shaking his plant.

EVILl WOMAN!! 20 points 20! and more 15 from Gryff! That's just evil. Ravenclaw is in first place, take points from them not from the others...

Ana raised her hand "To protect from severe weather conditions and to transport from one place to another?"

John raised his hand. "The reason we put plants in a pot is it is so much easier for us to care for them that it is if we put them out in the garden. It is also easier for us to water them to right about as if they are out it the garden and it rains they might drown in all the rain." He thought about it for a few minutes then added. "It is also easier for them to grow whilest they are small if they are in a pot."

"You can display the plants in your house or store them in a green house if they are in a pot like these."


Abby gets her pot and puts her gloves on. She starts putting the compost/soil mixture in it. When the soil is about 3/4 of the way up the pot, she uses the aguamenti charm and waters the soil until it is saturated. Abby walks toward the front to get her puffapod plant when her feet hit one of the piles of mud on the floor. She slips and falls flat on her rear end.

Anna sighed dramatically and slouched down on her seat, her cheek immediately coming to rest in the palm of her hand. Thirty-five frazzling points from Gryffindor? Are you freaking serious? Anna didn't have any expectations of winning the house cup at this point (or even coming close to it), but for crying out loud, did it always have to be a Gryffindor? Why couldn't a Ravenclaw---or two or three or ten---knock mud on the professor's boots every once in a while...

Figuring she may as well try and win some of their points back, Anna raised her hand. "The ground is a more permanent home for the plant, so it's not so easy to transport it to a new location if need be. Due to random temperature changes or other natural causes, we sometimes need to turn plants, shift plants, or transport them to a new location entirely. If the plants are in the ground, we can't easily move them, can we? However, if the plants are in a container, we can still grow them and care for them, but at the same time, we can transport them easily if the need arises," she said. "Also, due to the location of the sun, and shade for that matter, often times the parts of ground plants facing the sun tend to grow more and remain healthier than parts usually in the shade. Plants in a container can be rotated to allow for even sun distribution."

Barry walked back to his table and did everything and was now on the massaging stage, he massaged the plant just like he was supposed to.

William bowed as his new favorite professor applauded him before secretly flinching as the other Houses lost points for such rude behavior. Surely they knew they'd get into serious trouble for their efforts. He raised his hand as the professor asked a question, "Well, like others have said, you can move the plants round in pots, moving them to better sunlit spots or out of the wind if need be. I know some plants hate coldness and by having them in pots it allows the plants to become more attuned to their area. With gardens you can't move the plants with it gets too cold or hot, with pots you can." He replied, smiling warmly as he took off his gloves and waited.

Nathaniel sat up and had known that he'd be in deep dragon dung. It was worth it. Those boots.. those PINK boots were dirty and what not and he was oh so happy.He put on his I'm sorry. fake face. He looked at the other kids and smiled hiding it from BunBun. He gathered his things and off to the corner he went.

Eyeing Tobi curiously, Cela raised her gloved hand, "Planting in pots is good for places were the ground soil doesn't have the right nutrients or PH levels for the chosen plant. It's also good for decoration where there isn't much space to have a conventional garden and where... pink or terracotta or whatever kind of pots are chosen as a feature. Also it means you can have a piece of nature indoors, since potted plants can be put almost anywhere. And when a plant is damaged or sick, you can take care of it in a pot until it is strong enough to handle outdoor conditions."

Or something.

Elan's head felt like a swivel as he had heard professor screaming and then the activities which had caused the furor. He inhaled sharply at the mud. All that mud! he thought. His mom would totally freak out. She got angry if there was just a bit of dust on the threshold. He looked over at his friend Tobi as he walked to the corner and Tobi didn't seem especially chagrined. As a matter of fact, he looked a little proud of himself. He wished he had a chance to chat, but the question took him from his thoughts and he listened to the answers that were provided as he mindlessly overwatered his work.

Cam stared at the pot already filled with gravel and then took a gulp when he looked at the instructions the professor gave. This was scary, what if some of those compost got into his hands? Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Out of all the instructions, that just had to be the most disgusting one. But that’s what gloves were for but he was still scared. Mighty scared of touching some animal waste! So carefully he put on his gloves as tightly as he could (so tightly he knew his hands would hurt) in case some of the manure or whatever it was called touched his skin.

Herbology was fun, when you could draw yourself but now this was just a mean torturing machine. So with his eyes half-closed, he started to put the soil/compost mixture into his pot and also tried to not breathe as possible. He was now breathing from his mouth, and then wondered what would happen if one of the dirt just happened to get in his mouth while working.

He had no choice but to keep away from his own pot, reaching his hands out full-length just until he could work properly. Was it possible the professor would let him get some of his shampoo back in the castle and then bring it back so it could act like some sort of an air freshener?

After that though, led to only confusion like the same confusion when that KraziKazi told the students to say “Lumos” if they needed help. This was about the same situation but with a different spell. The only thing Cam could really do was stare at the other students and see what they did. Stare. Stare Stare. He looked at what they did and nodded.

Just when it was about right, he took out his wand and tried doing the same motion they did. ”Aguamenti! he yelled and it took him several tries until he had enough water for the soil. Not enough that it becomes like mud? Awwe. That was sad, he wanted to make like mud pies and mud cakes with these and then throw it straight at BunBuns later. Bleh. Well it didn’t look like some mud-form which meant he was doing well so far.

With his gloves on for the whole time, he held out his poking finger and carefully poked the soil and poked poked poked it until it was finally about the right size for the plant that was going to go in it. Ew. He was basically touching the disgusting soil again so he tried to step away even more now. Looking at the next instructions, he gave a sigh of relief when it said to get a puffapod from the pile. Phew. Phew. But this seemed to be a much harder task than it looked like. Like, seriously, ALL of the roots?

Going over to the pile, he was quite happy a lot of people picked most of them already or else he would be having a much harder time than he thought. Carefully, he reached out for one, taking as long as 5 minutes to get a piece. It was like, haaaard. When he finally got the rest of the tall plant, he looked at the roots. There were more than a couple of roots. Was that good? Since he didn’t remember how many roots a puffapod had, he didn’t know if it was good enough either.

“My little puffapod, you’re better than any puffed iPod.” Hehe. A JOKE! Remembering Reese’s encounter with him and her little iPod she had, this was the perfect joke he could have created with the word. Or maybe even… “Hey puff, how’s your pod? Hehehe!” His joke senses were tingling today, he was some sort of a midget comedian! Well at least he was talking to his plant even if plants couldn’t talk. Could they? Maybe if he was transfigured into a plant then he would have heard some plant thoughts. Like maybe even “plant me if ya can” or “plantation will dominate the woooorld!” That would’ve been awesome.

Continuing back to the instructions, he carefully put the plant on the table while looking into his pot to see if there was any extra dirt or anything. There really was, lots actually. So he shook the dirt over the tub or whatever it was and then went back to his table to continue. Carefully putting the puffapod plant inside of the pot, he tried to make enough room for the plant to be put in and then gently massaged the roots. Massaging plants, hehe. The way she wrote it made it sound funneh.

Suddenly there was a commotion. A commotion where basically all of the houses except Ravenclaws lost points. What?! NUUUUU. NU. That. Was. Just. Plain. Wrong. But he knew that if he went in the conversation, he could have lost points too. BunBun was going to get it. She was going to get it goooood. Yeah that’s right. A storm of plans and ideas invaded his mind all he could do really, was attempt on making a smile. An evil smile it was, that is.

Grabbing the bag with the fertilized soil, he used his gloved-hand to reach for some and then slowly put it in the pot to cover the roots. ”This soil is fresh. This soil is funkeh. This soil is grooveh. This soil is cooool.” OOH. It was some sort of a song he made up and it sounded awesome the way he said it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he expected the plant to die after it heard his singing voice but it didn’t. That probably meant that his voice really didn’t sound so bad after all! Right?! Right.

And soon Cam realized that even after he patted it, there were still some roots exposed. They looked like exposed roots, well that was obviously obvious. Well because of his supreme intelligence, he knew that he needed more of the soil. So he grabbed more and then put it into the pot, patting the soil again. “Oh yeah. Bob the Builder, can we fix it? Bob the Builder, yes we can.” He fixed it, and because of that, he rocked.

”Aguamenti!” Again, it took him several times until water came out but finally it did. Haha. He was done now, and this puffapod was going to like, love its new home he created it.

“I’m finiiished, I’m finiiished,” he sang under his breath and then pet the puffapod plant while waiting for the next instructions.

Twilight raised her hand, Umm Professor it is better to pot in a container instead of a garden , when the conditons outside are not good for the plant. ANd when you must contain the plant spreading, when other plants can harm your plant or when it needs special fertilisation or watering care it would not get outside."

Sakura pouted slightly and could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. She was a dead witch walking. Her housemates would kill her, so would Ruby. Worst part is she didn't know if it would be figuratively or literally. Nevertheless she gathered up her things and walked over to a corner of the room. Sitting down she wrapped her arms around herself and putting her head down she began to silently cry. She just hoped her parents didn't find out about this.

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"Uh, it was an accident?" Tobi made big eyes and tried hoped it would work. it was plausible after all his wand work was atrocious.

This is definitely going to knock me out of second place in Gryffindor. Probably out of the top ten overall. He thought repentantly. Though he wasn't especially sorry he sprayed Kettleburn. He still though he deserved worse yet.

"You know full well it was NOT." Bunbury snapped at Tobi, watching with narrowed eyes until he marched to his corner. "And that will be another five points from Gryffindor."

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Melanie looked completely and totally befuddled by the professor's questions but decided to answer anyway, thinking of her plant's moving roots. Melanie raised her hand. "So they don't run away." she answered, dead serious. Maybe if they were lucky the points the professer gave them for her questions would make up for the ones they had lost.

Bunbury shook her head at the Hufflepuff young'un with a silly answer. "No no, plants don't run, girl. One point for your guess, though."

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Taking her glove off and raising her hand. Liz replies "You can take closer care of the flower or plant. Especially if it is drooping. You also can decorate your home with them nicely. Especially with pink!"

"Excellent answer, dear," she acknowledged the Ravenclaw. "Take two points."

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Miles was careful not to laugh at any of the mud throwing that was happening, but the loss of points from the other houses was benificial for Slytherin. He raised his hand just after the question was asked. "Can't you control how much water they have when they're in a pot?" He asked questioningly.

"This is true; one point."

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Jake raised his hand. "Professor," he said. "If the conditions outside with the weather got unsuitable for plants, you could move the plant to somewhere else if it was in a pot. Same with the soil outside. It's easier to look after it in a controlled way. It may not be natural, but they are less likely to die. Plus, if you relocated, you could easily move it."

Ahh, Mr. Upstead. He always seemed to be right on the money. "Yes, mobility. Mobility of the pots is the greatest advantage to not planting them in the ground. Three points."

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Tobi wandered over to the corner like a kicked puppy. He settled in and raised a hand, best to try and gain some of those points back as fast as possible, besides liking being in second place among the Gryffindors, right behind Anna, he suspected that the moment that they got out of class, She would be delivering him with a sound verbal thrashing for A) attacking Kettleburn, and B) losing Gryffindor points, much less many in one shot. "Ma'am pots allow for drainage, as we discussed before, and they also allow for transportation, so we can remove a plant from any unsuitable climate, such as spontaneous bad weather, sudden bad atmosphere, or any other dangers without having to dig it up or otherwise disturb the plant. The more we touch the plant, generally speaking, the more it is disturbed."

Oh MERLIN, would this boy never give up? Anastasia considered strolling over to his corner and smacking him upside the head but she paused to consider his answer instead. And he did have a point.

"That is correct, I suppose," Bunbury sighed. "Two points."

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"Pots are portable, gardens are not" said Barry smiling " And Pots stop lots of plants being crowded in one space in the soil" he said hand raised.

He then hurried over to the plants and got the puffopods, he violantly pulled at the plant and most of it came out, and he walked over to the tub and started shaking his plant.

"Very good, Barry," she nodded to the boy. "Have a point, and please do be more careful with my puffapods."

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EVILl WOMAN!! 20 points 20! and more 15 from Gryff! That's just evil. Ravenclaw is in first place, take points from them not from the others...

Ana raised her hand "To protect from severe weather conditions and to transport from one place to another?"

"Yes, one point."

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John raised his hand. "The reason we put plants in a pot is it is so much easier for us to care for them that it is if we put them out in the garden. It is also easier for us to water them to right about as if they are out it the garden and it rains they might drown in all the rain." He thought about it for a few minutes then added. "It is also easier for them to grow whilest they are small if they are in a pot."

Clearly this Hufflepuff had put some thought into his answer, and he was correct. "Two points to you."

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"You can display the plants in your house or store them in a green house if they are in a pot like these."

"Indeed. One point."

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Figuring she may as well try and win some of their points back, Anna raised her hand. "The ground is a more permanent home for the plant, so it's not so easy to transport it to a new location if need be. Due to random temperature changes or other natural causes, we sometimes need to turn plants, shift plants, or transport them to a new location entirely. If the plants are in the ground, we can't easily move them, can we? However, if the plants are in a container, we can still grow them and care for them, but at the same time, we can transport them easily if the need arises," she said. "Also, due to the location of the sun, and shade for that matter, often times the parts of ground plants facing the sun tend to grow more and remain healthier than parts usually in the shade. Plants in a container can be rotated to allow for even sun distribution."

The Gyffindor Prefect didn't seem too happy with Tobi's or Nathaniel's point losses - but they got what they deserved. "Very thoughtful answer, Miss Greingoth. Have two points." There, she should be satisfied now.

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William bowed as his new favorite professor applauded him before secretly flinching as the other Houses lost points for such rude behavior. Surely they knew they'd get into serious trouble for their efforts. He raised his hand as the professor asked a question, "Well, like others have said, you can move the plants round in pots, moving them to better sunlit spots or out of the wind if need be. I know some plants hate coldness and by having them in pots it allows the plants to become more attuned to their area. With gardens you can't move the plants with it gets too cold or hot, with pots you can." He replied, smiling warmly as he took off his gloves and waited.

"You are correct, William," Anastasia nodded at the boy, returning his smile with a tight-lipped one of her own. She wasn't going to go back to being cheerful anytime soon. "Two points."

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Eyeing Tobi curiously, Cela raised her gloved hand, "Planting in pots is good for places were the ground soil doesn't have the right nutrients or PH levels for the chosen plant. It's also good for decoration where there isn't much space to have a conventional garden and where... pink or terracotta or whatever kind of pots are chosen as a feature. Also it means you can have a piece of nature indoors, since potted plants can be put almost anywhere. And when a plant is damaged or sick, you can take care of it in a pot until it is strong enough to handle outdoor conditions."

"Two points to you too, Ms. Toussiant."

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Twilight raised her hand, Umm Professor it is better to pot in a container instead of a garden , when the conditons outside are not good for the plant. ANd when you must contain the plant spreading, when other plants can harm your plant or when it needs special fertilisation or watering care it would not get outside."

"Well it's not necessarily better," Bunbury nodded at the Hufflepuff, "but each form of planting has its own advantages and disadvantages. Two points."

She strolled back to the front of the room and added the notes of what everyone had discussed to be under the directions for potting. "You should all know that planting in pots carries certain disadvantages as well. Who can tell me some things you should be wary of when potting a plant, as opposed to planting it in the garden? Besides root rot, of course."

Lyra raised her hand. If there was one thing she knew very little of, it was gardening but..."When planting in pots it is good to trim the roots slightly as it will allow new growth to take place and your plant will bloom even more."

Cela raised her hand thoughtfully, "Well you have to keep repotting the plant as it grows so that the roots don't jam up and... suffocate? Well... so they don't jam up. Also since there aren't birds or insects or whatever naturally present to... do stuff to the soil, you have to keep an eye on the plant to be sure it is getting the right nutrients. Also... the plant wouldn't develop a resistance to harmful things like weather or other plants so it might be hard to plant it in the ground and keep it alive, especially if it has grown from the seeds or cuttings of another potted plant." She adjusted her gloves and looked at the pink pot unseeingly.

John put his hand up "Professor when you plant a seed in a pot and it starts growing then the roots starts spreeding and so after awhile it becomes crampt in a small place and has no space to grow which could kill it." He smiled as he continued. "Also if it is in a pot there is a chance that the pot could brake which will harm the plant or worse kill them. With a pot you also have a little amount of soil that can go on and after awhile there won't be enough soil." He smiled as he finished what he was saying.

For the loive of Merlin! Tobi lost another five points?!?! Anna glared at both Tobi and Nathaniel and gave each boy a frown. Hearing that she'd received two points for her answer, Anna perked up slightly. It was only two of the forty they'd managed to lose, but at least they were gaining points now. Anna smiled at the professor and nodded once, silently thanking her for the two points she'd awarded.

With newfound determination, Anna raised her hand once again. "When potting a plant, you risk damaging it's valuable, yet fragile roots. If you're not careful when you're transplanting, you could easily tear some of the roots off the plant, thus depriving it of one of its most valuable parts. Without the roots, after all, water and certain minerals can't reach the plant. Roots also serve as an anchor for the plant. They hold the plant down so it doesn't sway during bad weather conditions," she said. "You also chance adding an inappropriate amount of soil and water to the pot which holds the plants. Doing so could easily kill the plant, as it can't handle too little or too much water. The location of the plant should also be taken into consideration. Once potted, you have to make sure you place your plant in an area where it can easily reach the sunlight it needs to grow and live."

Tobi tried again to get into his Professor's good graces, strangely, he was the only one among the corner-dwellers who was making the attempt, he raised his hand, "Ma'am, if for no other reason, keeping a plant in a pot can be a dangerous because roots aren't inanimate objects to anchor a plant into the ground, they grow just like the plant does, and they can out grow the pot. If the pot doesn't have sufficient space for the roots, they become compacted and don't receive all the nutrients they require. Similarly, if there are many plants in one pot, hardier plants can choke out more delicate ones if there isn't enough space for all of them to grown and thrive."

He put his hand in the air, "Well, I know from what my mum says that moving plants around too much could cause them to wilt faster, especially i they're in a darker area. They don't get as much light and water, having move around from garden, where more nutrients are stored to pots, where less is stored." He replied, frowning at his answer. Well, at least he knew something, which was saying something for his mood now. He still didn't feel emotions as much as he used too but he was at least smiling slightly now.

Good start..

Jake raised his hand. "I suppose the roots can't spread out far enough, and as a result would become all cramped in the pot," he tried, not really knowing what root rot was, other than it sounded funny. "I should also think," Jake went on to say. "If the plant couldn't be watered or attended to for some reason, and it drained the water and nutrients from in the pot, it couldn't get it from there, and would have to rely on the atmosphere, where it wouldn't be as beneficial. The nutrients that are produced in the soil, also must be better than any that can be in a pot, because it's nature, and the plants could get the nutrients as they were supposed to. It's more... natural..."

Jake lowered his hand, smiling slightly. He was grateful for the points, and wanting Bunbury back in a good mood. She was so much nicer that way. He was aware of how much he'd rambled though. Rambling = bad.