Acorn in water - tell us why, Iris
 

Yeah Iris, tell us where does mold come from and why does it form? Does it
EAT the acorn?

Why does nature waste so many acorns by allowing them to fall into the water
and die?

Why Iris why? Who will stop the madness? Is this all the work of some
vengeful god or some conspiracy by the trilateral commission? ;-)

Just how old is George and has he taken basic biology in school yet?


George wrote in message
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Thanks Iris,
It didn't look very healthy so I threw it out.

If acorns fall into water naturally and are allowed to die, I imagine
the same thing happens.

Do you know where the mold comes from and why it forms - does it eat
the acorn?

George



(Iris Cohen) wrote in message
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I placed an acorn in a cup of water a few weeks ago.
The water has decreased and turned orange and has globules.
The acorn is covered with a grey mold-like cover.

Acorns are not designed to germinate in water. The acorn has died and is
moldy.
The water is probably full of bacteria.
If you want to geminate acorns, in fact most seeds, you will have to
plant them
in soil.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the
oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Acorn in water - tell us why, Iris
 

Just how old is George and has he taken basic biology in school yet?

You are too quick to make fun of people. My granddaughter is in ninth grade,
and I can tell you the quality of public school instruction, even in the
suburbs, is not what it was when we went to school. And many young people are
too immature to really absorb even the most basic material. With folks like
George, years after they graduated from high school, they suddenly become
curious and are really interested in learning the facts that didn't register at
the time. Don't knock it.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Acorn in water - tell us why, Iris
 

Are you curious yellow or are you curious blue?

Actually George never said how old he is and we don't know his level of
formal education either.

So, you shouldn't just assume that he's some old fart loosing his marbles,
Iris!!!


Iris Cohen wrote in message
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Just how old is George and has he taken basic biology in school yet?

You are too quick to make fun of people. My granddaughter is in ninth
grade,
and I can tell you the quality of public school instruction, even in the
suburbs, is not what it was when we went to school. And many young people
are
too immature to really absorb even the most basic material. With folks
like
George, years after they graduated from high school, they suddenly become
curious and are really interested in learning the facts that didn't
register at
the time. Don't knock it.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Acorn in water - tell us why, Iris
 

Cereoid-UR12- schreef
Are you curious yellow or are you curious blue?

Actually George never said how old he is and we don't know his level of
formal education either.

+ + +
Why not bright green?

There is something like mental age. From tone and content of your postings
we assume you are a bright but emotionally unstable teen and we treat you as
such. For all we know, in actuality you may be a frustrated 50-plus year old
grouch, whose development got stuck at an early age ("you're twelve"?).

As to your formal education? We hope you enjoyed some.
PvR

Acorn in water - tell us why, Iris
 

Iris,
that really is a great piece you wrote here.

The moral is that we are have to learn too much in school at an immature
age, or maybe it's the lack of a rigorous upbringing, that narrows our
perception down to one single concern. It's hard to learn something of
evereything (certainly when you have other things on your mind like kids,
paying a house, ...) , but maybe the biggest frustration of all is that out
brains are not designed to remember all the stuff we soak up, that we forget
things, and that our lives are too short in terms of gathering information.

Maybe we do miss one cell doubling in our brain, same thing what
distinguishes us and monkeys.

I have great respect for George, because he is interested one of the primary
things in life -nature-. Something that my urbanised neighbours have
forgotten a long time ago.



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Il faut penser à l'avenir afin d'endurer le présent.

Moi, Xavier.


"Iris Cohen" schreef in bericht
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Just how old is George and has he taken basic biology in school yet?

You are too quick to make fun of people. My granddaughter is in ninth
grade,
and I can tell you the quality of public school instruction, even in the
suburbs, is not what it was when we went to school. And many young people
are
too immature to really absorb even the most basic material. With folks
like
George, years after they graduated from high school, they suddenly become
curious and are really interested in learning the facts that didn't
register at
the time. Don't knock it.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)