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The plant's common name derives from the plant's resemblance to the unrelated Chenopodium bonus-henricus (Good King Henry, also known as mercury, markry, markery, Lincolnshire spinach). Since Mercurialis perennis is highly poisonous, it was named "dog's" mercury (in the sense of "false" or "bad"). [4] It has also been known as boggard posy.
“For some of my snake plants, I use only pumice-based plant gravel,” Margareta says. Avoid soil mixtures that retain too much moisture, like those that contain vermiculite—this can lead to ...
Here are some of the most common plants that are toxic to dogs, according to Dr Wismer: Sago Palm This handsome prehistoric-looking palm is the most dangerous houseplant on the list for dogs ...
A snake plant left on top of a filing cabinet in an office cubicle far from a window won’t need watering as much as the same plant set in front of a sunny, southern-facing window.
The plants contain the enzyme myrosinase, which, in the presence of water, cleaves off the glucose group from a glucosinolate. [11] The remaining molecule then quickly converts to an isothiocyanate, a nitrile, or a thiocyanate; these are the active substances that serve as defense for the plant. Glucosinolates are also called mustard oil ...
9% (collected as sugar) → 35–40% of sugar is recycled/consumed by the leaf in dark and photo-respiration, leaving; 5.4% net leaf efficiency. Many plants lose much of the remaining energy on growing roots. Most crop plants store ~0.25% to 0.5% of the sunlight in the product (corn kernels, potato starch, etc.).
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose, [1] which accumulates in the stalk internodes.
Temperature. A snake plant in colder temperatures requires less water than in warmer temperatures, says Hancock. This is because in cooler temperatures, the plant leaves keep the stomata closed ...