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The Fabulous Plant Kingdom
By: AGelbert Date: October 28, 2013, 10:59 pm
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[center]The secret lives of plants
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Re: The Fabulous Plant Kingdom
By: AGelbert Date: January 1, 2014, 9:50 pm
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[center]Move over "grape vine" communication simplicity, Learn
about the plant internet!
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This is plainly an altruistic mechanism because it does not stop
the harm being done to the plant getting attacked by climate or
a predator. It only warns the others nearby who then ramp up
their own defenses. It's a TOTALLY UNSELFISH act. :o ;D
How signaling compounds zip along these fungal networks IS, UH,
NOT CLEAR... ;D ALSO "not clear" is how these signals USED by
plants unrelated to the FUNGUS "evolved". They find it
"debatable" BECAUSE the "evolutionary" DISTANCE between plants
and (Primitive) fungi is rather large, not to mention the
"what's in it for me" factor that doesn't seem to exist. LOL!
And then there is the GIANT bag of worms for evolutionists that
plants (no central nervous system and therefore PRIMITIVE by
Darwinian standards of evolution) have FAR MORE DNA than WE DO!
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[quote]... no experiment has yet demonstrated that volatile
signaling between neighboring plants can benefit the emitting
plant, prompting some researchers to suggest that
“eavesdropping” is a more accurate description of what has been
observed than “intentional” communication.
Either way, researchers who [size=18pt]doubt that plants would
have evolved to be altruistic have ruminated on the old question
of the evolutionary origins of the phenomenon.[/size] [/quote]
Altruism and Darwinism have NEVER GOTTEN ALONG. ANY TIME an
evolutionary true believer runs into altruism ( an evolutionary
DISadvantage as opposed to the apex predator selfish
"evolutionary advantage" behavior), they go TILT!
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Evidence of healthy soil
By: AGelbert Date: January 2, 2014, 8:02 pm
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[center]Evidence of healthy soil[/center]
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Re: The Fabulous Plant Kingdom
By: AGelbert Date: January 6, 2014, 12:41 am
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[center]Mycologist Paul Stamets is doing great things for the
biosphere.
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In the last 20 years it has been discovered that plants are so
intimately connected to fungi that without the mycelium aiding
plant growth, plants of all types grow poorly.
A type of fungi in Chernobyl can actually use gamma radiation
like our skin uses UV sunlight to make vitamin D (but the fungi
makes nutrients instead). This is the first known use of a life
form obtaining nutrition from gamma radiation.
A type of fungi concentrates radioactive Cesium-137 in
surrounding soils onto itself, thereby making it possible for
forest surrounding land to regenerate.
Paul is working on a plan to grow old forest within 100 miles of
Fukushima starting with a mycelium radiation absorbing and soil
cleansing network.
Oyster mushrooms turn toxic hydrocarbons into carbohydrates to
clean up soils with oil contamination. After the BP oil spill,
Paul designed floating oyster mushroom booms to bioremediate
coastal marshes.
Paul explains how Turkey mushroom healed his mother of terminal
cancer metastasized from the breast to the lymphatic system to
the sternum, bones and liver.
This video is long and detailed. He reveals that, to this day, a
full 73% of anti-cancer drugs are NATURAL non-patentable,
something big pharma does NOT want you to know about.
He explains the powerful anti-fecal coliform and anti-pathogenic
bacterial action of mycelium inoculated soil to the point of
cleaning water without chemical treatment despite having a farm
with cows and chickens.
There is a lot here. I recommend you listen closely. It is
absolutely packed with useful information like the fact that the
ice man (Neolithic well preserved man about 10,000 years old
found in a glacier) carried two types of mushrooms vital to his
existence that are still important to us today.
This man has most of the answers we need for how to de-toxify
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really get his patented mycelium products out there.
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Fungi Perfecti® is a family-owned, environmentally friendly comp
any
By: AGelbert Date: January 6, 2014, 2:21 pm
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Paul Stamets has come up with a lot of mycelium products for
permaculture that he markets.
I noticed in his talk that he refuses to work with Monsanto
even though he is in contact with most soil product chemical
producers. ;D
The pentagon told him he was way ahead of them in antimicrobial
products to fight biowarfare and insect disease vectors in bird
flu, malaria and small pox, to name a few.
He figured out a way to cultivate mycelium with delayed
sporulation. This was the key to carpenter ants and termites in
houses to NOT realize it was toxic to them. They would take the
rice coated in the fungi to the nests and become infected.
Paul makes it clear he does not want to hurt nature. His
products are for insect control inside human dwellings. His
products don't affect bees. In fact they kill the parasites that
honeybee keepers now try to control with chemical pesticides!
Paul mentions how termites are so fastidious about keeping fungi
that kills them out of the nest or mound that two termite guards
at the entrance will, if a termite returning to the nest has
fungi spores on it (spores have a strong smell), take the
termite to the "garbage" area, decapitate it, and commit
suicide. Two other guards instantly take their place.
I love to hear this man talk. He is a walking nature
encyclopedia and he really does respect nature.
This is his web site with some cool stop action videos. Check it
out! Write about your experiences with his products and post
them here if you wish.
[quote]About Fungi Perfecti
Fungi Perfecti® is a family-owned, environmentally friendly
company specializing in using mushrooms to improve the health of
the planet and its people. Founded by mycologist and author Paul
Stamets in 1980, we are leaders in a new wave of technologies
harnessing the inherent power of mushrooms and mycelium
worldwide. Fungi Perfecti is Certified Organic by the Washington
State Department of Agriculture.
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Re: The Fabulous Plant Kingdom
By: AGelbert Date: April 30, 2014, 9:49 pm
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[center]Eight Month Period Time-Lapse Video of Acorn Growth [img
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Re: The Fabulous Plant Kingdom
By: Surly1 Date: May 1, 2014, 5:29 am
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Enjoying this thread, AG.
Paul Stamets is probably 100 years ahead of the culture in terms
of what he is working on. Easy to see how monied status quo
interests would be arrayed against him. These discoveries are
bad for business.
REALLY enjoyed the "Acorn" movie. I am left wondering, "How did
Bromhall do that?"
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Re: The Fabulous Plant Kingdom
By: AGelbert Date: May 1, 2014, 3:20 pm
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Yeah, I asked myself the same question about how he did that. I
think he shot a picture at exactly the same time each day or
every two or three days, ensuring it was NOT a cloudy day when
he did it. He must have been using a light meter to make sure
the light conditions were pretty much the same each picture. As
you know a change in light is very distracting in a time
sequence. It took eight months and he shifted the camera a
couple of times but it came out great. I hope he is still
tracking that oak. A 10 year time sequence would be spectacular.
I was absolutely fascinated by the way the oak leaves (notice
their rounded lobes - that identifies the type of oak - I think
it's Quercus alba) appeared to be flapping as if trying to fly
up to the sky. [img width=80
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/>Sorry Surly (not ;D), for me, watching God's life forms in
action is a religious experience.
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[center]Quercus alba[/center]
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Re: The Fabulous Plant Kingdom
By: AGelbert Date: August 21, 2014, 5:35 pm
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10 Incredible Plant Facts You Didn’t Know
By Kevin Mathews
1. The earth has more than 80,000 species of edible plants.
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2. Ninety percent of the foods humans eat come from just 30
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3. Nutrition doesn’t factor into the crops we do mass produce.
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5. Only one percent of rainforest plants have been studied for
medicinal potential. :o
6. Eighty percent of the Earth’s original forests have been
cleared or destroyed.
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7. Just 10 percent of the world’s plant-rich areas are
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8. More than half of plant species are native to just one
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9. Sixty eight percent of plants are in danger of going extinct.
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10. Plant species are going extinct—about 5,000 times faster
than they should.
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Details on all the above at link below:
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Re: The Fabulous Plant Kingdom
By: AGelbert Date: September 24, 2014, 2:29 pm
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[center]A routine day on the red planet. ;D Do [s]Martians[/s]
Socotrans have a secret?
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[center]The Strange and Unique Plant Life of the Island of
Socotra [/center]
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The 'Lost World' of Socotra. Just look at that landscape and
tell me you don't think a T-Rex would fit right in! [img
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/>Sorry, no T-Rexes but there are plenty of strange life forms
there.
Did they ever have T-Rexes here? That's a known unknown. ;) We
will never know if they had T-Rexes on Mars because the, uh,
[s]Martians[/s] Socotrans won't tell.
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[center]Socotra - The Island Of Wonder [/center]
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Socotra island is one of the strangest places in the world.
Everything about the island is strange, its landscape, plants
and its animals. The flora and fauna on Socotra island is
considered the 'jewel' of biodiversity. The plants are all funny
looking and have weird structure. Some animals on the island are
slightly bigger and scarier, like crabs and other animals. The
landscape is weird and you feels like you are on an alien
planet.
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[center] Eden TWO? [/center]
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[center]🤔
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[center]Nate's Nonsense[/center]
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[center]Yup, we're from Mars too! ;D No, we aren't feeling
blue! >:( (Primates of Socotra)[/center]
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[center]We managed to save most of our on board [s]Martian[/s]
plants when we crash landed here about 6,000 years ago...
;D[/center]
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[center]Dragon Blood Tree ??? [/center]
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[center][s]Martians[/s] Socotrans like good views. It ain't
Olymbus Mons, but we make do. 8)[/center]
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[center]I may be a big crab but have a nice personality and am
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[center]One THIRD of the flora on Socotra Grows NOWHERE ELSE ON
EARTH. [/center]
The largest collection of rarest plants on earth is found on the
island of Socotra, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of
Yemen. Socotra is home to approximately 800 species of plants,
and over 33% of them are thought to be unique to the island and
not found anywhere else in the world.
The island’s collection of rare plants is generally not seen by
many tourists because the island belongs to Yemen, which has
very strict regulations regarding tourists. In 2008, Socotra was
named as a Natural World Heritage Site by United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
which recognizes natural geographical phenomenon.
More about the plants of Socotra:
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[center]Dorstenia gigas (Life was tough on [s]Mars[/s]. Here
it's a walk in the park!)[/center]
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[center]Dorstenia gigas (Look Ma, no SOIL!)[/center]
The Socotra fig tree Dorstenia gigas is thought to not require
soil to grow and samples have even been found to grow against
limestone rock. :o
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[center]Dorstenia gigas 31cm tall x 6cm at soil level. Bud
detail.[/center]
Some of the plant species native to Socotra are thought to date
back over 20 million years. Agelbert Note: ONLY the
[s]Martians[/s] Socotrans know for sure and they won't tell!
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The island’s Dragon Blood Tree was named by traders who thought
the plant’s red sap was actually the blood of the dragon.
Agelbert NOTE: Hello? Angry Red Planet, anyone?
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When ya come from a
red planet, ya have color coded SAP!
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Local "Humans" in a Dragon Blood Tree. We [s]Martians[/s]
Socotrans color code our kids too. After all, offspring should
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Final NOTE: Any similarity between the humor above and fossil
fueler, GW denier "logic" is deliberate.
The BIG difference is that I'm trying to be funny, not
ridiculous! [img
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[center]
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[i]NOW![/I][/center]
[quote]Mr. Ron McCullough, TN
We as a nation have to free ourselves from the tyranny and
boundless greed of the fossil fuel oligarchs that keep us in the
Dark Ages of renewable energy. How is it good governance to
destroy the Earth for short term gains for the 1%? It's not.
It's the result of corruption and cowardice of elected officials
and it must stop!
Mr. Troy Kilbourne, MN
A "Manhattan Project" for renewable energy is, I believe, the
only thing that can reverse our course towards catastrophic
climate change. We did it back then, and we can do it now.
Mr. Stephen Spaulding, NH
The fossil fuel industry knows its stranglehold on us inevitably
has to end. It's feverishly trying every way it can to lock us
into dependence for another half-century. We cannot allow this
to happen.
Ms. Jean Elliott, IL
This is an emergency. Climate and pollution disasters loom
unless we get off fossil fuels.
Sandra Doney, LA
Let's care about quality of life and get our priorities
straight!
Ms. Cecily Smith, AB
The technology for renewable energy has already been developed
and just needs investment. Leave fossil fuels down in the
ground, No more pipelines! [/quote]
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