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Title: Now you see it......
Post by: carolinej on April 13, 2007, 22:20:02
Hello :)

I have a strange question. A plant is put into a pot with compost. After a while , it gets root bound. If you leave it too long, the pot just seems full of roots. Where did the compost go?!?

Any ideas?

cj :)
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: saddad on April 13, 2007, 22:27:16
The plant ate it... and converted it into veg matter, some washed out the bottom and some blew away when it was dry... but mainly the plant ate it ( Matter can be neither created nor destroyed?????????)
::)
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: carolinej on April 13, 2007, 22:41:32
QuoteMatter can be neither created nor destroyed

Oooh, now there's technical :o

Thanks

cj :)
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: Deb P on April 13, 2007, 23:19:14
Quote from: saddad on April 13, 2007, 22:27:16
( Matter can be neither created nor destroyed?????????)
::)

Do you teach Physics by any chance? ;D
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: OllieC on April 14, 2007, 09:02:41
I think it's the air that's gone, not the compost. Moslty. So the roots have gone into the gaps.
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: Jeannine on April 14, 2007, 09:42:03
I think it is the plant, and if you are not careful they grow out of their pots and eat other things too...lost a cat anyone,it could be that daisy over there !!

Don't forget the triffids XX

Jeannine
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on April 14, 2007, 09:59:28
Quote from: Deb P on April 13, 2007, 23:19:14
Quote from: saddad on April 13, 2007, 22:27:16
( Matter can be neither created nor destroyed?????????)
::)

Do you teach Physics by any chance? ;D

matter can neither be created nor destroyed during the course of a chemical reaction.  Physics is different. E equals mc squared. There's a black hole in the bottom of your pots.
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on April 14, 2007, 10:56:46
You can view matter as a form of energy, in which case energy can nether be created nor destroyed, and you have something which survives even Einstein!
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: carolinej on April 14, 2007, 12:29:09
 :o :o :o

Too Technical for me.......Argh!

I prefer to think the fairys take it to put in their raised beds that they make with all those teeth. Much simpler.

;D ;D ;D

cj :)
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: Eristic on April 14, 2007, 13:24:16
If you put your houseplants outside for some air, don't forget to take them back indoors again.

(http://www.bluewisteria.co.uk/flowers/images/yucca_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Now you see it......
Post by: Biscombe on April 14, 2007, 14:31:04
heheheheh!!!! I kill all my house plants but the fruit and veg like me!?!