Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Poppin’ Pods

B recently showed me the Impatien seed pod trick.

Carefully remove a mature seed pod by holding only the stem. The mature ones look pregnant.

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Touch it lightly with your finger and….faster than you can focus, it pops open, turning the green pod inside out, springing the tiny seeds free to disperse them.

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I will admit I am easily amused but I think I could do this happily for quite some time. It is just that fascinating.

1 comment:

Island Rider said...

That's pretty cool! I never heard of that!