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Welcome to /plant/, the happy green place on this blue board, where growers, gardeners and horticulturists share their love for things that grow.

Newbies and amateurs are very welcome, and we’ll always try to answer your questions.

>Flora of the World
http://www.worldfloraonline.org/

>Plants of the World Online
https://powo.science.kew.org/

>Hardiness zones
https://www.plantmaps.com/

>Plant ID Sites
https://identify.plantnet.org/

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>>5071786
I think you can give it maxsea fertilizer on the leaves, or fish flakes if you want.
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>>5071401
Wish I had the space for them. I want a grove of Paulownia.
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>>5071710
didnt freeze just drought
and yeah i have a bad habit of buying pots for aesthetic purpose only
thanks for the advice
fingers crossed cuz im quite fond of this one
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This thing grows too fast.
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>>5065859
I planted them and it’s been like 2 days and they haven’t sprouted. It’s over

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Thoughts on the secretary Bird?
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>>5012008
They do look aesthetic, just not the most aesthetic

Here's how I would fix most pet animal welfare issues (at least in the West); I haven't decided yet about how to deal with the many issues plaguing livestock. I'm Australian, so a lot of my points will be from that lens. I'm not a bleeding heart, I'm not a vegan, I don't support PETA; I think these are very easy, practical things that can be done right now to help animals we keep as pets. I know some of you will think these are controversial.

>All dog breeders not only require a licence, but each bitch can only have one litter every two years minimum
>Pitbulls are to be no more as a breed. The dogs live confused, aggressive, lives of pain and inflict pain on others. Each Pitbull is to be adopted, and requires the same licence a dingo does, and any Pitbull pups are to be culled. The breed will be gone in a decade.
>All cats are to be kept indoors, or to have a suitable, restrained cattery outside. Cats caught outside are impounded, and, if not claimed, culled, as in Australia
>Much like with dogs, each cat breeder is to sire one litter, but because there is such a prolific problem with strays and feral cats, they will be forced to sire a litter every three years, not two.
>Both cats and dogs must be desexed if not bred.
>All parrot breeding is outlawed. Parrots can be owned, and I don't think a licence to own them will make much difference (at this stage), but every single parrot is to be adopted. After a grace period of about a decade or two, MAYBE the parrot trade can resume, with breeders HEAVILY licenced, and requiring aviaries. No hand rearing is allowed, and owners must also then have a licence teaching them taming techniques from an 'untame' bird.

If you break these regulations, you get a fine, to the amount of about minimum 5000 USD/10000 (aka the cost of a designer dog).
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>le pitbulls are bad
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>>5072055
My idea is a little simpler.
Every year issue tags in limited quantities. Breeder tags for pet creation with species limitations and owner tags for purchasing pets. The price of tags is determined by how many are issued that year. How many are issued are based inversely on number of pets in shelters and estimated feral population. Mammalian pets require rfid tags and/or a collar that has their tag number on it. Birds get bands. Things like failure to get check ups or animals found in negligent conditions is a 10 year blacklist from buying tags and a misdemeanor that can be upgraded to a felony if it's bad enough or there's enough animals involved.

Pets like rabbits, rats and ferrets don't require rdif or collars but do require tags.

Exemptions made for livestock because this is America.

Adoption doesn't require you to purchase a tag but one will be issued and you'll be registered as its owner (blacklisted people cannot adopt). Untagged animals are automatically forfeited to shelters regardless of how you aquired it.
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>>5072055
>each bitch can only have one litter every two years minimum
I'd propose a lifetime limit for both males and females
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>>5072089
to elaborate, I mean for the sake of preventing the gene pool from getting quite as concentrated onto just a handful of show winners
and now I'm thinking on the topic, what could be done about dog shows/kennel clubs to stop (or ideally undo) the gradual caricaturing that's happened to dog breeds over the past 100-150ish years?
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>>5072087
Oh right and proceeds from the sales of tags will be used 1/3rds pay for the operating costs and oversight of tag program 1/3rd goes to shelters and 1/3rd funds public bounties on feral animals.

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post ducks please
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>>5037261
Corked
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>>5013724
That's awful. I'm really sorry to hear that
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>>5061622
Formerly Sneed.
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>>5071212
Cousins separated by time meet at last.
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>>5070969
MURDER
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>>5071806
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>>5071700
I love how elephants smile.
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>>5070972
>Fat guy and Latina Girlfriend

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>ok but impala
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>>5071865
Kudus are smarter
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>>5071865
Seems rather tame if you ask me
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>>5071865
why would chevy do this
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>>5071905
proof?

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>>5071693
If we go by average german height around the 1920s and 1930s it would depend on whether you consider 5'8 being in manlet territory or not. All else being equal he's still pretty big and was the star attraction for the Berlin Zoo prior to the second world war as he died in 1936. Funnily enough post war the star attraction became a bare eyed cockatoo that screamed heil hitler so much that the zoo considered putting it down due to fears of retribution from the denazification laws being passed in occupied Berlin.
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>>5071695
That fookin legend was from Munich Zoo, I believe.
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Why doesnt he have a trunk?
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>>5071672
lol
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>>5071664
Those kids were probably in danger.

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Post animal memes
I made pic related after I saw my retarded cat enter the laundry room then scare himself because of it
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>>5069900
SOULJA DOG OFF IN IT OHHHHH
WATCH HIM HUMP DAT WATCH HIM ROLLLLL
WATCH HIM HUMP THAT KITTY CAT THEN SUPERMAN THAT HOOOOOOO
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>>5071650
a KEKED thread on /gif/
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>>5071650
Its been posted on /an/ for 4 years
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>>5067067
there's no frogpost in the op. you fucked up big time mister...
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>>5069900
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Afdxd6sUQ

Post your pets
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>>5071901
Yells them actually.
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>>5071918
Tremendously based.
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>>5070157
Nice voids
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>>5067183
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>>5072016
That's the good stuff

Is there a better way to protect the ecosystem than culling the human population by the billions?
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>>5071893
>his
Hers. No man could be this stupid. She's just acting as her chosen gender. And good news for her! She's dumb enough to pass for a real woman! So she's ready for her surgeries!
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>>5071880
>Its america’s fault they dumped it in the river
Supposed anti-white lolberal believes nonwhites do not have free will or agency, many such cases
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>>5071903
>he
Try again.
>>5071902
Congratulations on your shiny new vagina, "ma'am"!
Tell me more about the feds!
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>>5068535
>beauty that only exists in the eye of aforementioned beholder
You fucking what?
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>>5068473
Orcs are artificial creatures created entirely to be soldiers, there is no orc society outside of the soldiers. They are all enemy combatants.

I wish these "clever" artists would actually read the thing they're complaining about.

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Animals are so lucky that they don't have the same kind of self awareness and emotional intelligence that humans do.
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>>5071289
I dunno about that OP: there's some really fucking dumb humans out there.
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>>5071343
Rude.
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>>5071293
i smoke pot and can enjoy things just fine
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that's exactly how people play at a splash pad
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>>5071356
Mostly niggers
To white people life is a curse

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Holy shit a beetle
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>>5067399
Very nice,
I'm personally a fan of Golofa Porteri
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>>5060186
They don’t exist. Titan beetles just spontaneously manifest from the jungle
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>>5048142
lol
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>>5047503
>Holy shit a beetle
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>>5067149
being semi-aquatic is interesting. It's like a mix between a huge therapod, a crocodile, and a stork
you just see dinosaurs as action figures to fight each other. yeah, t rex wins every matchup and it's not even close. That doesn't mean t rex is the only cool dinosuar
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Bumping to save mr skeletal
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I still don't get why it has become the most overrated Theropod ever
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>>5067151
I don't get the argument of "it makes it more interesting" as if a giant bipedal predator isn't also interesting. It's just a matter of preference
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>>5067149
>weak fish eater
y'know I never understood this point, since it implies that diet determines something's strength.

In my opinion, rex's strong bite comes not from prey selection, but more of being able to break large bones to consume.
Animals with huge biteforces are, more often than not, achieve that as result from diet selection. This is why panda bears have stronger bites than polar bears, parrots having stronger bites than birds of prey, hyenas over lions, etc.
and T.rex's bite could be half as strong, and it would still likely be just as formidable as a predator to ceratopsians and other ornithopods it lived with.

I love hyenas, striped hyenas are my favorites
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>>5069267
>>5069269
Meds, autist
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>>5071840
Well fed actually, just ate dinner. :)
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>retard deleted his posts
A testament to my efforts, no one on this thread has even said anything incorrect. Unfortunately, that guy must have had amnesia and forgot that I'm him, I've been him, and I will continue to he him. But he thought he was me, and that there were still people who needed to be educated about hyenas on 4chan.
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>>5071968
Maybe just a quirk of my browser, but the call out post disappeared later.
Maybe, assuming he is also the "fed anon", he might be one of those pathetic freaks that deletes his own posts and then whines about jannies.
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>>5071971
Probably.

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>armadillos expanding their range naturally
>several states have them listed as invasive species
Why are "conservationists" so retarded? What exactly are they trying to conserve?
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>>5071362
Fuck! Meant to tag this one with
>It's a generalist that also lives in the fucking Amazon
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>>5067538
I have been all over the outdoors of the southeast and Texas and have never seen a god man armadillo. I'm a 50yr old zoomer btw
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>>5071773
Who said leprosy originated in Armadillos? Not me.
Who said leprosy spreads through Armadillos? Me.
Don't touch armadillos, they spread leprosy. Faggot.
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>>5071928
I retract my comment and have no reason to keep watching the thread
go get em armadillos!
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>>5071362
>>Its range is expanding northward
You actually believe this?


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