Bubblegum Stuff - Plant Life Support - Automatic Watering System - 350 ml

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Plant Life Support is probably exactly what you’d imagine. It’s a mini IV-drip filled with water that gradually ensures your plants get the H2O they need even if you forget for days on end. “Introducing Plant Life Support, the miniature lifelike IV drip for your houseplants! Pop it into a pot with the included stand, fill it up with water and it’ll take care of the rest – slowly feeding your plant with just the right amount of water as and when it needs it,” the item description reads. It’s great for when you’re away. Maybe you’re not necessarily forgetful when it comes to watering your plants but you are going away for a few days and don’t have anyone who can come in and keep them hydrated. Plant Life Support will work for that too and ensure they stay nice and lively while you’re not there. No longer do you have to "leaf" your plants in the murderous hands of a friend or relative whilst you’re away on that dream trip. You can allow Plant Life Support ™ to drip-feed everything your plant needs for the duration of your vacation. Peace of mind: it’s the "root" of all happiness. Plant Life Support ™ is the ideal gift for a gardener that can’t trust their friends to keep their plant family alive when they’re away. Children then fill in the missing words from sentences explaining each part of the process. After, they are challenged to explain the life cycle of a sunflower. Children should grow more confident as they complete each task, supporting their independent learning.

This year in National Plant Health Week (from the 9th May) we are working with the RHS to encourage younger garden visitors to learn why plants are so important to our survival and what we can do in our own gardens at home to contribute to this important work nationally. Plant health is just about the most important thing a budding gardener can learn. After years in the garden nurturing and learning from our successes and our failures, gardeners become kind of ‘plant doctors’! Funding for this review manuscript provided through NASA Biological and Physical Sciences Program, and NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems Program. Conflict of Interest If your roots are slimy and smelly then you’ve got a problem. It’s important to look at whether or not the roots of a plant have been immersed too long in water – causing root rot. If you have got a case of this then, remove the plant if you can, then allow the substrate to dry out completely before deciding whether to return the plant to this space or to find a better suited environment for it. NASA has sponsored extensive research on growing various species of leafy vegetables and small fruits in controlled environment chambers. This research revealed the importance of managing water and nutrient supplies to the plants, the effects of elevated and super-elevated CO 2 on plants, and the profound influence of light on crop growth and development. This in turn has driven the development and testing of LED lighting and other new technologies for space crop production. Other key gaps exist in our knowledge base, such as the effects of reduced gravity on the plants and their support systems, such as water delivery, and the effects of space radiation. Most of this testing occurred in “ground” settings, but small plant chambers have been built and tested in space. These chambers have become successively larger with better environmental control, but none have been used with the sole intent for providing fresh food for the astronauts. Exploratory tests with the Veggie plant chamber are beginning to do this, but a dedicated “vegetable production unit” with better environmental control is still needed. Concluding RemarksTrying to balance your professional and plant parent lifestyles but don’t know how to? Watering indoor plants couldn’t be easier with the Mini Plant Life Support plant self-watering system. This Interactive PDF activity is a fantastic way to support your child's remote learning about plants. Covering content on plant life cycles, this activity can be completed on screen with no need to print anything out. All authors listed have made a substantial, direct, and intellectual contribution to the work and approved it for publication. Funding

Postdoctoral Program, Universities Space Research Association, Kennedy Space Center, FL, United States The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Publisher’s NoteUse this resource so children can recap all the key words associated with the life cycle of a plant, including germination and seed dispersal. This resource comes with fantastic illustrations to engage children and help them understand the steps in the life cycle. Christina M. Johnson 1 Haley O. Boles 2 LaShelle E. Spencer 3 Lucie Poulet 1 Matthew Romeyn 4 Jess M. Bunchek 5 Ralph Fritsche 4 Gioia D. Massa 4 Aubrie O’Rourke 4 Raymond M. Wheeler 4*