Intelligent Plants

[labelwench]

I think that plants lack intelligence, but I do believe they possess consciousness of some sort. It may only be little more than "pure being", but does that make plants that much different from us? Our intellect and ego shape our being into something solid-like, yet the substance is the same.

Perhaps a good thing that we observe plants to be possessed of a different sentience than our own, otherwise Vegans would be horribly conflicted, and the rest of us also, quite possibly.

Still, plants eat meat, once it has decomposed into fertilizer, and it offends most to think that our bodies (and egos) will one day be pushing up daisies, at least on the observable 3-dimensional plane of everyday existence.

An interesting link with some DNA comparisons.

http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=83

[mohanh]

Gardening season begins early in the North, if a person chooses to start their own seeds. The big box stores and local nurseries all offer a fairly diverse selection of starter plants a little later in the season, yet there is a certain satisfaction in selecting some of the less common variants and growing your own, as well as less chance of bringing home some plant pest or disease imported from elsewhere.

If you are looking for a new plant of which you don't have any seeds, where do you suggest to buy plants that are healthy and not overpriced? I am thinking of getting some for my garden but I'm not sure of how to go about it. Should I rather get seeds or the plant in itself? Do take into consideration that I'm rather new to gardening

[mkirkpatrick]

Plants are very very intelligent,I have experienced climbing plants that if you place an upright pole near them they will make for the pole,latch onto it and start climbing,all that without a brain!!


regards michael.