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Parched waterways, dead fish and trees ready to give up: historic big dry grips South Australia

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Parts of the state record their lowest rainfall on record, with devastating impacts on freshwater fish, butterflies, bees and even some hardy trees

Usually hardy trees and shrubs are dying, waterways have turned to dust and ecologists fear local freshwater fish extinctions could be coming as historic dry conditions grip parts of South Australia.

Large swathes of the state – including the Adelaide Plains, the Fleurieu, Yorke and Eyre peninsulas and upper south-east – have seen the lowest rainfall on record in the 14 months since February 2024, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

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Soil Nitrogen Levels After a Rain

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Gardeners claim that nitrogen levels in the soil increase after rain. Water floating down through the air picks up nitrogen and deposits it on and near plants. Lighting adds even more nitrogen to the process. They base their conclusion on the perceived greening of the garden after a rain. In agriculture, it is well understood … Read More

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Giant Plant Database: It Exists Already

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Folks keep talking about using LLM (nicknamed ‘AI’) to try to answer plant questions, and bemoaning that the data those LLMs scrape from is un-verified blogger heresay. People keep talking about creating a database of professionally verified plant information about specific species, featuring things like:

  • Soil parameters
  • Best growth conditions and tolerance outside of that
  • Bloom and fruiting timeline
  • What can it be used for?

I want to let y’all know that This plant database already exists.

It’s called https://plants.usda.gov/characteristics-search

>Go to the Characteristics Search

> Click ‘Advanced Filters’

> Click on whatever category you want. (If you want to find edible plants, go to ‘Suitablility/Use’ and check ‘Palatable Human: Yes’

> Click on whatever plant you’re interested in.

> Click the tab inside that plant for ‘Characteristics’

> Scroll down to view a WEALTH of information about that plant’s physiology, growth requirements, reproduction cycle, and usable parts for things like lumber, animal grazing, human food production, etc.

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If you’re dissatisfied with the search tool (I am, lol) and wanted to build a MASSIVE database of plants, with a better search function, this would be a great place to start scraping info from – all of this has been verified by experts.

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US (AL): Annual growers permits available through Auburn University Extension offices

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Farmers planning to sell fresh products directly to consumers this year should apply for their annual growers permits through their local Alabama Cooperative Extension System county office. “If you sell fresh fruits or vegetables, table eggs or ornamental plants, you need a growers permit,” said Brandy…

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