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Index of Subjects --part1_199682.73dc3acc.4294fb56_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit And indeed for humans. Early leaves make an excellent salad or cooked like spinach. Not too many as they are a diuretic. The flowers make an excellent wine and I collected hundreds today for that very purpose. Peter Stow Hubbards 2015-05-25 7:13:55 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, dwebster@glinx.com writes: Dear All, May 25, 2015 I noticed some years ago that Dandelion scapes, at anthesis, are shorter in fall and tentatively attributed this to an effect of cold. This year I realized that it is not an exclusive response to cooler temperatures. Scape length of plants along a path exposed to foot traffic when the soil was still wet and subject to compaction is very short (2-3 cm) suggesting a reaction to poor aeration. Scape length in adjacent areas with no or moderate foot traffic is normal (19-22 cm) and very long (35-40 cm) on a pile of loose earth with scant competition and no traffic. But in a small area of light soil (good aeration and very poor water and nutrient holding capacity) length is somewhat short (8-10 cm). So scape length may be a reflection of growth condition adequacy. And Dandelions are thus desirable in lawns as indicaters of marginal conditions such as compaction or excessively light soil (chinch bug prone) in addition to serving as food plants for many insects. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville --part1_199682.73dc3acc.4294fb56_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 11.00.9600.17801"></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR:= #000000"=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Dr= ole_document=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D2 face=3DArial> <DIV>And indeed for humans. Early leaves make an excellent salad or cooked= like=20 spinach. Not too many as they are a diuretic. The flowers make an=20 excellent wine and I collected hundreds today for that very purpose.<= /DIV> <DIV>Peter Stow</DIV> <DIV>Hubbards</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2015-05-25 7:13:55 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, dwebster@glinx.com=20 writes:</DIV> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"= ><FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=3D#000000 size=3D2 face=3D= Arial>Dear=20 All,  = ;=20 May 25, 2015<BR> I noticed some= years=20 ago that Dandelion scapes, at anthesis, are shorter <BR>in fall and=20 tentatively attributed this to an effect of cold.<BR> This= year I=20 realized that it is not an exclusive response to cooler=20 <BR>temperatures.<BR> Scape length of plants along a path= exposed=20 to foot traffic when the <BR>soil was still wet and subject to compactio= n is=20 very short (2-3 cm) <BR>suggesting a reaction to poor aeration. Scape le= ngth=20 in adjacent areas with <BR>no or moderate foot traffic is normal (19-22= cm)=20 and very long (35-40 cm) on <BR>a pile of loose earth with scant competi= tion=20 and no traffic. But in a small <BR>area of light soil (good aeration and= very=20 poor water and nutrient holding <BR>capacity) length is somewhat short= (8-10=20 cm).<BR> So scape length may be a reflection of growth cond= ition=20 adequacy. And <BR>Dandelions are thus desirable in lawns as indicaters= of=20 marginal conditions <BR>such as compaction or excessively light soil (ch= inch=20 bug prone) in addition <BR>to serving as food plants for many insects.<B= R>Yt,=20 Dave Webster,=20 Kentville<BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> --part1_199682.73dc3acc.4294fb56_boundary--
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