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§¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨ L1VING MOSTLY 4T TH3 W3STERN 4LVAR (BUT §¨§§§¨§§¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§§¨ 1T H4S SPR34D TO 4 F3W OTH3R PL4C3S, §§¨¨§§¨§§¨
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§§§¨§§§¨¨¨ TH3 PL4NT 1S 4 D3NSE N3TWORK OF ¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨§
¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§ GR3EN-BROWN T3NT4CLE-L1K3 ROOTS, WH1CH ¨¨¨§¨§§§§¨
¨§¨§¨§§¨§§ 1S OFT3N C4LL3D "R4T'S T41L" B3FORE ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§§§¨§§¨§ BLOOM1NG. 1N L4T3 JUN3, 1T QU1CKLY ¨§¨¨§¨¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨§§§ SPROUTS F3ELERS, T3N TO TH1RTY §§¨§§¨§¨§§
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ C3NT1METERS H1GH, F1LL3D W1TH PURPL3 ¨§§¨§§§§¨§
¨¨§§§¨§¨¨§ H41RS - TH1S 1S TH3 BLU3 F1R3. TH1S §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
¨§¨¨§§§¨§¨ ST4G3 L4STS FOR ON3 OR TWO W3EKS, §§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
§§¨§¨¨§§§§ D3PEND1NG ON FOOD 4CC3SS, W4T3R, ¨§§§¨§§¨§§
¨§§§¨§¨¨¨¨ CL1M4T3. §¨¨§§¨§§¨¨
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§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ OFT3N 1T'S NOT CL34R HOW F4R TH3 PL4NT §§§§¨§§§¨§
§§§¨§§¨¨¨§ H4S SPR34D UNL3SS 1TS 1N TH3 F1R3 ¨¨¨§§¨¨§§¨
¨¨§§¨§¨¨§¨ ST4G3. SUDD3NLY, 4S 1F OV3RN1GHT, WHOL3 ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨§§§¨§§§ F13LDS C4N B3 TURN3D 4BLAZ3 (W1TH TH3 ¨§§§§§§§¨§
§§§¨¨§§¨¨¨ S4M3 1NDIVIDU4L PL4NT, 4S W3LL)! 1N TH3 §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨ BLOOM1NG P34K, 1T'S NOT UNUSU4L FOR TH3 §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§§§§§§¨¨¨ WHOL3 4LVAR TO B3 CONN3CTED NORTH-SOUTH. §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
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§¨¨§§§¨§§§ F1FTY W3EKS OF TH3 Y34R, WH1L3 1N R4T §§§¨¨§§§§§
§¨§¨¨§§¨¨§ ST4G3, TH3 BLU3 F1R3 F3EDS ON TH3 STON3 ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨
§§§¨§¨§¨§§ 1TS3LF V14 4 SLOW CH3M1C4L 4TTR1TION. ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§§§§¨§ TH1S 1S 3NOUGH TO K3EP TH3 ROOTS 4L1V3, §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§ BUT 4LL GROWTH 4ND PROCR34T1ON MUST §¨¨§§¨¨§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ H4PP3N DUR1NG TH3 TWO W3EKS 1N JUN3. §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ NOW TH3 PL4NT F3EDS ON B1RDS; TH3 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§¨§§§¨§¨¨ S3M1STIFF UPR1GHT F3ELERS LOOKS L1K3 4N ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§§§¨§ 3XTENS1ON OF TH3 S34, 4ND B1RDS 4R3 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§¨¨§§¨ TR1CK3D 1NTO L4ND1NG OR D1VING 1NTO 1T. ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
¨§§§§¨§¨§§ TH3Y 4R3 QU1CKLY P4RALYZ3D BY TH3 ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨§
§¨¨¨§§§§¨¨ PO1SON ON TH3 PURPL3 H41RS, 4ND ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ D3VOURED OV3R 4 P3R1OD OF HOURS. ¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨
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§§¨§¨§¨§¨¨ PROCR34T1ON C4N H4PP3N S3XU4LLY V14 ¨§§§¨¨§¨§¨
¨§§§§§§§¨¨ SPOR3S (CRYPTOG4M1A) OR 4S3XUALLY WH3N §¨¨§¨§§§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ TH3 ROOTS 4R3 CUT, D1VIDING 4N §¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§ 1NDIVIDU4L 1NTO TWO. §§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
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