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§¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨ L1VING MOSTLY 4T TH3 W3STERN 4LVAR (BUT §¨¨§¨¨§§§§
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§§§§§¨¨¨§§ 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 §§§§§¨¨¨¨§
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§§¨§¨§¨¨§§ BLOOM1NG P34K, 1T'S NOT UNUSU4L FOR TH3 ¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨§
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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 ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
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