Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Uhmm... Well...

Herbs... Uhh... Didn't they take this up the previous lesson? Or not? Kat could not vividly remember since she's been attending too many classes this term. And not to mention losing her first game of the term was just disheartening to the fourth year snake. But now she had to keep her head focused on lessons. House points were her hope.

"I heard the most herbs, need a least four to eight hours of daylight per day," Kat said. Uhm. Yeah.

Her head was still wired to how disappointed she was. But... well...

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Glancing up from her gloves when Gideon greeted her, Kurumi was about to reply when...Richard showed up...calling her beautiful nonetheless. While Kurumi couldn't help but blush just a little - as she did with all compliments - she managed to bite down on her lip to keep it from twitching slightly. Only two boys had ever called her beautiful, three if you wanted to count this instance which she didn't, and it made her feel ridiculously awkward right now. "My name is Kurumi," she ended up mumbling, shifting her sitting position just a little. "And I am not your girl."

Cue a staggering attempt at removing her quill from her bag and caused her to nearly fall off her stool.

Mine...her and Lewis didn't really talk about each other that way. Sure, she had told him and she was his and he had said that he was hers...but it wasn't like that. They weren't each other's property...it was feelings...

And she was totally over thinking this, right?

She ventured a glance up at Richard again. Yep...definately NOT the same thing right now. "You should sit down, you know," she continued, noticing that she had an empty seat beside her.

Merlin help her.

Okay, so Professor Bentley wasn't Merlin...but she was close enough right now as she began the lesson.

Writing her name, house, date, and seventh year on her parchment, Kurumi looked up and cocked her head to the side. Something they hadn't covered last lesson...about care requirements of herbs? So, something besides the usual care that they gave plants, and singing to them and all that... something special, right? Probably something that was a bit uncommon too.

And Kurumi had no idea what that was...so best to go with what she knew, right?

"My grandfather used to use lime powder or chips in his herb garden because his herbs tended to like more acidic soil," she offered after raising her hand.

Originally Posted by 2111jen

Jen raises her hand
"Some plants need sun and others dont need as much." that should be it. Jen didnt pay attention much to the lesson last time...

Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Jory had been lost in thought so he didn't noticed Gwen taking a seat next to him. Until she greeted him. He looked around, coming back to reality and for a brief moment wondering what he was doing in the Greenhouse. Classes...right. "Heya, Gwen,'' he responded, glad to have a friend sitting next to him since he usually sat alone.



The Puff raised his hand after some thought. "Some herbs may need more fertilizer than others,'' he said.

Originally Posted by Quick Quotes Quill

Not long after she had taken a seat, the fifth year noticed Professor Bentley arriving. Looks like class was about to start. Gwen couldn’t help but wonder how come she started enjoying Herbology starting with this year, since she hadn’t been a great fan of plants. Hmm. Anyway, her thoughts were soon interrupted as she heard the first question being asked.

Hmmm.

What did she know about the requirements of herbs? The fifth year remembered having read something about sunlight, but since she didn’t know how much light the herbs needed, Gwendolyn decided to think about something else. So what else did herbs need? Water, of course. ‘Some herbs need more water than others. For example, mints need the soil to be constantly humid’, the fifth year said.

Originally Posted by Steelsheen

Vickers was quietly scribbling notes onto his parchment when he heard someone say something about Herbs needing more fertilizer. Which was strange because in his research thus far for the term project it was rather the opposite. So he raised his hand and replied "Professor, I heard that most herbs doesnt need that much fertilizer, in fact many of them are quite hardy and would prefer that they not be fussed over unlike other plants."

Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah raised her hand "Plant usually grow towards the sun.. therefore if you leave your herbs in one place the whole time only the part that is in the sun wil grow... this only applieds to herb grown in a pot. Therefore you need to turn the pot around occasionally to make sure it all gets equal sunlight"

Originally Posted by ortalismusicoh

Herbs. Something that facinated Ness more fire crabs. She was happy to listen to what the Bentley would go on about today, as long as it didn't involve any ewwy stuff like ComC had. Mhmm. She wasn't one too fond of getting all messy with mud and gross things that had plenty of germs. She was more of a clean freak.

Having taken her seat next to Logan, Ness now listened to the professor's question. Care on herbs She really didn't know much about the topic. Pout. The red head looked at Logan for a short moment, blushed and waited to see if he would answer, but he didn't.

Hmm..she didn't want to seem silly in front of him and so as she raised her hand she hoped her answer was some what logical. "Professor, aren't herbs cared for like most plants? All they need is water, soil and fertilizer no?" It made logical sense to Ness.

Originally Posted by DeathEater1

Herbology, Herbology. It came quite easily.

Cardigan knew quite a lot! She took it upon herself to read her textbooks back and forth, just for fun and for possible future lessons. Never know when you're gonna do a lesson on Wolfsbane!!

Often, that plan worked out for her quite a lot, like right now!

"Professor, most annual herbs develop better in warm soil, so it's best to plant most herbs after the last frost date," She said, raising her hand high. She was quite proud of her knowledge. So, so proud!

Don't confuse her with the ravenclaws, though.

Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva thought about that question. What on earth didn't they cover about herbs. They talked about the way they looked, uses, taking care of them. They even took care of them as a group. Smiling thinking of Vickers not wanting to sing to the plant. So what could they have possibly not covered.

Putting up her hand, "Professor, did we need to learn which herbs should be used with caution because they could be dangerous or deadly?" Minerva only thought about that, because of potions. She knew Professor Lafay was saying how some ingredients were dangerous and she thought maybe some were herbs.

Originally Posted by xXxPandora

Feeling a little better despite their loss against Hufflepuff, Beezus was attending Herbology and had taken up a seat next to the Hufflepuff Captain who was busy with her other seatmate. No hard feeling because although Quidditch meant half her life, she still prioritized friendship first. She was a bit frustrated still though, hence her constant sighing, brow furrowing and restlessness at class.

As the first question was asked, Beezus listened to what her classmates had in thought first. Oh and Nessie, why are you blushing?

Hand up in the air, the Ravenclaw said, "Professor Seren, my Grandmother used to have a herbal garden when she was still active with gardening and every morning, she would play a short harmonic flute piece," Yes, Grandma Eva played the flute. "..before she'd sprinkle them with water and attend to their other needs."

She wasn't sure if it was a legit care requirement. But it was a guess.

Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel was trying to remember what they had talked about last time. But all he could remember was the obvious. Like sun and water that the plants need. But maybe it was his broken arm in charms that had taken over his memories. He was glad it is finally healed. He might as well guess.

"Is one care requirement, That you need a Herbologist to take care of the plants because they knew what they're doing."

Nigel though he was right. They would not the mistakes a second year Hogwarts student would make.

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Herb care, eh? Ella didn't know too too much about that, though she was knowledgeable enough to hazard a guess. "Professor, I'd think you'd want to um..." What was the word? Not pick, pick sounded weird. Pluck? No...Harvest! Yeah, harvest! "To harvest the herbs a lot so that they can continue to grow and be healthy." Cause herbs grew in pots, yeah? And the pots were only a certain size so if the herbs weren't harvested, they'd get all cramped and uncomfortable...and then die or something. Meep. That wouldn't be good. Yeah, harvesting often sounded totally legit.

Originally Posted by lazykitty

Emmanuelle sat up a little straighter when the professor actually started the lesson. Yay, they were studying herbs some more! But what was some special care they need?"Making sure bugs don't eat them?" Emmanuelle suggested questioningly. She knew that that was a problem with other edible plants, like tomatoes, so why not?