Originally Posted by xXxPandora

Oh, not the answer she was looking for. Beezus grinned sheepishly at the Professor before shrugging. "Well, it was worth a try Professor Seren."

So. INSECTS! She meant insects and pests! And yes, yes. If an encounter with pests was a major edge with their discussion today, well, she just had that one. Insects were annoying when they tend to harm plants. Pfft.

Before giving her own idea, Beezus listened to her classmates' answers first but one particularly caught her attention. She literally jerked her head to look at Genevieve. Really? Little brothers? Heh. Ickle kids were pests indeed.

Beatrice raised her hand after a few, "There's also spider mites Professor. They suck juices from the plants causing the plants to look dull and unhealthy." Not that she detested those kind of insects since she was VERY fond of spiders, tarantulas to be exact. But really..they need not to harm ze lovely herbs.

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Insecticide? *eyebrow wiggle* Like dung? Oh, she liked these kind of things! When they were asked for their gloves, she immediately put hers on. Questions... "Errr, will the insecticide work against most of the pests you listed Professor?" Because if it would, then she'd have to hint at her Grandmother to get something like it.

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Okay...wait...

Typically Kurumi assumed that a look from Sierra meant that she was comparing her to the gnomes as being a best. ONLY this time there wasn't a glare attached to the look but...agreement? This really was something that Kurumi was going to have to get used to - not that it wasn't an unwelcomed change.

Now all Kurumi had to worry about were death glares coming from Ravenclaw females.

Her attention was brought back towards Professor Bentley who...seemed to not be as cheerful as usual. Did anyone else notice that? Was there something going on? She seemed...grumpy and short with everyone...

Minsecticide? Kurumi knew what an insecticide was...but what did a minsecticide do? Gloves still on her lap - and somewhat fearing the wrath of Professor Bentley turning into a flesh eating plant or something - Kurumi raised her hand. "Professor, I know that insecticides work specifically on insects...but what does an minsecticide focus on? Really really small organisms like nematodes and parasites?"

Originally Posted by Steelsheen

At the Professor's motion, the Ravenclaw reached out for his gloves and started slipping them on his hand. When she added something else on the board he hastily added them in on his parchment then paused to re-read the list. Well now indeed a lot of these were pests, just not the kind that would quickly occur to him to be a garden pest unlike the aforementioned gnomes and slugs, but there was something else that now had him curious. Questions? Oh yes. Up goes the hand "Professor, arent chizpurfles usually a parasite in animal feathers and fur? With what we're mixing today, does that mean you would recommend the use of it on creatures as well?"

Originally Posted by Tegz

West did write the list down and then after looking at it, put his hand up. "What about how some of them have their own particular kind of 'cide'? Like,doxycide? Does that mean that this stuff we're going to make won't work as well on doxies?" On account of, if it did, wouldn't everyone always use a one-cide-fits-all approach?

He put his gloves on and shot a curious look at Vivi and her too-big-gloves. Wasn't she old enough to be able to use spells to make them fit good? And wasn't she Ravenclaw enough to think of it? His dad had adjusted his to be the perfect size.West flexed his fingers and waited.

Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Kat raised her hand. "Gnomes, that's all I can think of if we're talking about magical garden pests," Well it is true. "They're not really that vicious ... But if we're talking about what Muggles consider as garden pests, there are about a hundred of them. I can't name them all."

This was Herbology... at Hogwarts. Not some fancy Muggle pest like those caterpillars. What is scary about those anyway? They just eat leaves. They look so harmless. Honestly.

What in the name of Salazar Slytherin is with these Muggle minds?

Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva took out her parchment and wrote down the pests that the professor had placed on the board. She listened as Professor Bentley went on and felt herself groan quietly when the word Pixie's came on the board. Those stupid pixies, she still remembered first term in the green house with them. Her head hurt for weeks after they pulled her hair so hard. Then she dealt with them again in a flying lesson. She never wanted to see them stupid pests again. She reached in her bag with one hand and put up her other, "Professor, will we be encountering any.. umm.. Pixies today?" please say no, please say no, please say no.. she begged in her head.