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BanaBatGirl · 03-28-2009, 01:51 AM

Anastasia beamed around at all the students pruning away, giggling at Willyboy in particular. "I don't know how you got that spell to work, dear, since it is flipnsnipwitit and not flipinskinit." She giggled some more and winked at him, wondering if perhaps the pronunciation wasn't nearly as important as the karate-chop action... but whatevs. It was time to move on.

"Now then, once your flutterby has had an appropriate haircut," yep she liked Clifford's terminology, "it's time to plant it in the ground. As you can see, I've already turned up some earth in two nice long rows where we're going to be planting the puffapods and flutterbys."

The redhead gestured towrard the furrows with a nice big central walkway down them. "I've got some shovels here," she pointed just behind the cart which had had flutterbys on it, "and you guys should know the instructions, right? It's pretty similar to how we potted the puffas...."

Annie skipped over to the dirt path between the furrows and started writing in the dirt with her wand. "In case you forgot, I made up some directions for transplanting the puffas and the fluttas from their pots and into the earth...should be easy nuff."

She beamed around at them all and clapped her hands. "Any questions before we begin? Oh, and be careful please. We want to space them like two or three feet apart and alternate the pretty pink puffas with the purpley, bushy fluttas. Ya'll can do that, right?"

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Originally Posted by Whut Teh Dirt Sayz

1) Dig a hole deep enough that you could set your pot in it and the top soil of the pot would be level with the groundish.

2) Water the soil a bit but not enough that it becomes like mud.

3) If the pot you have is made out of pliable, flexible material, massage the pot so the roots get loosened a bit. [This will apply only to the cheap-o flutterby pots.]

4) Carefully, gripping the plant at the base of its stem, remove the plant from its pot. MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL ITS ROOTS!

5) Gently set it inside the hole in the ground, guesstimating to make sure there's enough room for the roots. Make sure it doesn't sink (otherwise you'll need to add more dirt to the hole before you plant it).

6) Retaining a hold on the plant being transplanted, massage its roots some more until they are loose and spread out in the hole you made. Don't rip or tear at the roots though; gentle is thee word.

7) Use your shovel (or your hands, mouth, neighbor's shoe, whatever) to gently fill in the space over the roots/around the base of the plant with the soil you displaced when you first dug the hole.

8) Pat the dirt up around the base of the plant and then make a ring, like a moat, so it has space for the water to seep in. And remember, you don't want any exposed roots.

9) WATER the PLANT.

10) Repeat steps 1-9 with your puffapod, preferably planting it right next to your own flutterby bush. Remember to space them 2-3 feet apart!

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BanaBatGirl Banshee Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gotham Posts: 51,216 Hogwarts RPG Name: TBD Gryffindor Hogwarts RPG Name: Zara H. Bunbury-Foster Slytherin Fifth Year	Professor Pink \| Mrs. Bruce Wayne \| I'm on a Goat \| Glitterpuff \| Dumbledore's Defense Squad \| BHB Anastasia beamed around at all the students pruning away, giggling at Willyboy in particular. "I don't know how you got that spell to work, dear, since it is flipnsnipwitit and not flipinskinit." She giggled some more and winked at him, wondering if perhaps the pronunciation wasn't nearly as important as the karate-chop action... but whatevs. It was time to move on. "Now then, once your flutterby has had an appropriate haircut," yep she liked Clifford's terminology, "it's time to plant it in the ground. As you can see, I've already turned up some earth in two nice long rows where we're going to be planting the puffapods and flutterbys." The redhead gestured towrard the furrows with a nice big central walkway down them. "I've got some shovels here," she pointed just behind the cart which had had flutterbys on it, "and you guys should know the instructions, right? It's pretty similar to how we potted the puffas...." Annie skipped over to the dirt path between the furrows and started writing in the dirt with her wand. "In case you forgot, I made up some directions for transplanting the puffas and the fluttas from their pots and into the earth...should be easy nuff." She beamed around at them all and clapped her hands. "Any questions before we begin? Oh, and be careful please. We want to space them like two or three feet apart and alternate the pretty pink puffas with the purpley, bushy fluttas. Ya'll can do that, right?" Quote: Originally Posted by Whut Teh Dirt Sayz 1) Dig a hole deep enough that you could set your pot in it and the top soil of the pot would be level with the groundish. 2) Water the soil a bit but not enough that it becomes like mud. 3) If the pot you have is made out of pliable, flexible material, massage the pot so the roots get loosened a bit. [This will apply only to the cheap-o flutterby pots.] 4) Carefully, gripping the plant at the base of its stem, remove the plant from its pot. MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL ITS ROOTS! 5) Gently set it inside the hole in the ground, guesstimating to make sure there's enough room for the roots. Make sure it doesn't sink (otherwise you'll need to add more dirt to the hole before you plant it). 6) Retaining a hold on the plant being transplanted, massage its roots some more until they are loose and spread out in the hole you made. Don't rip or tear at the roots though; gentle is thee word. 7) Use your shovel (or your hands, mouth, neighbor's shoe, whatever) to gently fill in the space over the roots/around the base of the plant with the soil you displaced when you first dug the hole. 8) Pat the dirt up around the base of the plant and then make a ring, like a moat, so it has space for the water to seep in. And remember, you don't want any exposed roots. 9) WATER the PLANT. 10) Repeat steps 1-9 with your puffapod, preferably planting it right next to your own flutterby bush. Remember to space them 2-3 feet apart! __________________ yeah, there's one thing about me that you should know________________________________ __________________________________________that I can't help from speaking my mind