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Post by MJ Birdwhistle on Jul 20, 2022 18:32:53 GMT 10
MJ was keen to check on her plants, her poor plants she had neglected for a day. Hopefully they wouldn't be too upset with her (if plants were capable of such a thing. MJ was convinced they could be considering her Granny swore by talking and singing to hers - so they had to have moods). She approached the Student Greenhouse and peeked in. Was she the first one here?
She had expected to see that red-head girl who always seemed to be tackling some amazing plants.
Oh well.
Opening the door, she gave Professor Sprout a cheery greeting and went over to where her pots had been left. Spots 51, 52 and 53. It looked like what she had planted was fully grown. Setting down her bag, MJ rolled up her sleeves, ready to begin.
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After harvesting was complete, nothing of value remained -- including ordinary clay pots that were cracked and no longer usable. Spaces of the counter were free again, unless having more seeds and supplies to start over with. Then all that was left was to clean up the workspace. Professor Sprout would appreciate it.
Stems of the berry plants were strong, but simple to deal with. A charm or some nearby sheers would help snip the ingredients free, even as the plant's leaves tried to make it harder to spot the berries, but sometimes a hands-on approach worked just as fine too.
Compared to most harvestable plants, the Eglower was less forgiving. Its stems were soft though needed a firm hand, yet any attempt to pick it caused the flower to puff sneeze-inducting, stinky pollen into the face.
Post by MJ Birdwhistle on Jul 20, 2022 19:44:21 GMT 10
Time to get to work!
MJ was familiar with the Moonurk and Sunurk plants now, having dealt with them a few times previous. She picked up some nearby shears and used them to carefully trim back the leaves and steams, exposing the berries. Dealing with the Moonurk first, she carefully extracted each berry and stowed them away carefully.
While she didn't plan to use them for a potion soon, she felt it was always good to stock up (and it was good experience with plant handling too).
Next, she repeated the same process with her Sunurk plant. Snipping away the leaves, she was then free to tug the berries from the plant and put them with the rest. MJ cleared away the used pots and soil to free up space for her next plants.
But she would need to deal with the Eglower first. This was a tricky foe indeed but MJ was confident she could harvest them - with minimal sneezing. She gripped the stem carefully yet firmly and plucked the usable parts free. A puff of pollen expelled and she gasped - too late! The smell made her face scrunch up and she let out a couple of quick sneezes, "Choo! Choo! Choo!"
Her arch-nemesis! MJ was quick to dodge a second puff of pollen but the third got her regardless. She sneezed a few more times, allowing herself time to recover before she stowed the ingredients away. If she ever wanted to brew a bubble head potion, these would be useful.
Once her sneezing was gone, MJ cleared up the space. She put the broken pieces of pot where they belonged and cleaned up any soil and leaves left behind from her task. Then she took out three new pots she had.
These went in the same spaces as before, 51, 52 and 53 and MJ prepared them with soil. After doing so, she added blue seeds to one pot, pink seeds to a second and finally some yellow seeds to her third pot. She would need to get more if she was going to return to the greenhouse anytime soon!
Satisfied that the seeds were well covered up, MJ aimed her wand at the pots and cast, "Aguamenti!" for each one, making sure each pot got its fair share of water. This would help her new plants grow big and strong! Once she was done, she took a step back and nodded.
She gave Professor Sprout a farewell and left the greenhouses for her next task of the morning.
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Last Edit: Jul 20, 2022 19:45:45 GMT 10 by MJ Birdwhistle
Kassia entered the greenhouse after class ended, intending to harvest her plants. She walked over to the spots she'd selected and gazed at what had sprouted. They looked fully grown, but as it was her first time, she wanted to be absolutely sure before she yanked them out.
Stems of the berry plant were strong, but simple to deal with. A charm or some nearby sheers would help snip the ingredient free, even as the plant's leaves tried to make it harder to spot the berries, but sometimes a hands-on approach worked just as fine too.
Compared to most harvestable plants, the Eglower was less forgiving. Its stems were soft though needed a firm hand, yet any attempt to pick it caused the flower to puff sneeze-inducting, stinky pollen into the face.
Kassia looked at her successful plants. Berries and egflowers. She had actually done it. A city girl had grown plants. Although she supposed magic was technically cheating. Kassia reached for a pair of shears and went for the berries first. She took her time snipping away to collect the fruits, gathering them in a small sack.
Next was the egflower. Kassia had seen someone try to pick one before. She hesitated before wrapping her hand around the stem. She looked around herself quickly, making sure no one was looking. Then she ducked down and pulled as hard as she could. The plant came loose, but sprayed pollen above her head. She was sure it got in her hair.
Kassia tried not to think about the disgusting implications as she shoved the ingredients in her robes. She had done it, now. She was another step closer to succeeding at her OWLS. Without planting anything else, she exited the greenhouse.
Post by Jonathan King on Jul 20, 2022 21:41:59 GMT 10
Trotting into the greenhouse, Joe's mood increased when he spotted his plants had grown so beautifully and he hurried towards them.
Once there he inspected them with quiet awe, taking in their colours and cooed at them, telling them just how beautiful they were. It was a shame he was going to cut them down to take the ingredients they had worked so hard to grow.
Compared to most harvestable plants, the Eglower was less forgiving. Its stems were soft though needed a firm hand, yet any attempt to pick it caused the flower to puff sneeze-inducting, stinky pollen into the face.
Sheers and spells weren't any use against the Furpod plant. It kept wriggling out of the way, surprisingly fast and flexible. The only option was to do battle with it, seizing the twin bean and yanking until it came free. Breaking the stem that way wasn't hard, no -- the hard part was grabbing it fast enough.
Post by Oscar Tinkle on Jul 20, 2022 23:31:08 GMT 10
Finished with his morning class, Oscar was glad to retreat to the safety of the greenhouse. With his unproductive day the day before, where he felt like he had done nothing at all, he had neglected his latest plants since he'd first planted them. He felt awful about it, but now he could only hope that they were okay.
He didn't want to have to admit to the Professor that he had already gone back on his promise to look after anything he planted. Would she be disappointed in him? Ban him from the greenhouse? He was slightly worried about finding out.
Oscar quietly made his way into the greenhouse and over to his station, slightly shocked to see that there only seemed to be one other student there at the moment. Shocked but also a bit pleased. It meant that if his plants had suffered his neglect then at least there was only one person there to see.
Stems of the berry plants were strong, but simple to deal with. A charm or some nearby sheers would help snip the ingredients free, even as the plant's leaves tried to make it harder to spot the berries, but sometimes a hands-on approach worked just as fine too.
Compared to most harvestable plants, the Eglower was less forgiving. Its stems were soft though needed a firm hand, yet any attempt to pick it caused the flower to puff sneeze-inducting, stinky pollen into the face.
Post by Tobias Twiggs on Jul 21, 2022 9:06:07 GMT 10
Toby carried his pot into the Greenhouse, using both hands to carry it as it was really quite heavy. He looked around the stuffy room, resisting the urge to touch some of the weirdly colourful plants. He'd heard some of the stuff Professor Sprout grew here could be dangerous, and he didn't fancy a trip to the hospital wing- that'd make a bad day even worse.
"Hello? Professor Sprout?" he called out searchingly, adjusting his grip on the pot and walking a little further into the Greenhouse. There was another student present, an older boy- but Toby ignored him for the most part. He was busy doing plant stuff and Tobias really wanted to find Sprout as soon as possible so that he could try to put his disastrous day right.
Post by Oscar Tinkle on Jul 21, 2022 9:18:38 GMT 10
Oscar let out a sigh of relief when he saw that his plants had survived just fine over the last day. He hadn't destroyed them with his neglect, that was always a good thing.
"Hello there," he said to them, keeping his voice soft as he ran a gentle finger along the leaves of one of the berry plants. "It's very good to see you grown."
After he had taken a moment to greet his plants (yes, even the Eglower.. from a distance), Oscar got started by grabbing the usual tool of choice for berry plants - a pair of shears.
The shears in hand, he turned back to his berry plants, ready to start snipping away at them. That no longer took him very long, so he soon had a pile of red tipped leaves mixing with their darker cousins and two small piles of berries to put away.
After the berries were safely stored with the rest of his stash, he turned narrowed eyes on the Eglower. He really did not feel like putting up with yet another sneezing fit, but there was no avoiding it. He didn't want to leave one sad little plant when he was not sure when he would next get to it.
Oscar set himself to work on trying to grab and twist the flowers from their home, attempting to dodge the puffs of sticky pollen as he did so. His dodging skills worked better than previous days at least, so he only got hit by the one spray that briefly distracted him before he popped the flowers off one after the other.
The flowers put safely away in his bag, Oscar started to clean up the mess he had made of the work area. He brushed up soil and leaves, collecting it all in a pile with his broken pots that he then threw away.
His space once more clear, he debated over his one remaining pot for a moment before he decided to leave it in his bag. He was not sure when he would next get to the greenhouse to check on anything he planted, so, seeing as he only had one pot available to him anyway, he thought he would skip planting anything new until he was sure he could care for it.
It felt strange to him not to plant anything though. Was he going to lose his favourite little work station? That was a sad thought, but it was the thought that saw him making his way out of the greenhouse to carry on with his morning. He had other things that he had to focus on.
Post by Jonathan King on Jul 21, 2022 18:27:47 GMT 10
"Ohh, what a beautiful twin bean you've grown!", he said to his furpod.
Joe reached for it carefully - and stared after it with an almost offended expression when it quickly yanked its bean out of his hand. He reached for it again, almost closing his hand around it - when it repeated its spiel.
"Now now. Be nice and hold still just a moment!", he cooed at it.
Joe tried to move faster himself but the furpod managed to evade him every time and he could feel himself get frustrated. If only he had Toby's snitch-catching reflexes. That would make this task so much easier.
At last he grabbed the stem and with a firm grip managed to move all the way to the twin bean and get a good hold on it as he yanked it off -- unfortunately with the sudden release and his force out of balance he landed right in his Eglower and that send a load full of stinky pollen down his neck.
"Eww- choo!", Joe had to sneeze rather noisily.
Putting the furpod away, Joe figured he was already stinky and sneezing so he could as well just approach the eglower hands on and, getting stinkier and sneezing more and more with each passing second, he harvested the flowers and quickly put them away.
Hatchooo, Joe wiped his nose and face with some napkins he still had from breakfast. Apparently today was the day of stuff sticking to his face.
He quickly cleaned up the mess around his workbench and looked up excitedly when he heard the familiar voice of his best friend Toby calling for Sprout.
"Tobeyyy!", he called and ran over. He didn't go in for a hug however, still stinking of the eglower and in a desperate need for a wash.
"You wanna raise some plants?" Joe felt rather excited over the prospect of being able to garden, one of his favored activities, with one of his best friends. How fun was that?!
There was no answer to Tobias' calls. Professor Sprout wasn't here, and it seemed she wasn't anywhere nearby either. Perhaps she'd be back soon? Or perhaps he'd simply missed his chance this morning?
Post by Lindsey Bryce on Jul 21, 2022 23:47:51 GMT 10
Lindsey arrived in the greenhouse shortly after her Defense Against the Dark Arts class with her bag. She placed it down, having decided a while back to not plant anything today and to just harvest. She had a few things to get done today, so she went to her five plants and pushed any stray hairs from her face.
She was ready to harvest and take any notes, which she prepared for by pulling out her packet of parchment and a quill.
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