We had noticed that the leaves of the squash plants in The Three Sisters bed, move and turn with the sun and heat. Today I set up our 'scouting camera' in the veg patch and set it to take a photograph every 10 minutes. I've put together all 123 photos to make this movie.
Celia
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Aren't plants amazing? I know they're doing it to maximize on getting the light and nutrients that they need, but they actually look as though they're dancing! What fun :-)
ReplyDeleteThey move a lot more than I realised!
DeleteSunflowers do the same.
ReplyDelete... or do they?
DeleteCelia, this is a lovely film, a modern sundial. And...think that I glimpsed a golden squash just below the front row of those dancing leaves.
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The yellow patch at the front is in fact a flower with a tiny embryo squash attached. The growing season is so late this year, 4 ... maybe 6 weeks behind what it should be!
DeleteI'm praying that we will have a warm and sunny autumn and the squash have time to mature.
Wow, dancing leaves! I love the music and the bird that makes cameo appearance. That was charming! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe music is one of the free tracks on my Mac, it's called 'Acoustic Sunrise'.
DeleteThat's really fascinating. I would have thought that they just followed the sun across the sky directly, but there are lots of smaller movements too. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteYes I love how the leaves droop then stand up with like funnels... it is fascinating.
DeleteWhat fun! Looks like some of the big ones at the back get tired and have to take a rest
ReplyDeleteThey do look like a random crowd dancing, don't they?!
DeleteI love time lapse photography and never thought that squash plants would make an interesting subject
ReplyDeleteGarden's are full of surprises... even the ordinary things turn out to be amazing.
DeleteWhat a lovely video, adored the music too.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could tell you the composer, but they seem to be anonymous; this is a free track supplied with my Apple Mac called 'Acoustic Sunrise'.
DeleteI too thought it looked like a dance. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll be using the camera to do another stop-frame sequence - it can be surprising!
DeleteGreen Line dancing!
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