The Natural Navigator» tick effect http://www.naturalnavigator.com Natural navigation, finding our way using nature. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:35:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Chilli Compass http://www.naturalnavigator.com/using-plants-find-direction/ http://www.naturalnavigator.com/using-plants-find-direction/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:25:50 +0000 admin http://www.naturalnavigator.com/?p=1883 chilli plant heavier on southern sideTrees are the easiest plants to read to find direction, but one of my chilli plants is also doing a fine job. It has been growing in a greenhouse and so shows only the effects of the sun and no…

]]> chilli plant heavier on southern sideTrees are the easiest plants to read to find direction, but one of my chilli plants is also doing a fine job. It has been growing in a greenhouse and so shows only the effects of the sun and no combing from the wind. It could not be much clearer.

The plant is dramatically heavier on its southern side and it is also displaying the ‘Tick Effect’ across its stems – more vertical growth on the northern side, more horizontal on the southern.

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