Seeds buried in jars in 1879 experiment

[Rhodie Ranch]

The Secret Mission To Unearth Part Of A 142-Year-Old Experiment

Scientists in Michigan went out in the dead of night to dig up part of an unusual long-term experiment. It's a research study that started in 1879 and is handed from one generation to the next.

www.npr.org

 

[digitS']

"(the excavation got delayed until this month, because of the coronavirus pandemic)"

Ah, ha! So that is what happened to the update .

I had to wait for Earth Day and RhodieRanch, Thank You!

Steve

 

[Dirtmechanic]

People being bros! That is so cool!

 

[Zeedman]

I got a kick out of the image of senior professors skulking around campus after dark, like frat pranksters afraid of getting caught.

I wonder if one of the weeds being tested is velvet leaf? That must have a really long life, it seems to pop up here around any excavation.

 

[baymule]

That was a neat article, thanks for posting it.