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I wanted quick access to the Valerian root, because of its medicinal value. I transplanted the Valerian growing in soil to these jars containing water, and added liquid fertilizer. I regularly turn the water, to ensure mold and other pathogens do not form. I have not harvested the root as yet, because I intend to acclimate the root system to (more or less) continuous water.

The Valerian root, however, did have a mild soma-like and anxiolytic effect.

This is my second (2nd) attempt at grafting the branches of one particular tree onto the branches of another tree. This is a graft (two grafts) of orange bougainvillea onto the rootstock of purple bougainvillea. I also took a clipping of the orange bougainvillea and put it into water if it was able to develop roots in hydroponics. I made an opening in the rootstock of the purple bougainvillea and cut the branch at a precise angle in order to set the branch into the rootstock with minimal support (tape or wire or other).

For crossing Bougainvillea and the rose plant, I grafted the clipping of a rose bush and attached it to an opening on the Bougainvillea (rootstock). I placed a clipping of the rose bush into a dish of water in order to form roots.

The third cross is two varieties of similar tree, producing yellow and purple flowers, which I cross-pollinated on both trees. I brushed the pollen off both flowers, and rubbed the pollen dust onto the corresponding floral stigma.

I have begun manually cross-pollinating various species, aside from the Bougainvillea. This is a photograph (9th in position) of a strawberry flower, which I cross-pollinated with camellia sinensis (green tea). Other fruit varieties have not started producing flora with which to cross-pollinate.

Several cross varieties (date: 04/07/2024).

I walked through my hometown and chose several varieties of flowers and shrubs with which to cross-pollinate.

I have also continued to cross orange bougainvillea with the other colors of bougainvillea to obtain some kind of (genetic) change.

In the flower variety, I also found a recent modification of the rose (white petals) which I began to root. The primary focus of the garden is the bougainvillea, however, because of its variegated bloom.

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