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Giant 8kg-mushroom found in Greece

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Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Aug-25 Tue 09:06
2020-Aug-25 Tue 09:06
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A giant mushroom was found by a resident of Argos Orestikos in western Macedonia. The rare mushroom, weighing more than 8kg, was found by local Michalis Lalos, when he visited the region. He simply stumbled across the mushroom and collected it. In total, the mushroom weighs 8kg and 150 grams. Michael…

The life cycle of a strawberry

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Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Aug-24 Mon 09:39
2020-Aug-24 Mon 09:39
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Isn't a strawberry's life cycle amazing? Dutch farmers, ByBroersen, shared this beautiful photo on LinkedIn last week. It takes roughly two to three weeks from the first little blossom for the strawberry to become a lovely, red fruit.

Somalian MSc students break the heaviest tomato fruit record in Turkey

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Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Aug-20 Thu 05:13
2020-Aug-20 Thu 05:13
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Despite the difficult conditions caused by the global pandemic, Somalian postgraduate students were able to continue their respective research studies in hydroponics, under the supervision of Professor Servet Varis at the Department of Horticulture at the Namik Kemal University in Tekirdag. Abubakar…