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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Did you have a "plant mentor"? "Family, Grandmother and later part time Nursery job with plants."

Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Did you have a "plant mentor"? "Yes - as an undergraduate student, I had a botany professor take an interest in mentoring me after I took his plant systematics course."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Did you have a "plant mentor"? "Yes, my parents first then some botanically knowledgeable family friends and then a couple of enthusiastic teachers in school."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Can you share your favourite plant related memory? "I don't have one - I just love plants! Maybe watching David Attenborough's The Private Life of Plants? Still my favorite nature program."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Can you share your favourite plant related memory? "Growing full sized tobacco plant (over 2 m) from a very small pot. Shows the power of plant resilience."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Can you share your motivation for choosing a botany-related education pathway? "I've always been fond of plants and science."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Motivation for choosing a plant-related education pathway: "𝙄 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚. 𝙄𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Motivation for choosing a plant-related career: "𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Motivation for choosing a botany-related education pathway: "𝙈𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙞𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝘼 𝙋𝙝𝘿 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙞𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤 𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Motivation for choosing a botany-related career pathway: "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Any other thoughts on the topic (of becoming a botanist) you would like to share? 😔 Plants are the basis of every terrestrial ecosystem, including humans. We desperately need more people, training and jobs for them. I watch as plant departments around the world are closed down with despair

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Motivation for plant-related career? I became fascinated by ecology and was inspired by my lecturers at University.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Motivation for plant-related career? I'm biologist and I always had i kind of inclination to life matters. The plant world was a serendipity in my way.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Motivation for plant-related career? I was fascinated first, then I discovered that I was good at the bench, and it all fell into place. The fact that plants feed the world has always added to my motivation, which is anyway rooted into my curiosity.

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Silvia Manrique @tank-silvia.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The smell of lentisk/mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) in the forest during summers. Actually, as a child, I was not aware that it was specifically this plant that produced this perfume. Now, as a plant scientist, I got to study P. lentiscus, and its smell always brings me inmediate childhood memories 💚.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Can you share you favourite plant-related memory? "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙖𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Friends, followers, plant lovers: what is your favourite plant-related memory or moment?

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Motivation for choosing a botany-related education pathway: "𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 (𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙪𝙢). 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧."

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Plants, People, Planet @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Inspiring the next generation of plant scientists: What we learned from 421 plant biologists @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social and Rainer Melzer nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @plantmemories.bsky.social @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social #PlantScience

Strategies for promoting the uptake of plant biology as an education and career pathway supported by the survey of 421 plant biologists carried out.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Motivation for choosing botany-related education: i love the outdoors. I loved nature. I became a botanist NOT because I didn't like dissection of animals (I don't mind at all), but because I really found plants and all their diversity personally impressive

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Motivation for choosing botany-related education? My father left school at 14 and my (more intellectual) mother at 18, and I was born in a council house, so there was little expectation that I would explore tertiary education.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Motivation for choosing a plant related career: "𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩-𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 (𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣) 𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙗."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Motivation for choosing a plant-related career: "𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝟣𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮. 𝙀𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙋𝙝𝘿 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙋𝙝𝘿 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Motivation for choosing a plant-related career: "𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 (𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙨)."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Reason for a plant-related career: "𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Favourite plant memory: "𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 - 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙄 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙖𝙩."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Why botany? "𝙈𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣. 𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙄 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Motivation for choosing a botany-related education pathway: 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Favourite plant memory: "𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙮𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Favourite plant related memory: 𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Our paper is out now in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social! Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... We will start sharing plant memories from our survey! Watch this space. #plantsci

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