Fasciated Mutations in Dandelions near Michigan

In the Deep South, people start cutting the grass as early as March.

Fasciation is rare overall, but has been observed in at least a hundred different plant species, including members of Aloe,

Celosia, Delphinium, Digitalis, Euphorbia, Forsythia, Primula, Acer, Prunus,


Cannabis and many genera of Cactaceae (cactus) and Salix. Cresting results in undulating folds instead of the typical "arms" found on mature Saguaro cactus.

Some varieties of Celosia are raised especially for their dependably fasciated flower heads, for which they are called "cockscomb".

Cool, 5 stars. Did this start this year, or is it just a rare occurence that has become viral?

I was going to weed and feed, guess thats off now. I'll be out looking at the millions of spring dandelions on my poor lawn instead.

I am not sure if this is related, but I do alot of yardwork on a ranch in southern Oklahoma and one of the yellow rosebushes I take care of now has RED roses growing on it. I have never seen anything like this before. WTF??

A color change in flowers exposed to ionizing radiation has been reported in carnations snapdragons and spiderworts (just the stem hairs though). I don’t know about roses, but it is an interesting question nonetheless.

[link to www.jstor.org]

[link to en.wikipedia.org]


[link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

From the above (old) article, among the other changes occurring in the radiation-exposed plants included abnormal thickness in stem diameters, and abnormalities in flowering.

(See pages 963, and 965, however, I didn’t want to quote directly from the article for fear of copyright violation)

Scary. Radiation sickness and mutations from our own doing is such a lame way to die.

Last Edited by Flat on 04/23/2012 11:59 PM

This was posted as a user comment on an Extinction Protocol site. Seems relevant to the discussion at hand so I figured I would share:

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good one, Anhedonic

I noticed dandelion mutations last yr after the Fukushima incident this was Northern Ks. The stems were overly long and very quickly..like 18 to 24 inches with huge dandelion heads, some deformed. Like a gargantua/giant type deformaty. I also noticed a few albino baby birds that I had never seen before, obviously from the spring eggs. ??

i am a horticulturist,dandelions are famous for doing this ,its cause by a virus nothing more

This jackass was already boo'd off other sites.
Why you may ask?
Because of their inability to reply to this:

"Fasciation can be caused by a mutation in the meristematic cells, bacterial infection, mite or insect attack. Some plants may inherit the trait."

Not radiation. Then where did this genius get this idea?
From the 1986 film 'The Manhattan Project'.
A FICTIONAL FILM.
When asked for evidence linking the particular fasciation of the plants the poster has, and whether or the poster has weeded out the difference between fasciation caused by insects/bacteria and radiation....
...the poster remains quiet and posts rambling insults.

2. Roses can "sport" or mutate. Sports can be color changes or growth habits (climbing sports or repeat-blooming sports). Pink Knock Out and Blushing Knock Out are color sports of original Knock Out. Sometimes, though, the sport can revert back to the parent color. I have seen Pink KO and Blushing KO plants with blooms that are bi-colored or back to KO's cherry red.
3. Rootstock suckering. Most roses sold in the US are grafted onto another rootstock. Most of those are grafted onto the rose Dr. Huey, which is a once-blooming red climber. You can tell rootstock from the desired variety by digging down to find the source of the canes with the different colored blooms. These will come from below the graft union. Dr. Huey's canes are usually thinner than the grafted varieties canes. You can dig down and tear (not cut, tear) out those canes and try to save the grafted variety. Dr. Huey is a vigorous grower, and if its canes are not removed, the plant will eventually be all Dr. Huey.

[link to forums2.gardenweb.com]

It is may not be so simple to just say, "this is due to a virus".

Even if the effect is primarily due to a viral infection, the immune response of the plant may be altered by exposure to ionizing radiation. At Chernobyl low dose exposure to radiation led to a decreased resistance of plants and wider viral spreads and species.

[link to www.jstage.jst.go.jp]

Sometimes it is not so simple as to say this is jus “A”, “B”, or “C” when the causes may be interconnected or related. If we are seeming more widespread mutations even due to more widespread and diversified viral outbreaks, the central questions still remain of; “Why?” and “What is really going on in our environments?”

My two cents anyway.

And Christ is going to save us and restore the world, that's why we aren't going to talk less about "religious" matters.

D'oh.

Look up Jet Stream and atmospheric transport.

Is Michigan under glass?

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The major radioactive emissions and fallout were in March of 2011. This is the second growing season, dummy.

WTF!

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Yeah I don't recommmend weed and feed, with the possible exception of corn gluten (though that is likely GMO corn). Dandelions are useful plants and actually pretty flowers if we can escape the American Dream mindset of a perfect monoculture grass lawn. Dandelions are natural aerators of the lawn and nectar sources for pollinators. You can eat the young leaves and the roots can be brewed into a coffee-like drink. God gave us many uses for this plant.

Did you see where they're probably going to kill off what few bees we have left by practicing ("observing"- yeah, right!) on them?

I sincerely believe they are responsible for the new 10 allergies that have popped up in the past few years (from grains, dairy and nuts.)

They're HELL on kids! Imagine not being able to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when you're 6 years old because you might have a fatal allergic reaction?

I hope Pelosi and her minions regret this for all eternity.

Miggy

I'm here in Macomb county too. SCS

Fascination can be caused by a virus, or even by the freaky weather we've had.

The person who possted that a yellow rose bush started blooming red. That's easy, the graft died adn the red is from the rootstock.

~Chills

I had a strawberry that looked like the one on the video last year. I thought it was due to the previous use of Roundup. (I don't use Roundup for weeds and they have taken over the garden!)

here we go! let the fammon begin

Mr. Toppit,

I used to think like you, too.

I had a PERFECT lawn which took a lot of time and money to maintain.

About 2 or 3 years ago when I was still in Vegas someone started a thread about already having to rake leaves in August.

I paid particular attention because I had a 49 year old tree that looked sick, SMELLED sick and I could crack off the stems instead of pruning, as usual.

Not only that, I started paying attention to ALL of the ground.

It smelled horrid- not healthy at all as in years past.

I don't know how to describe it.

You know when a piles of clothes smells soiled, right?

Or when a pound of hamburger goes bad?

Well, this was how I viewed what I was smelling. It was not normal. It smelled wretched.

That's when I took my instincts seriously and got the hell out of there.

I'm in Oklahoma now and paying attention to the same things I witnessed the first 30 years of my life here.

So far, all I noticed was we had NO winter, whatsoever...

The dandelions have a thorny leaf....

The tulips and daffodils had bloomed and died by Valentines day...

And where we used to begin mowing grass in April and May, I've already had to mow weekly since the first of March.

There are ladybugs EVERYWHERE- never seen this many but that's fine by me.

Unfortunately the fleas and ticks have already become the size they normally are in mid summer.

We didn't have the usual, blustery March winds either.

Guess what I'm saying is no more fertilization for me.

If something comes out of the ground, is green and doesn't smell nauseating I feel I'm blessed.

Miggy

ZIP, you're KIDDING me, right?????

I put my red hibiscus that always has dozens of blooms out on the porch last week (have owned it 8+ years) and now HALF the blooms are salmon/coral colored!

What the fuck is THIS about?!

I believe the color of hibiscus is ph dependent. I can get pink or blue, depending where I plant.

Never had a color change without moving the plant though.