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Just so many ways to donate hair, and while not being one to want to capture and save, I have found a most worthy cause. Meet Norman who not only eats insects, but loves my shed hairs rich in proteen. Yummy!
Sorry Locks of Love, none 4 u! Boo-hoo.
Hi Justin,
I lost mine many years ago to alternative lifestyles when I was younger and as you can see only a tuft on top left. My poor vacuum cleaner still does battle once a week and donates it's contents to Slough recycling!
Rip poor hair!
Cheers,
John.B
PS...We could start another now and then thread...giggle!
Hi John
I just showed your pic to Norman and he got mad at me cause he wants to eat more hair for his bodybuilding plant workouts at the Vegetation gym he attends. But I told Norm to knock it off or I will take away his new "Plantmobile." I will donate no more shed hair to him and nothing ever to: "Locks of Laughs!"
Hey, that was a fun photo. Thanks for sharing! :-)
Justin~
Nice mohawk, John! :D I remember seeing you with it.
And that plant is really cute!
-Andrea
That plant is looking VERY healthy, --- and, I do mean: VERY VERY healthy, a little TOO healthy... Scarey thought!!! (I hope you don't cuddle up too close to any of your plants at night!!)
- Ken
LOL,great solution to that dreaded shed hair problem Justin.Sure beats letting them get caught up in the drain or laying on the carpets.As for Locks of Love .... why don't they donate hair amongst themselves!LOL.Cheers my friend.
Mark
Well Justin I'll be sure to send you my sheddings to feed your plant.
Kevin
Thanks Kevin! Just one thing however: Norm is a bit spoiled and will not accept Hair with a split end. But yes.........please do send and if per chance I find one I shall target and destroy and Norman will think everything is normal. Conditioner is also good for his digestion process.
Does he have a big knife!
Hey Justin,
Little voices in the middle of the night: "More protein strands, please!" (Like the Ovaltine commercial)
In organic gardening circles, I've heard of people collecting hair from barber shops, cutting it up real fine, and scattering it over the soil as both a slow-release source of nitrogen and a snail/slug deterrent (due to the sharp ends of the sheared hairs).
- Oren
Thanks for the gardening tip, Oren. I'll have to try it out! Any way to deter snails & slugs sounds good to me!
- Ken
You never know Ken a box lower west side box of used hair maybe good for the slugs!
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So your plant likes hair. Can he actually digest it? I am guessing that the hard cuticle on an insect is somewhat similar to hair.
Just as long as he doesn't want blood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGRN39oifsE
Hi Scott
Yes, the hair actually dissolves in the liquid on the pitchers. I believe this plant is native to South America high-up in the mountains. And yet, hair will NOT be eaten or dissolved by a Sundew or Butterwort. (The Sundew of course relys on the movement of an insect to further trap him until the digestive juices begin to quickly turn to a type of acid which demolishes the poor thing as it is still struggling to escape.) But, a hair will not move, hence the Sundew ceases movement and is not interested as is the Butterwort.
Whew............can nature ever be mean! :-0
Take care
Justin~
Here is a photo of a Cape Sundew. Note the hundreds to thousands of sticky due drops clinging to ea. leaf. When an insect comes in for a taste he is very lucky to be able get away.
Those dew drops secret a digestive acid once stimulated, and the more the insect struggles, the more dew-drops move and cover him. Eventually the whole leaf curles around its victum as it enjoys its "buggy" meal.
Mmmmmmmmmm, yummy. Just like mother used to make. (Only better.!)LOL
Well if you are a Rick Moranis fan...feeble then fine! Keep your locks in a box until they are useful!
Norma looks very healthy, perhaps a little TOO healthy. I hope you lock your room at night and keep and scissors/knives out of reach of Norman. He may decide to go on a 'hair eating' binge, and you might be the victim. You could wake up one morning with your head chopped, and Norman happily munching on your shorn locks. YUM! Plants are devious.... :-P