Planets That Took The World By St
Born from Peru and Bolivia it is 13,000 years old it is a
wild planet people started growing potatoes around 3,000 to 7,000
years ago .I t like many elevations and almost any types of
soil potatoes need lots of water while they are growing underground .They do not like
Colorado beetles and fungus such as potato blight . The
leafy perennial planet can grow as tall as school desk. Thousands of variety of potatoes have different skin colors brown,
red, white, yellow, blue and purplehttp://www.potatogoodness.com/all-about-potatoes/potato-fun-facts-history/orm
When you see planets do you think of the history they have are have
you never gave it a thought. I love reading about planets and teaching the kids
about the history behind it here is a few planets that stormed the world
Papyrus
Pepper
Tea
Sugarcane
Cotton
Cacao
Cinchona
Rubber
Potato
Corn
Papyrus
Was born in Egypt Nile Delta river now grows in shallow lakes
throughout Africa, Madagascar and Mediterranean countries you will know
longer find it Egypt .The planet does not like winter it will not be able to
grow in the cold. It loves full sun with enough moisture to keep it roots wet
all summer. Papyrus is 6,000 years old, as old as the first cities in Egypt the
oldest known Papyrus paper is an account sheet from sometime around 2600 BCE.
Belonging to the sedge family grassy planets. It grows in marshy areas, and
has clumps of triangular green stems-, which can stand tall as a
giraffe-top by thin feathery stalks. Now people use this planet more as
a decorative planet it has greenish or brownish flowers during summer
and it produce nut like fruits. You can find more information herehttp://legacy.earlham.edu/~seidti/iam/papyrus.html
Pepper
Born in India's Malabar Coast now part of Kerala state Pepper is
5,000 years old, it thrives in tropical regions with alternating heavy rains
and dry session’s .Most types of loose, well-drained soil. It does
not like growing without trees or stakes Pepper grows on a woody vine that can
reach up to as high as 10 -meter 33 foot driving platform .Cluster of tiny
white flowers small berries called popcorn. Here is more information http://www.ancient.eu.com/Pepper/
Tea
Born in China nearly 3,000 years old some have said that the
Chinese emperor Shen Nung discovered tea by accident 2737 BCE. He was drinking
hot water when the dry leaves of a tea planet fell in to his drink and he like
the taste of it! Is it true? I think it is a good story. It loves Moist, well-drained
soil, partly shaded. Warm temperatures it does not like very
cold temperatures below 18-*C O *F or fungus and insects
that chew its leaves. Tea comes from a evergreen shrub with shiny pointed
leaves and fragrant white flowers. Wild tea planets can grow as high
as a two story but they are pruned to a door knob to encourage new growth. Here
is more information http://www.teavana.com/tea-info/history-of-tea
Sugarcane
Born from New Guinea and Indonesia it is about
8,000 years old it does not like frost. It likes warm temperatures
strong sunlight and lot of rain year around and a variety of
soils Sugarcane's ,likes bamboo, is actually a type of grass It
has a jointed bamboo- like stalks that contain sweet sap Sugarcane can be cut
at a 12-18 month period when it is twice the height of a adult http://www.chewingcane.com/sugarcane_history.html
Cotton
Born in the tropical regions Cotton was first cultivated by
farmers in India ,China and Peru Cotton is 7,000 years old it was born
when the last ice age ended It does not like frost or boil weevils which
chew on their unopened pods It does well in all climates
or elevations as long as it gets lot of rain in its
first three months It is a shrubbery planet with
white flowers and pods called bolls which contain seeds and
hairy fibers. All parts of the cotton planet is useful in
some way Cotton seed oil is an ingredient in food products, and
leftover seed hulls become cattle feed.
Cacao
Was born in South America Amazon Rain
forest believed to be about 3,000 years old I t does not like to
much sun. And crowding when trees are crowded they are vulnerable to diseases
and insects like mealybugs which spread a deadly planet virus It thrives
in constant warmth with humidity and shade ,and prefer
lower elevation these conditions are
only founding places closer to the equator Malaysia
,central Africa ,the Caribbean, and the northern half of South Africa.
Cacao beans grow on an ever green tree. In football shaped pods when the tree
is three to four years old it carries 30 to 40 Whitish, almond- shape seeds
called beans Here is More information http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/treesandmarket
Cinchona
Born in Peru and Ecuador Cinchona traveled to Europe in
1631 but it was well known in South America long before that. It thrives
in higher elevations prefers the thick jungles on
the eastern slopes and the valleys of the Indies Mountains. I t does
not like to much sun or cold temperature this ever can grow has 5 to 10
feet story's It leaves are flat wide and shiny and its white red or pink
flowers are covered in hair for more information http://www.kew.org/collections/ecbot/collections/topic/cinchona/a-short-history-of-cinchona/
Rubber
Born in the Amazon and the Rain forest
Brazil rubber was reread thousands of years old before the
Europeans Explores saw the indigenous people of Central America using
it and that was in the 16th century it likes plenty of
rain fall and shade It does not like frost
or fungus called South American leaf blight
which spreads quickly among trees planted
to closely together.Natural rubber is made from latex and the white
sap made from the Brazilian rubber tree the rubber tree can grow
to the height of 15 story'shttp://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/rubber_2.htm
Potato
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