What plants can be protectors from the rain. What plants predict rain. About spiders, ants and bees
Tells about the abilities of plants-barometers Vladimir Mezhensky, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, author of the book "Indicator Plants":
On my own suburban area plant clove grass(Dianthus deltoids) and calendula(Calendula officinalis). In anticipation of rain, they close flowers and inflorescences to protect pollen from getting wet. Very sensitive to weather changes and the flower symbol of Ukraine - mallow(Malva). On the eve of rain, its flowers wilt and close.
Excellent barometer - flowering potatoes b. Before the onset of inclement weather, its pedicels bend and the flowers droop. Blooming carrots are also a wonderful weather forecaster: if the inflorescence sticks up, wait good weather, and before the rain, the white umbrella droops.
Good at predicting the weather bindweed(Convolvulus). If the flowers are open in the morning - by a clear day, do not open in the morning or closed in the middle of the day - to rain. And if the bindweed blooms even in cloudy weather- it will be a sunny day.
At high humidity air, some plants intensively secrete nectar. For example, flowers white slumber(Melandrium album) are pollinated by night butterflies and they open at dusk. If this plant begins to actively secrete nectar, wait for precipitation. And if in the evening large insects fly past open flowers, nectar does not stand out - it will be clear. It is noteworthy that the nap is able to determine the weather change in 9-12 hours!
Some weather forecasting plants signal a change in the weather by the arrangement of their leaves. For example, at bracken fern(Pteridium aquilinum), which is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens, frond leaves twist before good weather, and unwind before rain.
Similarly signals stone berry(Rubus saxatilis), straightening the leaves for the rain and twisting them into a tube for the heat. She is able to predict weather changes 15-20 hours in advance.
Some plants, in anticipation of rain, "cry", releasing drops of moisture. Why is this happening? In dry weather, plants evaporate water without any problems, but with an increase in air humidity (which usually precedes precipitation), it is necessary to release excess moisture in liquid form in order to maintain the flow of water through the vessels of plants. Therefore, for example, if in the morning on the leaves Cannes(Сanna indica) drops of water are noticeable, which means that it will rain during the day.
Your lawn will also let you know about bad weather. Before the rain clover leaves fold like an umbrella, covering the flowers. They close into a "tassel" dandelion flowers a. But even a downy dandelion is able to predict the weather. When it's dry and sunny, his white parachutes scatter at the slightest breath of wind, and before bad weather, a fluffy ball folds into a strong umbrella.
Bushes and trees - predictors
An unusual reaction to a change in the weather is observed in decorative honeysuckle. About 12 hours before rain, it begins to exude an unusually strong odor.
On the eve of rainy weather, they increase the production of nectar and yellow acacia flowers(Caragana arborescens). Usually her bushes begin to smell fragrant in the evening, at sunset. But before a rain with a thunderstorm, its flowers begin to exude a strong smell during the day, while releasing a lot of nectar - to attract insects.
Can predict bad weather willow and maple. Approximately 10-12 hours before the rain, these trees “weep” - they release excess moisture from the leaves. branches oil before rain they go down, and before clear weather they rise back up.
About spiders, ants and bees
Insects - satellites of plants - can also tell the weather, often no worse than weather sites. So, a spider before the rain stops hunting, leaves its web and hides in a shelter.
Ants fuss on the eve of the rain. If a thunderstorm is approaching, which means heavy rains will fall on the ground, then the ants in a hurry transfer their pupae to the deeper chambers of the anthill. Before bad weather, these insects close all the moves behind them and hide.
The approaching bad weather is subtly felt by bees. If the sun is shining in the morning, and the bees do not fly out of the hive to collect honey, expect a thunderstorm soon. If the bees leave the hive, but do not fly far, there will be precipitation. If in the middle of the day large groups the bees are returning to the hive - it will start soon heavy rain and possibly thunder.
Vyacheslav SIGALOVSKY
PLANTS BAROMETERS - WEATHER FORECASTERS ON THE WINDOWSILL
Where do we usually look when we are going for a walk or on business? Correctly! On a thermometer or an Internet site that shows the weather. It turns out that many indoor plants are excellent weather forecasters and can tell whether it will rain or heat is expected. You just need to learn to understand their "language".
So, who are they, green predictors?
MONSTERA DELICIOUS. This spreading liana will tell you unmistakably whether it will be damp outside. If it is expected that the sky will be covered with clouds and it will rain or drizzle, droplets will collect on its leaves.
BANANA ROOM (Muza). Whenever increased air humidity is expected, a dew drop forms on the tip of its young, unopened leaves.
INDOOR ROSE. Before a downpour gathers, her flowers become more fragrant.
MARANTA. All kinds of this magnificent tropical plant react to an increase in air humidity by forming moisture on the leaves.
HOYA FEATHER. If droplets gather on her flowers, an unmistakable warning: it will rain. By the way, it tastes like sweet nectar. Whether it is edible is unknown.
BALSAM. If "tears" form on its leaves, this is for sunny, clear weather.
CYPARIS. It starts to smell stronger when it's damp outside.
MIMOSA SHAME. Shows not so much the weather as the time. By evening, its leaves are folded, and by morning they open.
OXIS (oxalis). This representative of the flora with butterfly leaves behaves in the same way as bashful mimosa. It is not only a green (or purple!) clock, but also a phyto-barometer: its petals also fold when rain approaches.
ALOCASIA speaks not only of the weather, but also of poor care. Water forms on its leaves even before rain, and may indicate excessive watering.
THELOCACTUS (telocactus bicolor). On hot days, droplets of liquid form on its modified stem - usually at the base of the spines, at the top.
Elena Chaus
Abstract of the lesson-conversation "Flowers-forecasters" (using ICT)
Target: introduce children to weather forecast flowers.
The course of the conversation
Educator. Flowers you can not only admire, but also with their help you can determine the weather! That's why, flowers by which the weather can be determined is called weather forecast flowers. And it's not hard to do, you just have to be careful.
Slide show « Weather forecast flowers» (Teacher's story with elements of conversation)
Slide number 1. Monstera.
Slide number 2. Cannes.
Slide number 3. Daisies.
Slide number 4. Water lilies.
Slide number 5. Pansies.
Slide number 6. Dandelions.
Slide number 7. Calendula.
Slide number 8. Bells.
Slide number 9. Geranium.
Slide number 10. Clover.
Slide number 11. Oxygen.
Slide number 12. Lilies.
Slide number 13. Hyacinths.
Slide number 14. Phloxes.
Slide number 15. Currant.
Slide number 16. Mallow.
Slide number 17. Calendula.
Slide number 18. Mokritsa.
Slide number 19. Coltsfoot.
Slide number 20. Bindweed.
For example, if droplets appear on the tips of monstera or canna leaves, then it will rain soon. Daisies tilt their heads down and close when rain approaches. Before rain, water lilies hermetically close their anthers and go under water. They close their doors before the rain pansy flowers, dandelions, calendula, and bluebells bend and tilt their "gramophones".
Geranium, on the contrary, stretches and straightens the stems. In clover and sour, before bad weather, the leaves change their shape - they fold.
Many flowers before the rain intensely smell. These are lilies, hyacinths, phloxes, red and black currants.
This happens because plants are very sensitive to the slightest changes in the weather, they are able to respond to minor fluctuations in temperature, pressure, and humidity.
You can determine what the weather will be like in the next few hours or the next day by many signs. Let's pay attention to flowers in our yard: the sky is clear, the weather is good, and the mallow and marigolds have already folded their petals tightly and seem to have withered - which means it will rain. After the rain, the petals will open again.
The wood lice, a garden weed, is just as sensitive to weather changes. Her nondescript flowers open early in the morning: if by nine o'clock in the morning they have not opened, it will almost certainly rain.
Plants that predict the weather are found in the meadow and in the forest. So, the clover shrinks, brings its leaves closer and leans - to bad weather. And long before the weather improves, when the sky is still overcast, the leaves straighten.
close up flowers coltsfoot - be rain. Bindweed closes its corolla before the rain, and on the eve sunny day Be sure to reveal it even in cloudy weather.
Finger gymnastics "Scarlet flowers»
Our Reds flowers
Open petals. (spread fingers)
The wind breathes a little
The petals sway. (wiggle fingers)
Our Reds flowers
Close the petals. (Fingers clench into a fist)
shake their heads,
They fall asleep quietly. (Shaking fists)
The fragrant violet hides its violet petals before the rain, as moisture is detrimental to it. Common chicory, meadow core, chickweed, field bindweed, white water lily behave in the same way. Them flowers close before rain and storm.
On the banks of rivers, in other wet places, spring chistyak grows. In clear weather it flower open. But as soon as the sun hides behind the clouds, the bright petals bend towards the middle, covering the stamens.
The oak anemone is considered a real barometer. In clear sunny weather, her white and pink flowers are pleasing to the eye. But if you notice that even in the afternoon, when the sun is shining, its petals begin to fold, then you have to wait for the weather to worsen.
Among the mass of greenery shine brightly "flashlights" celandine. But then they began to fade, became barely noticeable. Plant signals: it will rain soon.
In May-June, the meadows are covered with a yellow carpet of dandelions. This plant also predicts the weather in advance. Imagine that in the morning, passing by a familiar meadow, you do not recognize his: yellow "carpet" almost disappeared, flowers dandelions shrunk into a tight ball, covered with green wrappers. The sun has already risen, it seems to be warming as before. And the dandelion is in no hurry to open its flower. Secret simple: a storm is approaching.
Dandelion can predict the weather even after will fade when a fluffy ball appears on his slender leg. Tear off such a ball and blow on it. Many fluffs easily break off and rise into the air. This happens in clear, good weather. And before the rain, when the humidity of the air rises, the fluffs are not easy to blow off, they seem to be glued.
If the branches of the Christmas tree and juniper, directed upwards in clear and dry weather, begin to fall - expect bad weather.
Some plants warn of an upcoming change in the weather by the release of odorous substances. These include adonis spring, meadow drowse, white and yellow acacia, medicinal sweet clover.
There are also plants that already a few days before the rain begin to "cry"- Discard excess water. So, about three days before the rain starts "cry" maple. Droplets of water appear before the rain on the leaves of reeds, willows. Leaves of blackberry, bird cherry become wet.
Plants that respond to rain (changes in humidity) are called barometer plants.
The main indicators in long-term forecasts are signs of the awakening of wildlife after winter dormancy. So, for example, if a birch is the first to open its leaves in spring, we should expect warm summer, and if the leaves of the alder open before the birch, the summer will be cold and rainy. Friendly and intense (abundant) sap from a birch portends inclement summer weather.
In autumn, along a birch, you can predict the timing of the onset spring: if the leaves begin to turn yellow from the top of the crown - spring will be early, and if from below - late. Abundant harvests of apples, mountain ash, acorns promise a harsh frosty winter.
Onions grown in the garden can be predicted winter weather directly at home: if the two or three outer dry layers of the bulb skin are thin and easily torn, the weather will be relatively warm, and if the skin is rough and strong, a harsh winter should be expected.
Outcome of the conversation
1. What are weather forecast plants?
2. What forecast plants do you know?
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The ability to sensitively respond to all kinds of changes in nature is one of the most characteristic features that distinguish plants and animals from inanimate matter.
For example, with rapid temperature changes rock it may crack and weather, the reservoir may dry up, but there is no tendency to self-preservation in these changes. At the same time, living organisms always strive to either get away from a temperature that is harmful to them, or different ways protect yourself from her.
At different types animals have special reflexes to various external influences, which always have one or another biological meaning. For example, ants, bees, midges, spiders over the course of many generations have developed a sluggish sensitivity to all sorts of harbingers of bad weather, since an unexpected change of weather means death for them.
Spiders are excellent meteorologists. They predict weather changes with the accuracy of a barometer. Spiders are known to be intolerant of dampness. Therefore, being afraid of dew, they rarely go hunting in the morning. In the morning they appear only when there is no dew. And the absence of dew is one of the signs of an approaching bad weather. Spiders are also afraid of the heat. Therefore, if spider goes hunting on a hot afternoon, which means that he anticipates strong wind or a thunderstorm, which, breaking the web, can deprive him of food. In the evenings, spiders willingly leave their home if they do not feel the approach of rain. Seeing a spider in the evening, you can safely expect good weather the next day.
The ability of bees to anticipate changes in the weather has long been known. When a thunderstorm approaches, they flock to the apiary from everywhere and within a few minutes imperceptibly spray over the apiary itself. As soon as the clouds cover the sky and cover the sun, the bees that have flown out of the hive return from the road, leave the flowers, and those that have not flown lay mine flight. When the first heavy drops of thunderstorm rain splash, the bees are nowhere to be seen.
Hymenoptera insects, covered with copper-red skin and bright red hairs - osmium, together with swallows, bring us spring.
In clear weather, the char fish lies at the bottom of the aquarium without moving, but now, wagging its long body, it begins to scurry along the walls of the aquarium, and after a while the sky is covered with clouds. But the char is already rushing around the aquarium up and down, left and right, which means that raindrops will soon drum. The char is successfully used as a "living barometer" by peasants in some parts of China. His behavior is surprisingly accurate in predicting weather changes.
The ability of birds to anticipate changes in the weather is widely known. As soon as the piercing screech of swifts, the usual inhabitants of many cities, resounds over the bell towers and towers, one must certainly wait for the onset of heat, even if they still hold on. bad weather and cold.
The first signals of the approach of autumn are the movements of cranes. In general, they seem to be in no hurry to fly away and reluctantly part with the north: they suddenly leave their place in a significant area almost on the same day and then settle somewhere to the south for two or three days. And this anxiety is always not in vain: a day after the shift, or even on the same evening, the temperature drops greatly, and sometimes after warm day frost will strike at night and beat cucumbers or potato tops.
On the high plateaus of New Mexico there are extensive colonies of prairie dogs, which, in anticipation of the onset hibernation that occurs at the end of October, they close all the openings of their dwelling to protect themselves from the cold and fall asleep in order to wake up at the first warm spring days. According to the observations of the Indians, prairie dogs often open their homes before the end of the cold weather, and this is a sure sign of the imminent onset of heat.
An amazing manifestation of the vital activity of plants should be recognized as the ability of many of them to anticipate changes in the weather. The slightest change in the humidity of the air is instantly captured by these sensitive organisms, even if it cannot be noted by a sensitive instrument.
In India, huge thickets of reeds stretch along the banks of the rivers. Here they hide and make their lairs predatory beasts, and only a fearless hunter dares to make his way through the reeds. Such a hunter does not need a barometer, he will unmistakably determine by one kind of reed whether weather the next day to favor his hunting trip. If in the morning, between 8-10 o'clock, transparent drops of liquid, like tears, are visible in the corners of the leaves, then you need to wait for rain. "Reeds are crying - to be rain," says the Indian. Indeed, the next day bursts into torrential streams rain.
Found in our latitudes whole line other "barometer" plants that can warn us in advance of rain. For example, honeysuckle flowers emit a particularly strong fragrance before rain, while before a drought they are completely odorless. The leaves of the horse chestnut before the rain exude a large number of sticky juice. Yellow flowers acacias, in anticipation of a near bad weather, seem to open their arms: the pistils move apart and a brilliant drop of honey appears in the center of each flower. Bone bushes, hiding in the shade of trees, straighten their usually rounded leaves 15-20 hours before the rain.
The ears of the calla growing in swamps are provided, as the name of the plant shows, with a white leaf covering the entire inflorescence from the side. From the position of this white side leaf one can also with great success predict changes in the weather. Before rain, the bract bends to the side and becomes almost at right angles to the inflorescence, while before clear weather it is held completely upright.
Botanists now count more than 400 weather forecasting plants scattered everywhere. But there is no doubt that their actual number is much greater, since observations of plants in this direction have so far been very few.
It should be noted that a number of reliable weather references are given by different authors in fiction. Some of them are interesting to bring.
In the book by V. K. Arsenyev “In the Wilds of the Ussuri Territory”, its hero Dersu Uzala defines: “... ours walk well during the day, it will rain in the evening.
I asked him why he thought it wouldn't rain during the day.
“Look for yourself,” Gold replied. “You see, little birds go back and forth, play, eat.” It will rain soon - then sit quietly, sleep anyway.
Indeed, I remembered that before the rain it is always quiet and gloomy, but now it’s the other way around: the forest lived full life; woodpeckers, jays and nutcrackers called to one another everywhere, and fussy nuthatches whistled merrily.
In the book Dm. Medvedev " Strong-willed"we find such a place:" ... an unprecedented sight opened before our eyes: on the right, in the east, a huge fireball rises.
What's up with the sun today? I ask the old peasant.
- To the blizzard, - he answers shortly ...
— What a blizzard, papa? There is not a cloud in the sky, and there is no wind either, - Alexander Alexandrovich laughs.
But the farmer was right.
The sun, rising above the horizon, became less and less, faded and turned from red to matte pale, covered with a cloudy veil of a cloud that had come from nowhere. The wind got stronger.
... A blizzard has begun.
Between actors G. Baldin's story "The General" the following conversation takes place:
“I liked it, you say? Who will not like such air, only now to a thunderstorm.
“It doesn’t look like it, Trofim Petrovich. Not a cloud in the sky.
- But you'll see ... Hey, the whistle of the locomotive is muffled. Always before a thunderstorm…”
Sailors, fishermen, shepherds, farmers, hunters very skillfully predict the weather. Shepherds, in particular mountaineers in the Alps and in our Caucasus, often predict the onset of wet weather by the wool of sheep. It easily absorbs moisture from the air and at high relative humidity dampens. Feeling the wool of his sheep and noticing that it is damp, the shepherd expects the onset of rainy or foggy weather.
Sailors predict bad weather by tightening knots. The hemp fibers from which the ropes are twisted have the property of swelling with increasing humidity. Therefore, knots loosely tied in dry weather, in damp air, from twisting the ropes are tightened more tightly, it becomes more difficult to untie them.
The number of signs of weather change noticed by man is enormous. You can read about them in the specialized literature.
Here we only note the following rules.
If you stand with your back to the wind, then the worsening of the weather should be expected only on the left, but never on the right. Therefore, any cloud on the right, there is no change in the weather.
Most sure signs bad weather is usually clouds and wind.
If it's coming warm front (warm air looms over the cold, and cold air retreats), the main harbingers of bad weather are high cirrus clouds. They are visible at a distance of 100-200 km (Fig. 78). They are 400-500 km ahead of the first precipitation and pass 12-16 hours before the clouds of the lower tier, from which rain or snow falls.
If it's coming cold front(warm air recedes, and cold air spreads after it), then it is often preceded by clouds in the form of small balls, called in Everyday life"sheep". Precipitation can be predicted from the nature of the cloud in no more than 3-5 hours, and more often a cloud appears so unexpectedly and moves so quickly that it can be done in just 30-40 minutes.
Clouds - harbingers of bad weather - always appear at the very edge of the horizon, thickening on one side of it. Spreading across the sky, they always remain densest on the side of the horizon where they first appeared.
Clouds randomly scattered across the sky are usually not harbingers of bad weather.
As a guideline for characterizing the wind, there may be signs of its influence on terrestrial objects and the sea surface.
If today there are many diverse technical possibilities that allow us to learn about the weather for the future, then in ancient times nature itself helped people predict the weather. People observed the phenomena occurring around, the properties of plants, the behavior of birds, insects, and deduced patterns. Numerous folk omens grew out of such everyday observations of the weather:
If the oak is dressed with foliage before the ash, the summer will be rainy and cool. If the ash tree blooms earlier, then the summer should be dry and warm.
A very abundant thistle bloom is a sign of a beautiful and dry autumn.
Until the leaf from the cherry tree has fallen, winter will not come.
There are many nuts and acorns, few mushrooms - the winter will be snowy and harsh.
From the ancients times people knew that many plants are quite sensitive to various atmospheric changes and watching them, made the appropriate conclusions about the upcoming weather. Even the famous Greeks and Romans Aristotle, Cato, Virgil and Pliny wrote about this relationship and expounded weather signs, based on observations of plant behavior, in an easy-to-remember verse form.
To date, over 1000 various kinds animals and plants whose behavior can predict the weather on certain time. By the way, there are organisms that not only predict the weather, but can also influence it. Oxford scientists have proven that single-celled seaweed able to create wind for their ascent into the sky and generate clouds that serve them by air to move around the globe. Fungal spores living in the clouds, in turn, can cause precipitation, with which they return to earth.
Notable weather plants
"Crybabies"
Some deciduous trees, including alder, willow, horse chestnut, with their “crying” they inform us about rainy weather, sometimes three, or even four days before the rain. Sometimes drops fall from willow leaves so often that the ground under the trees becomes wet. Apparently, therefore, it is popularly called the "weeping willow."
Among indoor plants predicts the weather. Before the rain, the plant begins to “cry” - droplets of water appear at the ends of its rounded leathery leaves.
Typical "crybabies" are broadleaf natives of India, growing in many front gardens and gardens. If transparent droplets of water appear on the wide leaves of plants in the morning, it will definitely rain in the afternoon.
So why do plants "cry"? It's all about the evaporation of moisture that the roots absorb. High air humidity, which usually happens before rain, prevents evaporation - then the leaves of plants through special pores called water stomata begin to release moisture droplets.
Flowers - soothsayers
Flowers and fruits of many plants help to predict the weather for the near future. Watch, for example, the behavior of a dandelion. If in sunny weather its yellow flowers close, or if its fluffy seed ball closes like an umbrella, it will rain. And vice versa: open flowers and widely spread dandelion fluffs announce that there will be clear and dry weather.
A reliable predictor of the weather is considered a thorn. Its open flowers notify us of the upcoming sunny weather. If the bright sun shines, and its petals do not open, then it will rain soon.
Marigolds are known not only as medicinal plant they serve as a living barometer for us. With a strong increase in humidity, which usually happens before the rain, their yellow-brown flowers close. Carpobrotus and mallow flowers have similar synoptic abilities.
Closed marigold flowers - to the rain.
Help predict the weather and spring flowers such as crocuses and tulips, which open their petals with warming air. These bulbous flowers are very sensitive to meteorological factors, because even with a minimal increase or decrease in air temperature, their flowers either open or close.
Robinia or false acacia predicts the weather differently for us: before the rain, it generously endows insects with its honey-sweet aroma, the aroma of which is heard hundreds of meters away. If bees, bumblebees and other insects hover over a tree, then it will rain, if the buzzing stops, the weather will be clear.
Another example: the Saxons prefer to determine the weather for the second half of the year by mountain ash. They know that the late flowering of mountain ash indicates a long and warm autumn.
Many underestimate the benefits of starch
It is considered a noxious weed that is quite difficult to deal with when it enters a vegetable garden or garden. It's a pity, because few people know how useful this plant is! Chickweed is an excellent barometer plant, by which you can recognize the weather for the near future. If until 9 o'clock in the morning the white corolla of the flower has not risen and opened, then it will rain in the afternoon. And after the rain, the plant becomes as if crystal - thanks to the stems overflowing with water, radiant in the sun. Hence, probably, comes its second name - wood lice. In addition, chickweed fills free space very quickly, creating flowering carpets in flower beds or decorating large spots between trees. In this role, it protects the soil from erosion and drying out. In early spring, it is suitable for preparing salads and seasonings.
Geranium
Interestingly, the change in air humidity can be determined from the geranium seed pod. Insert the seed into the hole in the cardboard. With an increase in air humidity, which usually happens before rain, the tip of the awn will begin to turn clockwise, respectively, with a decrease in air humidity, the tip of the awn will turn counterclockwise.
Fragrant forecasters
As you know, many plants with their rich aroma announce the upcoming rain. So, for example, the aroma of fragrant bedstraw and Matrona's Vespers intensifies in anticipation of warm and humid air. In this case, the birch also exudes a strong spicy aroma, the smell of white and yellow acacia enhances the smell, on the flowers of which a lot of insects gather before the rain.
Warm moist air enhances the smell of fragrant plants. Lilacs, peonies, fragrant roses and some types of clematis smell more intensely before rain. Their smell intensifies 2 to 8 hours before the start of rain.
Deciduous and coniferous oracles
Trifoliate oxalis leaves are arranged vertically during the day, and hang down “in a dream” at night. However, if oxalis, which is popularly called "hare cabbage", lowers its leaves during the day, you need to wait for rain. The forecast of this plant is so accurate that in ancient times people grew it indoors in flower pots and used as a barometer.
For many residents North Asia spruce and juniper are still important weather forecasters - long before rain, they lower their branches and raise them up before clear weather. Even dry branches have good weather sensitivity. Conduct an experiment, for example, with a Christmas tree that has served its purpose: take a small part of the Christmas tree trunk along with a branch about 30 cm long, clean it, apply a scale - that's it for you spruce barometer! Attach the trunk to some kind of support, leaving the twig free. The fixed knot begins to react to the weather, lowering the end of the branch before rain and raising it up before clear weather. The amplitude of the movement of the end of the branch depends on its length. With a branch length of 30 cm, the swing amplitude reaches 10 cm. After some time, when the branch shows its abilities, you can make marks “clear”, “variably”, “rain” on the scale, as on a conventional barometer.
If scales fir cones open - will be dry, sunny weather, closed scales - to rain.
Mullein
Sensitive to weather changes, sometimes capricious, mullein. In anticipation of rain, the tip of its long spike-shaped inflorescence leans to the west. If he points to the east - be sunny weather.
However, this plant has more talent than we expected. If in the first year after planting, the plant forms a lush rosette with very densely planted lower leaves, this is a sign that the winter will be early, with heavy snowfalls. If the upper leaves, collected in a rosette, lie tightly to each other, it will snow only at the beginning of the new year. Therefore, the Germans call this plant "meteorological candle".
Translation: Lesya V.
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