All in a day's work (tendril version)

May 13, 2014 5:45 PM

Why yes, a video about cucumber tendrils can be fascinating!
posted by mudpuppie (8 comments total)

my cuke starters all just germinated. the sprouts are incredibly energetic. at times it seems like you can almost catch them in motion out of the corner of your eye.
posted by mwhybark at 6:08 PM on May 13, 2014

Planted cuke seeds this week in hopes the hot weather gets them germinated before it turns shitty again! Keeping my eyes open for over-winding tendrils.
posted by Mei's lost sandal at 6:43 PM on May 13, 2014

This is amazing! I want to watch more timelapse plant videos now.
posted by ocherdraco at 9:21 PM on May 13, 2014

Helical perversions previously. Just a few weeks ago, in fact.
posted by George_Spiggott at 10:38 PM on May 13, 2014

I would like to see clematis tendrils in timelapse. They knot themselves using the perverse helix effect once they find a support.
posted by asok at 1:30 AM on May 14, 2014

Am I the only one that is instantly reminded of that one episode of DuckTales where Duckworth (Scrooge's butler) is transported to an alien planet where the vegetables all talk and there is a civil uprising against vegetable slave labour?!

Maybe just me. Plants are terrifying.
posted by Fizz at 9:05 AM on May 14, 2014

I recently sat just looking at my seedlings for half an hour, it was a sunny day and I could have sworn I saw them grow. Of course it was probably wishful thinking but it's really fun what you can discover if you look at a plant long enough to stop the brain going "It's a plant, nothing to see here..."
posted by yoHighness at 11:21 AM on May 14, 2014

That was awesome.
posted by Coaticass at 8:58 PM on May 14, 2014