tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post4820590143263423352..comments2024-02-15T04:42:41.606+00:00Comments on James' Empty Blog: Mutant multi-headed radioactive sunflowers!James Annanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-21273217491762251812011-09-18T09:35:00.628+01:002011-09-18T09:35:00.628+01:00It seems that the wild(er) varieties are commonly ...It seems that the wild(er) varieties are commonly multi-headed, the commercial and fancy floral versions are more likely to be a single head.James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-49299374823859213432011-09-17T15:32:14.605+01:002011-09-17T15:32:14.605+01:00When I was a child in the 1960s in the south-centr...When I was a child in the 1960s in the south-central Japan (within 30 km range from Hamaoka before nuclear plants were built there), sunflower was the easiest choice among plants for a child to try to grow. But we do not take care of them so well. So the results like the photo were so common that I am not surprised.<br /><br />As I understand by browsing news, it was revealed that sunflowers concentrate cesium a little, but not a lot. Then, it will be a NIMBY issue how to dispose a lot of materials which is just a little more radioactive than the environment.<br /><br />By the way, sunflower is called "himawari", based on the notion (partly true, partly myth) that the flowers follow the sun. The name was taken for the Geostationary Meteorological Satellites of Japan Meteorological Agency. Even though the satellite does NOT seem to follow the sun, the name stuck. When the bureaucrats of the Ministry of Transport (then) ordered that there would no longer be GMSs but Multi-functional Transport Satellites (MTSATs), people decided to still call them Himawari.Kooiti Masudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709237727441869109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-66962587407559558632011-09-17T00:02:45.905+01:002011-09-17T00:02:45.905+01:00Oh. I thought it was the sunflower field in The W...Oh. I thought it was the sunflower field in <i>The Wizard of Oz.</i>David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-42739432301153513342011-09-16T17:41:24.036+01:002011-09-16T17:41:24.036+01:00Thats a triffid.Thats a triffid.bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.com