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Jul 28, 2014 2:09 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Today I added a new data architecture checkbox for dynamic accumulators. These are plants that accumulate elements from the soil (or air) into their leaves. I also wrote a script to automatically check off the details for each plant that I knew about that were accumulators.

12,751 plants had something checked off. This affected the following plants:

Achillea millefolium
Agrostis
Allium
Allium sativum
Allium schoenoprasum
Alyssum murale
Amaranthus retroflexus
Anagallis arvensis
Anthemis arvensis
Arctium minus
Astilbe
Atriplex hastata
Azolla filiculoides
Betula
Borago officinalis
Brassica
Brassica napus
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Carduus nutans
Carum carvi
Carya ovata
Chenopodium album
Cichorium intybus
Cirsium arvense
Cornus florida
Daucus carota
Equisetum
Euphorbia
Fagopyrum esculentum
Fagus
Festuca rubra
Foeniculum vulgare
Fragaria
Galium aparine
Glycyrrhiza
Helianthus annuus
Juglans
Larrea tridentata
Lemna minor
Linaria vulgaris
Linum usitatissimum
Lupinus
Malus
Matricaria chamomilla
Medicago lupulina
Medicago sativa
Melissa officinalis
Mentha x piperita
Nasturtium officinale
Navarretia squarrosa
Oenothera biennis
Pelargonium
Petroselinum crispum
Plantago
Portulaca oleracea
Potentilla anserina
Poterium sanguisorba
Pteridium aquilinum
Quercus
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rumex acetosella
Rumex obtusifolius
Salix
Salsola tragus
Satureja
Senecio vulgaris
Sonchus arvensis
Stellaria media
Symphytum officinale
Tagetes
Tanacetum vulgare
Taraxacum officinale
Thlaspi caerulescens
Trifolium
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens
Tussilago farfara
Typha latifolia
Urtica urens
Valeriana officinalis
Valeriana officinalis
Verbascum
Vicia
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Jul 28, 2014 3:33 PM CST
Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator
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Very interesting to see a scientific reason for companion planting. Now I must find more things to read about the relationship of plants.
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Jul 28, 2014 8:30 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
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I noticed that & came to see what's up. Good one Dave! Thumbs up
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Jul 28, 2014 9:00 PM CST
Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Forum moderator Garden Sages Garden Ideas: Master Level Dog Lover Cottage Gardener
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This is great!

I just looked up Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) and this is what is shown:

Dynamic Accumulator:

P (Phosphorus)
K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Mg (Magnesium)
Fe (Iron)
Cu (Copper)
Si (Silicon)
Na (Sodium)

Wonderful addition, Dave! Thank You!
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