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Erica H

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Biology PhD student 🌱 video game player 👾 book reader 📚 greenhouse grower 🪴 twitch.tv/dedscreen YouTube.com/@dedscreen

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Dec 13

I’m a plant scientist by day, critiquing plants in video games and reading books at night. Let’s talk plants, gaming, books, and where they intersect!

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · 27d

I really like the games that have the sci-fi themed greenhouses or habitats with plants in them, like the one in Prey or Destiny or games like that. I love seeing the futuristic designs! Many of them make some silly choices.

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 9

They should get sun all day! Just make sure that the seeds are lightly covered and the soil doesn’t dry up. Lightly covered means gently pushing the seeds into the soil without digging a hole or anything.

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Uh oh, you’ll never get rid of that one! It’s slowly taking over my entire yard and even defeating the lawn!

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Spying on my squash this morning…. I hand pollinated at least five more flowers as well! #portland #oregon #gardening

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 8

California poppy is a spring flower. If you sow them outside now, somewhere with full sun, you may see them pop up next spring. You could sow them in a container inside on a south facing windowsill if you wanted! You’d probably get some small plants.

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 6

PotatOS and I got sent to the brig. #Portland #oregon #rccc #comiccon

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Meeting some new robots at comic con and making sure PotatOS makes some new friends. #portland #oregon #rosecity #comiccon #portal

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks! I got everything from goodwill yesterday. This was very last minute. I lucked out with the jumpsuit. $10!

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Me and gladOS are going to Rose City Comic Con today. #portland #portal #oregon

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 5

It may come to that. I’m gonna wait until the 19th to see if anything changes though…

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 5

Tried to get scheduled for my yearly Covid vaccine and was DENIED without RX. Here’s what my primary care had to say about writing a RX for me: #covid #oregon #portland #vaccines

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Snakes are garden friends! Encourage snakes to live in your garden by offering lots of hiding places, sunning spots, and water sources. #gardening #portland #oregon

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 3

Boy I sure do love autoclaving water every day to irrigate my plants with. 😩 #research

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Sep 1

Can’t have those toes out for free!

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 30

These baby delicatas look like cucumbers, haha. They’re all related! #gardening #squash #portland #oregon

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 30

Good progress on the pumpkin! #gardening #portland #oregon #squash #veggies

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fine! I spoke to several people about the plant science club and told them to make sure to come back to our big club celebration the first week of school (October 1st…). I got free lunch for my table time haha.

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 28

Doing my part today to snag incoming freshmen for biology and the plant science club. #portland #oregon #portlandstate

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 28

Though these phosphor particles were injected, I wonder what barriers exist for making them root-absorbable?

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 28

In more glowing plant news, some Chinese researchers have published their studies on injecting phosphor particles into succulents. Interesting! #science #plants #research #botany

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Glow-in-the-dark houseplants shine in rainbow of colours

Succulents become rechargeable night lights after injection with tiny phosphor particles.

www.nature.com

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Two days of growth post pollination. These winter squash really grow fast! #gardening #vegetables #portland #oregon

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Oh I definitely have to try that one out!! Thank you!

Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 26

I made a short video on how I perform the hand pollination of my firefly petunias. This is all self pollination, no crossing for now!

youtube.com/shorts/gMSMS...

#botany #plantscience #gmos #gardening #portland #oregon

Hand pollination of firefly petunia

YouTube video by dedscreen, Plant Scientist

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 25

I believe it’s the second one, but the second and third ones are nearly indistinguishable except for more defined lines on one of them. The first is delicata and the third is jack o lantern. The last variety I planted was small sugar squash, which will look more like small jack o lantern.

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Erica H @deadscreen.bsky.social · Aug 25

The shape of the ovary on female squash plants reflects the final shape of the fruit. Here’s one of each of the varieties I planted. Can you guess which one is the Hubbard? #botany #gardening #plantscience #portland #oregon

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