Questions; answer for both
Nuclear Power Plant (Not Fossil Fueled)
and Sun
What are the fuel sources?
How is the fuel used to produce/release energy?
What are the similarities in the way they produce energy?
Are there any health hazards associated with the way they produce energy?
Why is energy released when the nuclear reactions take place? Talk about this using your research on the forces that hold the nucleus of an atom together.
Questions about nuclear power plants and the sun?
This can't be answered with a few words.
A nuclear power plant uses fission to get energy. Fission means, splitting. The sun uses fusion, which means sticking.
In a fission reactor the fuel is enriched uranium. The atoms have a large surplus of neutrons which makes it radioactive, neutrons are ejected from the atoms. The rector stimulates this emission under controlled conditions, a lot of heat is generated in the process, the heat is used to boil water and the steam drives electrical generators.
Our sun is a fusion furnace, hydrogen under great pressure and heat is fused into helium, in the process part of the hydrogen atoms that are fused are converted into energy in the form of radiation. E=MC2. There are no similarities in the two methods of production.
dangerous hazards to health are present in each case.
Friday, January 27, 2012
I want to plant bushes in front of my house this year. It is part shade/part sun. Any (cheap) suggestions?
We looked at english boxwoods already. I like them and they work in oart shade. Those are the only ones I have found so far though that I like that are good in partially shady areas. Also, I am not an avid gardner, so they must be extrememly easy upkeep with minimal watering needed. I work a lot and have not a lot of time.
I want to plant bushes in front of my house this year. It is part shade/part sun. Any (cheap) suggestions?
missfb,
While your front is ideal in being partial to shade and sun you do not state any other agenda for the plantings. Hundreds of shurbs are appropriate. The basic rule in landscape is that there are no wrong plants, rather, the wrong place.
Boxwood is an excellent planting that serves as a hedgerow planting. Evergreen, low maint, easily pruned, and long living (except in lime based soils).
I know I can help you with your desire to have little maintenance, the area of growth, and minimal watering. I also know that you can, cheaply, expand your vision and appeal by using plants of interest to you and your neighbors!
For example, a few Azalea/Rhodo with some Hosta planted in the spaces between will provide spring and summer color. You would use the dwarft variety of the rhodo.
Hosta comes in all sorts of coloration of leaf and buy a minimum of three in different types. This will add contrast to the evergreen background.
In the places the Hosta does not exist I would plant DayLilly. Hardy perennial that stays short and adds yellow flowers to the contrast of the Hosta and Rhodo.
A PJM Rhod cost about $15 and blooms in early spring.
These stay compact and short. Put them at either end of the bed. Put one, or two, depending on the length of the bed, Burning Bushes or Euoyomus Shrub. Plant them some four to six foot apart and a minimum of three foot from the house. Any of these plants will cost you 10-15 per unit in gallon containers.
Pick your Hostas to be two with verigated leaves and one with a solid green. Place the Solid Green in the dead center of the bed. Place the verigated ones two foot outside and two foot inside the PJM outeredge. In groups of two plant the DayLilly in the vacant spots. About three or four would do the trick.
Now picture that you have a blooming PJM in May. You have Yellow Daylilly from June to October. The Burning Bush turns red in Sept to Late October (with the yellow in front).
The Daylilly will cost about $5 per plant.
Hope it helps, I am at gjgjobs@yahoo.com
Reply:Firepower Nandina. They are very colorful, turning bright red in fall and winter, only grow to 2 feet wide by 2 feet tall and need no trimming. Partial sun and medium water is O.K.
Reply:1. Report from the Select committee on the Condi-
tion, Management, and 4ffairs of the British
Museum, together with the Minutes of Evi-
dence. Ordered by the House of Commons
to be printed, 1835. Fol. pp. 623.
2. Report, ditto, ditto, 1836. Fol. pp. 595.
3. Report from the Select Committee on the British
Museum, (building with plans,) 1838. pp. 22.
4. copy of a Represent ation from the Trustees of
the British Museum to the Treasury, on the
subject of an enlarged Scale of Expenditure for
the supply of Printed Books. March 27,
1846.
5. Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire
into the Constitution of the British Museum,
with the Minutes of Evidence. 1850. Fol.
pp. 823.
6. Appendix. pp. 448.
~. Misrepresentations of Her Majestys Commis-
sioners exposed. By the Rev. J. FORSIJALL.
Svo. 1850.
8. Copies of all Communications addressed to the
Treasury by the Trustees qf the British Muse-
um, with reference to the Report of the Com-
missioners. June 7, 1850.
9. Public Petitions, complaining of the defective
Arrangements in the Library of the British
Museum. Aug. 15, 1850.
10. Report from the Select Committee on Public
Libraries, together with the Proceedings of the
Committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appen-
dix. July 23, 1849. Fol. pp. 317.
11. Report, ditto, ditto, Aug. 1, 1850. Fol. pp.
410.
12. Inde to Report and Minutes of Evidence.
1850. Fol. pp. 172.
Reply:I live in WI so I'm not sure if our climates are similar, but Hastas seem to work wonderfully... they bloom with big leaves by this time of year and then start to grow small stalks in the middle with small purple flowers on them by Fall. When the weather gets colder here and they start to turn brown I cut them off very low or even just pull the leaves and leave virtually nothing above ground. In Spring they start to bloom up through the ground again. They also transplant VERY easily and to keep it cheap you can even buy one bush and, after a year or so, split the roots up into 2 separate clumps and they will grow great separately! Each year they seem to get bigger and better.
Reply:It all depends on what zone you live in. Go to the The arbor foundation and they have a wizard to select the best plant for your garden. PS it also depends on rather or not you have morning or afternoon shade and with boxwood I would say you have morning shade and afternoon sun?
I want to plant bushes in front of my house this year. It is part shade/part sun. Any (cheap) suggestions?
missfb,
While your front is ideal in being partial to shade and sun you do not state any other agenda for the plantings. Hundreds of shurbs are appropriate. The basic rule in landscape is that there are no wrong plants, rather, the wrong place.
Boxwood is an excellent planting that serves as a hedgerow planting. Evergreen, low maint, easily pruned, and long living (except in lime based soils).
I know I can help you with your desire to have little maintenance, the area of growth, and minimal watering. I also know that you can, cheaply, expand your vision and appeal by using plants of interest to you and your neighbors!
For example, a few Azalea/Rhodo with some Hosta planted in the spaces between will provide spring and summer color. You would use the dwarft variety of the rhodo.
Hosta comes in all sorts of coloration of leaf and buy a minimum of three in different types. This will add contrast to the evergreen background.
In the places the Hosta does not exist I would plant DayLilly. Hardy perennial that stays short and adds yellow flowers to the contrast of the Hosta and Rhodo.
A PJM Rhod cost about $15 and blooms in early spring.
These stay compact and short. Put them at either end of the bed. Put one, or two, depending on the length of the bed, Burning Bushes or Euoyomus Shrub. Plant them some four to six foot apart and a minimum of three foot from the house. Any of these plants will cost you 10-15 per unit in gallon containers.
Pick your Hostas to be two with verigated leaves and one with a solid green. Place the Solid Green in the dead center of the bed. Place the verigated ones two foot outside and two foot inside the PJM outeredge. In groups of two plant the DayLilly in the vacant spots. About three or four would do the trick.
Now picture that you have a blooming PJM in May. You have Yellow Daylilly from June to October. The Burning Bush turns red in Sept to Late October (with the yellow in front).
The Daylilly will cost about $5 per plant.
Hope it helps, I am at gjgjobs@yahoo.com
Reply:Firepower Nandina. They are very colorful, turning bright red in fall and winter, only grow to 2 feet wide by 2 feet tall and need no trimming. Partial sun and medium water is O.K.
Reply:1. Report from the Select committee on the Condi-
tion, Management, and 4ffairs of the British
Museum, together with the Minutes of Evi-
dence. Ordered by the House of Commons
to be printed, 1835. Fol. pp. 623.
2. Report, ditto, ditto, 1836. Fol. pp. 595.
3. Report from the Select Committee on the British
Museum, (building with plans,) 1838. pp. 22.
4. copy of a Represent ation from the Trustees of
the British Museum to the Treasury, on the
subject of an enlarged Scale of Expenditure for
the supply of Printed Books. March 27,
1846.
5. Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire
into the Constitution of the British Museum,
with the Minutes of Evidence. 1850. Fol.
pp. 823.
6. Appendix. pp. 448.
~. Misrepresentations of Her Majestys Commis-
sioners exposed. By the Rev. J. FORSIJALL.
Svo. 1850.
8. Copies of all Communications addressed to the
Treasury by the Trustees qf the British Muse-
um, with reference to the Report of the Com-
missioners. June 7, 1850.
9. Public Petitions, complaining of the defective
Arrangements in the Library of the British
Museum. Aug. 15, 1850.
10. Report from the Select Committee on Public
Libraries, together with the Proceedings of the
Committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appen-
dix. July 23, 1849. Fol. pp. 317.
11. Report, ditto, ditto, Aug. 1, 1850. Fol. pp.
410.
12. Inde to Report and Minutes of Evidence.
1850. Fol. pp. 172.
Reply:I live in WI so I'm not sure if our climates are similar, but Hastas seem to work wonderfully... they bloom with big leaves by this time of year and then start to grow small stalks in the middle with small purple flowers on them by Fall. When the weather gets colder here and they start to turn brown I cut them off very low or even just pull the leaves and leave virtually nothing above ground. In Spring they start to bloom up through the ground again. They also transplant VERY easily and to keep it cheap you can even buy one bush and, after a year or so, split the roots up into 2 separate clumps and they will grow great separately! Each year they seem to get bigger and better.
Reply:It all depends on what zone you live in. Go to the The arbor foundation and they have a wizard to select the best plant for your garden. PS it also depends on rather or not you have morning or afternoon shade and with boxwood I would say you have morning shade and afternoon sun?
Are Begonia flowers indoor or outdoor plant - do they go in the sun or shade?
There are alot of varieties of begonias--indoor and out, sun and shade. I'm most familiar with the outdoor kinds which are planted as annuals in the south. Oudoor begonia's meant for shade have velvety bright green leaves with either pink, white or red flowers from spring to fall. Those that tolerate full sun will have a bronzish tint to the darker green leaf. Rabbits, snails and slugs love to devour these. Rabbit nibbling can be avoided with fox urine--a natural predetor--purchased from a feed store. I hope this helps!
Are Begonia flowers indoor or outdoor plant - do they go in the sun or shade?
outdoors
sunny position
Reply:outdoor plants and they like lots of sun
Reply:They go well in shady areas
Reply:begonia are an indoor plant and like to be in sunlight but not direct sun also not to water while in the sunlight as this will burn them
Reply:Moderate temperatures morning sun is great for them.No direct sun in afternoon.
Are Begonia flowers indoor or outdoor plant - do they go in the sun or shade?
outdoors
sunny position
Reply:outdoor plants and they like lots of sun
Reply:They go well in shady areas
Reply:begonia are an indoor plant and like to be in sunlight but not direct sun also not to water while in the sunlight as this will burn them
Reply:Moderate temperatures morning sun is great for them.No direct sun in afternoon.
I need a tall flower to plant outside in part and full sun. Something that blooms for a while. Red or orange.?
The ones I have looked at are about 6' tall and that is good. However, I keep finding Hybiscus and they will not survive the winter. Can anyone tell me a type, or even a website that I can check out to find out anything that I can use?
I need a tall flower to plant outside in part and full sun. Something that blooms for a while. Red or orange.?
both the canna and gladiola that was mentioned are very nice, but they have to be dug up in the fall
Reply:You can plant cannas. They are a bulb. So they will die back when it gets cold, but they will return.
Reply:Try foxglove, they grow 3 to 6 ft. tall or Hollyhock.
Reply:CANNAS ARE A TALL PRETTY FLOWER,SOME GET 5FT TALL,MINE DID,AND THEY COME IN ALL COLORS !LOOK UNDER A SEARCH FOR TALL FLOWER GARDENS.ALSO GLADIOLAS ARE TALL AND COME IN DIFFERENT COLORS.
horns
I need a tall flower to plant outside in part and full sun. Something that blooms for a while. Red or orange.?
both the canna and gladiola that was mentioned are very nice, but they have to be dug up in the fall
Reply:You can plant cannas. They are a bulb. So they will die back when it gets cold, but they will return.
Reply:Try foxglove, they grow 3 to 6 ft. tall or Hollyhock.
Reply:CANNAS ARE A TALL PRETTY FLOWER,SOME GET 5FT TALL,MINE DID,AND THEY COME IN ALL COLORS !LOOK UNDER A SEARCH FOR TALL FLOWER GARDENS.ALSO GLADIOLAS ARE TALL AND COME IN DIFFERENT COLORS.
horns
Can anyone tell me how much sun heavenly bamboo plants or english yews require?
the spot i am thinking of gets light all day but direct sun from 2p.m. to sunset and it gets very hot during those hours. it is also under cover and out of the way of any extreme wind. the plants would also be in large pots. would heavenly bamboo or english yew do well? if not can you suggest something that would?
Can anyone tell me how much sun heavenly bamboo plants or english yews require?
Question: Is Heavenly Bamboo a True Bamboo?
No. Heavenly bamboo is another bamboo-imposter....
Answer:
"Heavenly bamboo" is simply a nickname for nandina (Nandina domestica).
http://landscaping.about.com/od/tropical...
********Growing Directions*****
Nandina or heavenly bamboo
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1...
***********English Yews
Prefers warm climates below mason dixon line and is very shade tolerant so too much sun not good.
http://gardening.yardener.com/EnglishYew...
Reply:check with the horticultUrist in ur city.
Reply:HEAVENLY BAMBOO TAKE MOSTLY SUNNY, AND ENGLISH YEW TAKES MOSTLY SHADE. BOTH WILL TAKE EITHER IF NOT TO HOT OR TO COLD.
beauty tips
Can anyone tell me how much sun heavenly bamboo plants or english yews require?
Question: Is Heavenly Bamboo a True Bamboo?
No. Heavenly bamboo is another bamboo-imposter....
Answer:
"Heavenly bamboo" is simply a nickname for nandina (Nandina domestica).
http://landscaping.about.com/od/tropical...
********Growing Directions*****
Nandina or heavenly bamboo
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1...
***********English Yews
Prefers warm climates below mason dixon line and is very shade tolerant so too much sun not good.
http://gardening.yardener.com/EnglishYew...
Reply:check with the horticultUrist in ur city.
Reply:HEAVENLY BAMBOO TAKE MOSTLY SUNNY, AND ENGLISH YEW TAKES MOSTLY SHADE. BOTH WILL TAKE EITHER IF NOT TO HOT OR TO COLD.
I need information on weather japanese maples can be planted in full sun or not?
I want to plant a japanese maple tree and I keep gettung conflicting answers about weather they can take full sun.
I need information on weather japanese maples can be planted in full sun or not?
Or How To Plant A Japanese Maple
Our batch of Japanese Maples has arrived from Oregon. All of these Maples are varieties of three related species��Acer japonicum, A. palmatum, and A. shirasawanum��and have similar requirements for transplanting.
Keep in mind when deciding where to plant Japanese Maples that they are "understory" trees. In their native habitat they grow in some shade, often beneath larger plants, and usually in loamy soil with a lot of decomposing leaves. That doesn't mean that you have to live in Muir Woods to grow these things; it just means that you will need to dig some organic matter into your native soil if it tends to be more clay or sand, and that a spot with shelter from the hottest afternoon sun is preferable to one with a full day's worth. (Laceleaf Maples should probably receive no afternoon sun in hot, interior locations.)
It also is useful to remember that Japanese Maples are shallowly rooted and do not like to dry out; keep them moist throughout the year, particularly in our hotter late summer and fall months. Groundcover plants or a surface mulch of stones or bark bits, kept away from the tree's trunk, will help to conserve soil moisture. Just don't let the soil get too soggy or you'll be contending with root rot.
Growing Japanese Acer can become an obsession; there are so many leaf shapes, colors and textures. Some collectors with limited space forego planting Acer in the ground, and instead grow the plants in containers. A great little book on pot culture is for sale in the store, Growing Japanese Maples in Containers, by Nancy Fiers. At $3.00, this booklet is an amazing bargain.
http://allaboutjapanesemaples.blogspot.c...
Reply:there are many different types of Japanese Maple trees ... some can take sun and some cannot.... you must know what type you have or chose the one that can take sun if that's where you want one to live.....
go here and look up types and see which ones will live in sun..
http://www.mountainmaples.com/
I have Bloodgood in full sun... it's red....
I need information on weather japanese maples can be planted in full sun or not?
Or How To Plant A Japanese Maple
Our batch of Japanese Maples has arrived from Oregon. All of these Maples are varieties of three related species��Acer japonicum, A. palmatum, and A. shirasawanum��and have similar requirements for transplanting.
Keep in mind when deciding where to plant Japanese Maples that they are "understory" trees. In their native habitat they grow in some shade, often beneath larger plants, and usually in loamy soil with a lot of decomposing leaves. That doesn't mean that you have to live in Muir Woods to grow these things; it just means that you will need to dig some organic matter into your native soil if it tends to be more clay or sand, and that a spot with shelter from the hottest afternoon sun is preferable to one with a full day's worth. (Laceleaf Maples should probably receive no afternoon sun in hot, interior locations.)
It also is useful to remember that Japanese Maples are shallowly rooted and do not like to dry out; keep them moist throughout the year, particularly in our hotter late summer and fall months. Groundcover plants or a surface mulch of stones or bark bits, kept away from the tree's trunk, will help to conserve soil moisture. Just don't let the soil get too soggy or you'll be contending with root rot.
Growing Japanese Acer can become an obsession; there are so many leaf shapes, colors and textures. Some collectors with limited space forego planting Acer in the ground, and instead grow the plants in containers. A great little book on pot culture is for sale in the store, Growing Japanese Maples in Containers, by Nancy Fiers. At $3.00, this booklet is an amazing bargain.
http://allaboutjapanesemaples.blogspot.c...
Reply:there are many different types of Japanese Maple trees ... some can take sun and some cannot.... you must know what type you have or chose the one that can take sun if that's where you want one to live.....
go here and look up types and see which ones will live in sun..
http://www.mountainmaples.com/
I have Bloodgood in full sun... it's red....
Needing easy maintenance plants for full sun area in my yard?
I have a small patch of dirt in front of my home and whenever my husband and I plant anything there it dies. We are starting to think we have black thumbs. We buy the plants that say they are good for full sun but it gets very hot here in the summer. Way over 100 degrees. We have changed the dirt and mulch we use and have tried almost everything. Could anyone let me know of some plant species that would work and look attractive? Or if there might be a problem we are overlooking.
Thanks!
Needing easy maintenance plants for full sun area in my yard?
I know how frustrating that is -- we have a long narrow patch that I call "the dead zone" because I haven't found the right plant to thrive there yet.
You might try geraniums. They grew everywhere when I lived in central CA (which often got over 100 in the summer). Rosemary would probably do well also. Also bouganvillea, although it's a climber.
Also, try this article on heat-loving plants (very different from simply "full sun"): http://americangardens.suite101.com/arti...
Reply:Have you tried Daylilies or ornamental grass? I have an area in front of my home between the road and the side walk. It is in full sun and only gets watered every 2-3 days. I have a mixtue of Variegated Lirope ornamental grass and the oldfashioned orange daylillies. And all are doing fine down here in the florida heat. I do know daylilies do their best in bright full sun.
Reply:I have a feeling it isn't the plants, but the way you are planting them or watering them.
Go to 2 or 3 local nurseries (you are nor obligated to make a purchase) and ask them for recommendations. Then ask how to plant what they suggested and how to water the plants correctly.
You could be planting to deep (a common problem) or you might not be taking the plants out of the good soil they have been growing in , or perhaps the roots continue to grow in a circle eventually choking the plant to death!
Depending on your soil type, you may be over watering or under watering.
Hope this helps.
Reply:Roses love full sun. They are a very hardy plant and last for years. Prune them down in late fall and they just pop up in the springtime. I tryed many plants in my yard before I planted the roses and they do very well. And as the other person said, Gerainums do well too.
Reply:Not sure where you live, but you could try Ice Plant. It does okay in dry conditions, and is more of a ground cover. If you put in a sprinkler system you could grow anything you want. You set it to come on automatically at a certain time each day, or even more than once a day. That way you could have some pretty flowers to enjoy.
Thanks!
Needing easy maintenance plants for full sun area in my yard?
I know how frustrating that is -- we have a long narrow patch that I call "the dead zone" because I haven't found the right plant to thrive there yet.
You might try geraniums. They grew everywhere when I lived in central CA (which often got over 100 in the summer). Rosemary would probably do well also. Also bouganvillea, although it's a climber.
Also, try this article on heat-loving plants (very different from simply "full sun"): http://americangardens.suite101.com/arti...
Reply:Have you tried Daylilies or ornamental grass? I have an area in front of my home between the road and the side walk. It is in full sun and only gets watered every 2-3 days. I have a mixtue of Variegated Lirope ornamental grass and the oldfashioned orange daylillies. And all are doing fine down here in the florida heat. I do know daylilies do their best in bright full sun.
Reply:I have a feeling it isn't the plants, but the way you are planting them or watering them.
Go to 2 or 3 local nurseries (you are nor obligated to make a purchase) and ask them for recommendations. Then ask how to plant what they suggested and how to water the plants correctly.
You could be planting to deep (a common problem) or you might not be taking the plants out of the good soil they have been growing in , or perhaps the roots continue to grow in a circle eventually choking the plant to death!
Depending on your soil type, you may be over watering or under watering.
Hope this helps.
Reply:Roses love full sun. They are a very hardy plant and last for years. Prune them down in late fall and they just pop up in the springtime. I tryed many plants in my yard before I planted the roses and they do very well. And as the other person said, Gerainums do well too.
Reply:Not sure where you live, but you could try Ice Plant. It does okay in dry conditions, and is more of a ground cover. If you put in a sprinkler system you could grow anything you want. You set it to come on automatically at a certain time each day, or even more than once a day. That way you could have some pretty flowers to enjoy.
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