Chapter 195: Do you need to raise green plants to clean the toilet?
After a brief explanation of the title of the herbal pen test paper, Professor Sprout replaced the contents of the air with a devil's net coiled in the shape of a ball.
The usefulness of each prop on the table is explained in detail, and many common mistakes are exemplified, and finally several solutions to the problem are proposed.
It took about half a class, and Professor Sprout finished all the content of last semester's exams and what everyone should pay attention to.
Then, as in the morning Charms class, Professor Sprout did not ask everyone to open the book, but asked everyone to open their notebooks and prepare to take notes.
"Today, we're going to learn about lamp grass."
With a wave of Professor Sprout's wand, a lamp plant appeared in the clearing between the professor and the students.
It is an ordinary white lamp grass, with green branches and leaves, and flowers that already emit a white soft glow.
"I'm sure everyone is familiar with her. You may also have a plant in your home that will help you illuminate the room, bring light and comfort."
"You may have some doubts: Why do we want to learn from her?"
Professor Sprout looked at everyone slightly, explaining.
Hogwarts has a new policy that each dormitory must adopt a plant, adopt it in the first herbal medicine class, and give it to the professor at the end of the practical herbal exam.
Adoptives are only allowed to be placed in a fixed place in the toilet, and students simply bring the lamp back to the dormitory, place it in the toilet, and at night, the house elves will come and place it.
There is a magic pattern detection system in the location of the plant, which can scan the status of the plant and check it once a week.
If the plant is sick, 2-5 points will be deducted according to the severity of the disease;
If it is not pruned in time, resulting in too many branches and leaves, affecting the growth of plants, 1 point will be deducted;
If the plant dies, 10 house points will be deducted, and the additional points for the final exam of herbal medicine will be lost.
Professor Sprout treats the young wizards very well, and as long as the plants in the dormitory make it to the final exam, the members of the dormitory will receive an additional 5 points, which will be counted towards the overall score.
However, the death of a plant does not mean that the dormitory will not have to take care of the plants in the future, and the house-elf will take the dead plant and bring back a new one, so that no one can escape.
"It's not just about your herbal medicine grades, it's also about the Academy Cup, and I hope you take the next course seriously."
Sure enough, as soon as I said this, everyone cheered up, listened carefully to the professor's lecture, and took notes.
In the professor's teaching, everyone found that the lamp grass seemed to be very well cared for, watering every two to three days, pruning the branches according to the professor's instructions, and the professor did not ask them to prune the lamp grass to look good.
Compared with last semester's Devil Network and Bai Xian, it is much simpler.
The white fresh in the greenhouse is different from the white fresh in the wild, it needs to be watered regularly, there is a certain amount of watering, and the soil needs to be loosened from time to time.
In addition, Bai Xian is extremely susceptible to insect infestation, and due to its own magical effects, many insects like to eat Bai Xian's leaves and juice.
As for the lamp grass, as long as there is no problem with watering, there is no need to loosen the soil.
The lamp grass cultivated by Professor Sprout has the ability to resist insects, so there is no need for everyone to worry about it.
And just like that, the first class ended.
After class, everyone left their positions and gathered in groups to start complaining about the terrible new rules at Hogwarts.
The young wizards still liked Professor Sprout very much, so they rarely mischievolently in her classes.
Ralph and the others also get together with Barty Jr. and his roommates, and William and Barty Jr.'s roommates are exactly the same in this regard.
Several people also began to complain about Hogwarts, saying that Hogwarts was not as free as before, and locked them all in the castle and so on.
Moreover, William also gave them a new piece of news.
That is, the toilet will have to be cleaned up by ourselves in the future, which is also included in the college assessment, but it does not involve the final exam.
The Slytherins on one side listened
I couldn't hold back for a moment.
They have noble wizard blood in them, how can they do such a ***, the same thing as a house elf.
Hearing their complaints, William silently distanced himself from them. At this time, he realized that his thinking and concepts were completely different from those of these people.
Beneath the elegant exterior of some Slytherins, there are dirty discrimination, resentment, self-esteem, etc., which force them to put etiquette on the outside.
William sighed with some inexplicable emotion, and looked at Barty Jr., who was chatting with Ralph and them, not noticing William's glance.
"I'm going to tell my dad about this, and ask him to inform my aunt, who is on the school board, and she'll be able to remove all these humiliating rules!"
Some Slytherins also helped out on the sidelines, telling them about their family relationships. This made the Ravenclaws a little further away from them.
"Why do you feel like those little snakes have something wrong with their brains?"
Many of the little Ravenclaw wizards thought of it, and it was not clear what they were fanatical about.
Distorted faces, evil laughter, and trembling arms make it seem like they are more or less problematic.
Professor Sprout just smiled at them and "pointed out the country and scolded Fang Xuan", talking about a bunch of brainless things.
Slytherin's reaction had been expected by the professors, but for financial independence, Hogwarts was not as timid as it used to be, and they would not hesitate to carry it out as long as it was beneficial to the students.
Unless the Ministry of Magic intervenes, but that's not possible.
The ten minutes between classes were short, and Barty had not yet fully learned the Cleansing Charm from Ralph before he was in class.
"Alright, it's time, let's move on to class."
Professor Sprout said, and led them to the greenhouse.
Nowadays, the magic pattern system in every greenhouse has been modified by Professor Flitwick to add some "space" abilities, and the extension of space is only the most basic one.
Walking inside, Ralph noticeably noticed that his surroundings were darker, and they were illuminated by the lush lights and plants around them, all white, with occasional blues and pinks.
In a soft white light, Ralph immediately found the hint of pink.
"Look, how about that one?"
Ralph said to his roommate, pointing to the pink lamp grass.
"Pink? It's not good to have pink in the toilet."
Daniel said with some euphemism.
"That's right."
Ralph thought for a moment and agreed with Daniel's idea.
"How's the blue?"
William said, looking at his roommates.
The other students also talked to their roommates about what color to choose later.
"Alright, don't discuss it. All you have is white."
Before they could imagine what the blue lamp grass would look like in the toilet, Professor Sprout interrupted them.
The little wizards couldn't help but sigh.
"Let's stand on either side of the table and watch me demonstrate."
Professor Sprout summoned a lamp plant in front of him.
One by one, she watered, fertilized, and pruned its branches.
At the same time, I also picked several lamp grasses that were a little short of water on the flower stands, and showed the children what the lamp grass looked like after the lack of water.
The light became cold, straight, and bright, and a little dazzling compared to the soft light around it.
The flowers that had been open had a tendency to close, the petals and leaves were a little wilted, and the slender leaves were no longer firm, and some hung there, and the whole plant looked like a wilted one.
After watering the eucalyptus and putting them back, Professor Sprout asked each of the young wizards to pick out a water-starved lamp plant from the surrounding trellis.
"Hurry up, kids, we don't have that much time."
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The wizards were still choosing, and some were even arguing quietly, and Professor Sprout had to be reminded.
At this time, the little wizard's movements were much faster, and the lamp grass on the long table gradually increased.
"Okay, I'll take a look."
Professor Sprout looked at it.
It is still a little difficult to identify whether the lamp grass is short of water, and some of the lamp grass selected by the children is not short of water at all, and it is also served.
This made Professor Sprout a little worried, afraid that the children would drown the lampweed, Merlin, hopefully that wouldn't happen.
Professor Sprout asked them why, and it turned out that they had compared the lamp grass in their hands with the lamp grass around them, and found that the leaves drooped even more, so they chose it.
Returning to his original position, Professor Sprout once again emphasized to them that the nature of the lamp grass can be directly indicated by the light it emits, and hoped that the children would pay more attention to the light, rather than the drooping state of the leaves and flowers.
Finally, Professor Sprout taught the children a very easy way to insert the end knuckle of their index finger into the soil, and if they feel that the soil is dry, they can water it.
Looking at the cheering children, Professor Sprout shook his head, not every student could become a master plant, and she never expected it.
Professor Sprout waved his wand, and the middle of the table recessed, revealing a water storage area with many pots for watering.
Everyone looked at this scene in amazement, wondering how such a small long table could hold so many things, but they could only say that magic was really magical!
After watering the lampweed, Professor Sprout asked them to put it back.
After practicing pruning for the children again, Professor Sprout asked them to choose one of the several lamp plants that his dorm mates had trimmed and bring home.
There are a lot of lamp plants in the greenhouse, and they are basically in a free-range state, only when the Hogwarts Huimin store is out of stock, Professor Sprout will take some of them, take care of them carefully for a while, and bring them to the store.
Usually, it is left to the greenhouse system to take care of itself.
That's why there are so many lamp grasses that need to be watered and pruned.
Although the class was over, Ralph and they did not leave.
Ralph remembers what Professor Flitwick said to him yesterday.
"Ralph, do you have any questions?"
Seeing Ralph approaching, Professor Sprout asked gently.
"Professor, Professor Flitwick asked me to exchange this for a plant from you."
Ralph took out the Wisdom Crystal, and explained to Professor Sprout.
"This thing! You're in luck."
Professor Sprout complimented, and Ralph smiled.
"Do you want to know what I'm doing with it?"
Professor Sprout asked, and the four of them nodded quickly, and Barty Jr. had already left with his roommate.
"You should know that I have cultivated a lot of wand-grown trees, and this is for them. They can absorb the magic in it completely......
Under Professor Sprout's briefing, Ralph and the others also understood that the Wisdom Crystals were for the defective wand saplings.
The saplings were obviously very dull compared to their own people because of the lack of spirituality of their original wands, and they could not even express their needs well, making it difficult for Professor Sprout to take care of them.
Not only Professor Sprout, but also the centaurs have a headache for these "brainless" saplings.
Unlike ordinary trees, the trees bred by the wand will have different personalities and talents due to the core of the wand, the personality traits of the wand owner, etc., and may require some strange things in their growth and development.
The most basic point is their rod core. The unicorn's tail feathers need to give it something related to the unicorn, such as unicorn feces and the like, and the other rod cores are similar.
Therefore, these "brainless" saplings are all handed over to the shutter family to take care of, and they are all plants, and the communication between them is not bad
Simple.
"I won't give you the wand sapling, and if you give it to you, you won't be able to take care of it."
Professor Sprout spoke to Ralph very bluntly, and Ralph nodded helplessly, he really didn't have that ability.
"How's the sunflower?"
Professor Sprout thought for a moment, touched his pet's feathers, and asked.
"Seeds?"
Ralph wondered.
"How could it be a seed, of course a plant."
Professor Sprout said.
"You've planted it!?"
Ralph asked in surprise, and the other three looked at Professor Sprout in surprise.
"Hmm. I'm sorry for the Star Spring."
Professor Sprout said with a smile.
"How? I've cultivated it, and I've had a lot of surprises!"
Professor Sprout said.
"Uh-huh, okay."
Ralph nodded hurriedly, looking at Professor Sprout expectantly.
After a while, the four of them followed Professor Sprout to a relatively remote greenhouse.
Walking in, I saw a small field of sunflowers, with golden petals full of soft sunlight.
These rays of sunlight gather in the center of the flowers, forming a ball. Occasionally, some light chips break away from the ball of light and fly around the ball of light of other sunflowers, spinning.
"This field is for breeding. What has been cultivated is behind."
Professor Sprout said, taking Ralph and them inside.
"Professor, are there any melon seeds that have been cultivated?"
Looking at the tools around him and the dragon dung heap on one side, as well as the star spring water in the glass bottle, Ralph asked.
"Huh? Yes, when the time comes, I'll give you a copy of the cultivation manual, you can read it for yourself, and if you don't understand, just ask me."
Professor Sprout was stunned, but quickly turned around, as what Ralph and Claude had done in Potions class last semester was still fresh in their minds.
"Be careful, don't raise it to death, or there won't be another one."
Finally, Professor Sprout advised.
The four of them nodded their heads one after another, and after saying goodbye to Professor Sprout, they left the greenhouse area with two potted plants.