{"id":415,"date":"2007-02-14T00:28:08","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T05:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/02\/14\/elephant-ear-plant-reacting-to-light\/"},"modified":"2010-10-01T21:42:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T01:42:13","slug":"elephant-ear-plant-reacting-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/02\/14\/elephant-ear-plant-reacting-to-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Ear plant reacting to light"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>It&#8217;s interesting to see how plants react to light isn&#8217;t it?   <\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_inpost_250x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3539326774\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve looked at your house plants or various plants in your garden and saw that they were facing the sun, or that the flowers were open fully in full sun.  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