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TazManiac wrote:I don't think Stinkweed is quite Atsali hight just yet, but shes definitely not waist-sized anymore...

I think it's a mixture of Castela being slightly closer to the camera, and the fact that Atsali is slightly bent over. If I were to venture a guess, I'd say that Castela is probably shoulder height to Atsali, now. (Which is still quite the growth spurt...)

lake_wrangler wrote:

TazManiac wrote:I don't think Stinkweed is quite Atsali hight just yet, but shes definitely not waist-sized anymore...

I think it's a mixture of Castela being slightly closer to the camera, and the fact that Atsali is slightly bent over. If I were to venture a guess, I'd say that Castela is probably shoulder height to Atsali, now. (Which is still quite the growth spurt...)

It could also be that Castela has rearranged her weaving to be a little taller . . . she does look a little slimmer . . .

--FreeFlier

FreeFlier wrote:She has kudzu genes?

Let us hope not... if she does, the Gilchrist loft may not hold her for long.

The three rules of kudzu:

• Plant kudzu seeds only by the dark of the moon. Otherwise, your neighbors might see what you are doing, and shoot you.
• Although kudzu can grow quite successfully on bare concrete, having some actual soil available in the mix will result in more rapid growth.
• Fertilizer is unnecessary. However, kudzu will certainly appreciate having some 10W40 motor oil applied to the bottoms of the young leaves... it reduces scraping and abrasion when the vines grow rapidly across the ground. Also, the slippery oil may make it easier for trapped animals to escape the vines' grasp. We really don't want a repeat of what happened to the brontosaurus.

Re:kudzu... Attack of the 50-Foot Stinkweed?

One of my maddest "mad science" moments was when I first thought of gene-splicing mint and kudzu together.

Mint is an extremely invasive plant as well, and it has caused my mom and one of my aunts endless trouble.

GlytchMeister wrote:One of my maddest "mad science" moments was when I first thought of gene-splicing mint and kudzu together.

Mint is an extremely invasive plant as well, and it has caused my mom and one of my aunts endless trouble.

Add Bourbon and make Mint Juleps!

It certainly seems like a time slip took place before the last comic, if Castela's level of maturity is anything to judge by.

Opus the Poet wrote:It certainly seems like a time slip took place before the last comic, if Castela's level of maturity is anything to judge by.

Who's to say that her development is linear by mundane standards?

GlytchMeister wrote:

FreeFlier wrote:Growth spurt 01 . . .

That implies continuation . . .

This could be interesting.

Is it time for Pickle to have hormone surges? The mind boggles.

--FreeFlier

O.o

What kind of hormones would she even have?

Depends on what kind of farm those chickens came from.
But since she is part human, it's probably safe to assume she'll either have human growth hormone, whatever plant growth regulators and growth factors the Blackthorn has, or a mix of the two.

Did we get another (slight) time skip?

Atomic wrote:

GlytchMeister wrote:One of my maddest "mad science" moments was when I first thought of gene-splicing mint and kudzu together.

Mint is an extremely invasive plant as well, and it has caused my mom and one of my aunts endless trouble.

Add Bourbon and make Mint Juleps!

I'd rather have a lawn of mint than a lawn of grass. I'm not allergic to mint pollen and those little plastic barriers would be enough to prevent it from getting into the neighbors' yards.

Besides, mint isn't nearly as hard to get rid of as established vinka is. The only place for vinka is in a pot hanging from the ceiling.

Gyrrakavian wrote:Did we get another (slight) time skip?

Yes, we did: from the beginning of what turned out to be not a fun-in-the-sun day (previous comic), to her coming back from it.

I made this about two years ago for an apazine cover.

I'm pretty sure i made Castela too short. Atsali is twenty-seven, Castela is seventeen and Katherine is somewhere in her fifties.

I still wouldn't like to be the chav who (in my head canon) just said something about Atsali's boobs where Katherine could hear...
(BG is, BTW, Waterloo Bridge, from which i would like my ashes scattered on Father River at sunset...)

FreeFlier wrote:She has kudzu genes?

--FreeFlier

They look like regular denim to me...

AmriloJim wrote:

Opus the Poet wrote:It certainly seems like a time slip took place before the last comic, if Castela's level of maturity is anything to judge by.

Who's to say that her development is linear by mundane standards?

She has shown moments of maturity beyond her years before. And Paul has mentioned on Bookface that she has wisdom from centuries tucked behind her 10 yo sentience.

GlytchMeister wrote:One of my maddest "mad science" moments was when I first thought of gene-splicing mint and kudzu together.

Mint is an extremely invasive plant as well, and it has caused my mom and one of my aunts endless trouble.

Mint is easy to deal with. Deploy the feline brigade. It'll be gone in a week, tops. Plus, you won't have anything shredded by little kitty claws until the supply ends.

Mint heals like deadpool. At mom's old house, she and I would spend all day pulling all of the mint out of her garden. We'd also dig through the dirt to remove what root leftovers we could find.

Sure enough, the damn plants were back with a vengeance like nothing ever happened.

When she hits puberty, will she start sprouting flowers at certain times of the month? At that point, what would happen during pollen season?

GlytchMeister wrote:Mint heals like deadpool.

Great. Now I can't stop imagining Deadpool's little "baby" hand smelling minty fresh.

GlytchMeister wrote:Mint heals like deadpool. At mom's old house, she and I would spend all day pulling all of the mint out of her garden. We'd also dig through the dirt to remove what root leftovers we could find..

Mint, like Boston ivy , is one of those plants where the best solution I know of is chemical. Get a bottle of glyphosphate ("Roundup" or the generic equivalent) in the 50% concentrate form, and a small paintbrush. Cut off the mint (or ivy) stems an inch or so above ground, and immediately paint the cut ends with the glyphosphate concentrate. The mint will try to resprout from the roots but will die back instead. This method doesn't spray the weedkiller around indiscriminately, but delivers a knockout dose directly to the mint... both more selective and much more effective than spraying.

shadowinthelight wrote:

GlytchMeister wrote:Mint heals like deadpool.

Great. Now I can't stop imagining Deadpool's little "baby" hand smelling minty fresh.

... hating you both for that image ...

You guys got the invasive plant problem waaaay to easy. Here in Base Camp #2 (Northern California 'Country') the stuff that creeps everywhere is either Blackberry (complete w/ viscous thorns) & Poison Oak (different from P. Ivy, of which there is some of that too...).

You can't really deal with it by any other means than spade-shovel and get the big root out.

I wonder if Castela will now be slightly towering over her same age compatriots...