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April 2023.

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I'm trying to find plants that are toxic to animals (any, but at least the size of a rat) but not people? If my character is a botanist that does breeding, how possible would it to be to cultivate a plant that's extra toxic and put in in the yard to deter stray animals?

That is, unfortunately not quite how toxic plants work since they generally require ingestion for the poisonous effect to kick in. Which means your character would have to figure out how to breed a variety that gives off a scent that is off-putting for the animals in question to begin with. Which may come with the side effect of humans also finding that off-putting.

This is not to say your character’s plan is impossible in fiction of course, just that it’s something they would have to specifically create to work in that specific way. (And not to go on a tangent but all of this also kind of depends on whether these animals learn as a generation or teach others of their kind of whether each of them has to learn on its own to stay away, so technically this question is a two-way street and one lane is how does the plant function? and the other is how does the animal function?, which then joins at how do they influence each other?).

Many natural toxic defences from plants have been adapted as spices by humans, most notably chilli, but also coffee, which is not a spice but is also naturally intended to keep the plant from being eating by animals. Just happened not to work on humans.

This reminds me however, of something a classmate of mine told me during my apprenticeship because she worked for a floristry pretty much next to a graveyard and they were taking care of several graves of course due to that. Their ideal repellent against wild animals was a fine layer of bone dust, which was explained to me basically smells like a bad omen to the wild animals. That of course may be a bit extreme, so another method to deter a stray deer from eating grandma’s arrangement would be to place something that smells like human at the site since wild animals tend to shy away from that scent. This, and it cannot be stressed enough, however really only works on animals who are not used to humans at all.

To answer your question, it would be a very fictional way of solving your character’s dilemma. However a pretty fun one and it definitely wouldn’t make me put the book down.

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Plants on the Burial Mound

Honestly, there has to be some plants that can thrive even in the Burial Mound. Wei Wuxian just hasn't found the right plants.

Cause I mean there's even carnivore palnts! Come on! Are you telling me mother nature can't adapt to resentful energy??? Beyond just to scant little patch of black bamboo, surely there's more?

Maybe it's some sort of invasive type of plant like mint that grows nearly anywhere and tolerates various conditions; it grows a bit too well that gardeners recommend to grow this plant in a pot. So why not have it terrorize Burial Mound too?

Succulents are pretty sturdy fellows as long as there's no frost. They are currently super trendy in China due to how they look like lotuses and thus have gained some religious/spiritual connotations (or so I've been told by random weibo articles). Wei Wuxian and the Wen Remnants wouldn't be able to eat it, but they sure can sell it as long as they pose as monks or religious figures. Plus succulents are so incredibly easy to propagate.

Heck, even fungus! Edible fungus that very much enjoys the decomposition of dead bodies as their source of nutrients. And certain types of mushrooms would net Wei Wuxian a heavy pouch of gold coins due to their medicinal properties.

Another possibility is microgreens. The seeds don't grow long enough in the soil for resentful energy to containment the plants and microgreens are very rich in nutrients.

Surely there's something other than radish that can be grown quickly...

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