While Xue is still stuck in China, her experiment is doing well in Czech. Ficus saplings are already for 4 weeks under different treatments, which are newly controlled by neat pH, humidity and refectance metres. The caterpillars which will be asked to feed on the saplings later on are growing a bit.
Conditions are measured continuously “Dry” ficus saplings are already looking slightly differnt Generalist caterpillars are being offered various leaves