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Jay B.
Production, Shipping, Maintenance, Production
Jay’s many hats:
Jay is crucial for getting trucks loaded and organized. He’s a driver, a production crew member, high places reacher and construction worker. Most importantly he is our plant music coordinator.
The 2027 staff musings prompt is to write about a plant we believe is a underrated or unsung hero.
Jay: While loading carts for shipping I have the opportunity to see all of what we grow. Out of all of the plants that cross my path, I have taken a special liking to Sensitive Plant, or Mimosa pudica. They react to touch by closing their leaves through a defense mechanism called Thigmomorphogenesis, which is just fun to say. I always seem to take a moment out to stroke the plant and watch them move. I find this very satisfying and it’s always fun to show others who haven’t experienced them yet. My runner up is Popcorn Plant (Senna didymobotrya), because as you may have guessed, it smells like popcorn!