{"id":3275,"date":"2018-04-29T10:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2018-05-08T08:52:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T12:52:19","slug":"april-2018-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/april-2018-meeting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2018 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The April 2018 meeting was held a Ghazanfar Ghori\u2019s house in Brambleton, VA.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Nearly 30 people were there to admire Ghazanfar\u2019s beautiful aquariums, hear an interesting talk by Vin Kutty, and, as usual, socialize with other members and take part in a large plant auction.<\/p>\n<p>Kutty\u2019s talk was about what keeps some plants from growing, and what makes other grow well.\u00a0 Could it be too much or too little micro-nutrients? \u00a0Too many nutrients in the water, or too many in the soil?\u00a0 And so on and so on.\u00a0 Kutty had done many experiments with plants to try to determine the answers to his questions.\u00a0 Without going into details about each variable he considered, his results were that different plants can have quite different requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos from the meeting.\u00a0 First, some photos of Ghazanfar&#8217;s aquariums:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/april-2018-meeting-2\/aqu-1-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3278\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3278 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-1-500x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-1-500x194.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-1-768x298.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-1-1024x398.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/april-2018-meeting-2\/aqu-2-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3280 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-2-500x362.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-2-500x362.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-2-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-2-1024x742.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/april-2018-meeting-2\/aqu-3-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3281 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-3-500x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-3-500x298.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-3-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-3-1024x611.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/april-2018-meeting-2\/aqu-3a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3282\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3282 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-3a-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-3a-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-3a-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-3a-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/april-2018-meeting-2\/aqu-4-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3283\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3283 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-4-500x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-4-500x314.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-4-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aqu-4-1024x643.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ghazanfar explaining the workings of the aquarium:<a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/april-2018-meeting-2\/g-explains\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3284\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3284 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/G-explains-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/G-explains-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/G-explains-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kutty beginning his talk:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/april-2018-meeting-2\/talk-1-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3286\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3286 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/talk-1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/talk-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/talk-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/talk-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Items for auction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/april-2018-meeting-2\/auction-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3289\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3289 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/auction-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/auction-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/auction-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The April 2018 meeting was held a Ghazanfar Ghori\u2019s house in Brambleton, 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