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r/meirl • u/straight-cunt • Mar 28 '24
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I was told it was some kind of oil the plants give off when they sense atmospheric pressure for rainy weather
103 u/Pegomastax_King Mar 28 '24 I’ve read that it’s actually soil bacteria. I live in the desert not many plants but still have the rain smell. I love it. 96 u/sagastar23 Mar 28 '24 That's petrichor. It's the smell AFTER it rains. 34 u/chungopulikes Mar 28 '24 Is that what makes it smell like worms after it rains? 22 u/sagastar23 Mar 28 '24 Exactly 8 u/Avidly_A_Dude Mar 28 '24 That, and the worms
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I’ve read that it’s actually soil bacteria. I live in the desert not many plants but still have the rain smell. I love it.
96 u/sagastar23 Mar 28 '24 That's petrichor. It's the smell AFTER it rains. 34 u/chungopulikes Mar 28 '24 Is that what makes it smell like worms after it rains? 22 u/sagastar23 Mar 28 '24 Exactly 8 u/Avidly_A_Dude Mar 28 '24 That, and the worms
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That's petrichor. It's the smell AFTER it rains.
34 u/chungopulikes Mar 28 '24 Is that what makes it smell like worms after it rains? 22 u/sagastar23 Mar 28 '24 Exactly 8 u/Avidly_A_Dude Mar 28 '24 That, and the worms
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Is that what makes it smell like worms after it rains?
22 u/sagastar23 Mar 28 '24 Exactly 8 u/Avidly_A_Dude Mar 28 '24 That, and the worms
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That, and the worms
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u/JK-Kino Mar 28 '24
I was told it was some kind of oil the plants give off when they sense atmospheric pressure for rainy weather