{"id":58551,"date":"2026-05-07T18:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/?p=58551"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:12:12","slug":"what-do-plants-need-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/what-do-plants-need-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"What do plants need to survive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">We are carrying out an experiment to see what happens if\u00a0plants do not get the things they need to survive. 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