SMRTR Science & EngineeringMar 22, 2026Science News

Math puzzle: Fresh gridflowers

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A math puzzle challenges readers to strategically plant gridflowers in four different-sized garden plots this summer so they naturally produce specific quantities next year. Gridflowers follow unique growth rules where old plants die each autumn after casting seeds to neighboring squares, and new flowers only grow in spots that had exactly two neighbors the previous year.

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