plant experiment
Kevin Doherty
Experimenting with Plant Growth
Team Rocket Science
Introduction: The purpose of the experiment was to establish whether the concentration of Schultz fertilizer that was added to the radish seeds effects the speed of growth during the six-week time frame of the study. The major variables with this study are proficient communications among the team, the seeds, soil, water concentration, fertilizer, light exposure, temperature of the room, consistency of following watering (watering the plant same time every day) and seed depth. All of these variables can affect the germination process in some sense but seed depth is the greatest, on the back of the seed packet it states the proper depth to plant the seed so it may break the surface and continue growing, without this there is no study.
Hypothesis: Compared to the recommended amount of Schultz fertilizer, how would the radish growth change with half the recommended amount compared to using double the recommended amount of Schultz fertilizer? Will using different amounts other than the recommend result in the death of the radish plant altogether?
Experimental Design: Our study consisted on the growth of radishes because its quick germination, resourcefulness as a food product, and has a maturity level of a limited time frame. Our group “Rocket Science” began our experiment with three basic green pots like in figure D and filled them up with store bought commercial top soil within one inch from the top of pot. We then attached the water basin like in figure E and filled a cup with 50 ml of tap water until we saw soil saturation at the bottom of the basin (200 ml). We repeated this step with all three pots, then took and planted six new radishes seeds per pot equally separated from each other. We labeled each pot with one, two, and three as to coordinate with the fertilizer additive bottles, which will be described next. Our group then took a two-liter bottle like in figure G and added Schultz liquid
Experimenting with Plant Growth
Team Rocket Science
Introduction: The purpose of the experiment was to establish whether the concentration of Schultz fertilizer that was added to the radish seeds effects the speed of growth during the six-week time frame of the study. The major variables with this study are proficient communications among the team, the seeds, soil, water concentration, fertilizer, light exposure, temperature of the room, consistency of following watering (watering the plant same time every day) and seed depth. All of these variables can affect the germination process in some sense but seed depth is the greatest, on the back of the seed packet it states the proper depth to plant the seed so it may break the surface and continue growing, without this there is no study.
Hypothesis: Compared to the recommended amount of Schultz fertilizer, how would the radish growth change with half the recommended amount compared to using double the recommended amount of Schultz fertilizer? Will using different amounts other than the recommend result in the death of the radish plant altogether?
Experimental Design: Our study consisted on the growth of radishes because its quick germination, resourcefulness as a food product, and has a maturity level of a limited time frame. Our group “Rocket Science” began our experiment with three basic green pots like in figure D and filled them up with store bought commercial top soil within one inch from the top of pot. We then attached the water basin like in figure E and filled a cup with 50 ml of tap water until we saw soil saturation at the bottom of the basin (200 ml). We repeated this step with all three pots, then took and planted six new radishes seeds per pot equally separated from each other. We labeled each pot with one, two, and three as to coordinate with the fertilizer additive bottles, which will be described next. Our group then took a two-liter bottle like in figure G and added Schultz liquid