Radish Germination Experiment

It was evident since the start of the lap that the big question was, how does temperature affect radish germination. The original hypothesis was if temperature affects the tail length of the germinated seed, then a higher temperature will lead to a significant decrease in the tail length of the germinated seed. This hypothesis is true, according to the collected data. After 6 days of letting the seeds germinate, the ones that germinated in room temperature were quicker to germinate and with a lot more tail length compared to the ones in the incubator. In fact, the seeds from the incubator did not germinate at all; on the other hands, the room temperature seeds had an average tail length of 11.46 cm. The scientific explanation for this has
If there temperature requirements are not met, the seeds will most likely not germinate. On SFGates.com, for the radish seeds to germinate, the sweet spots seems to be around 60-70 °F. A third source called gardeningknowhow confirms this conclusion, saying on their website,“Once the seeds reach optimum temperatures, which depends on the plant, germination begins to decline.”. This correlates exactly with our data, showing that the seeds in the incubator did not germinate because their temperatures was tremendously high, whereas, the seeds at room temperature germinated with ease since the required temperature was met, which allowed a longer tail length. Another major reason why the seeds at room temperature grew a lot more quickly and with a longer tail length has to do with the amount of water in the filter paper. The seeds in the incubator were at 140 ° F; on the other hand, the seeds at room temperature were at around 60-70 ° F. This means that the water in the incubated seeds evaporated a little more than the ones at room temperature. This caused the seeds in the incubator to not grow at all, because, no water was given to the plants for it to