My Plant Experiment

I did a plant experiment back in April this year. I had made it with a water bottle. I cut of the top of the water bottle then filled it up with soil. After that I put the seeds in. I put in more than just one type of seed in them, because I only had 4 bottles and a lot of seeds to plant. So I had to put two types of seeds in one bottle.

Its been a few months now and I have given the plants time to grow. I watered my plants when I thought they looked dry. So they were never too dry. My plants were in good conditions so I knew they were going to grow, and they did! Out of the four bottles three of  them are growing something. I can not see any thing in the 4th one so I will give it more time. I can see some progress in the 3rd one, and 1 and 2 are fine.

My plants grew since April and it is nice to see them grow because then you know how much progress they made.                   

                                             
               

This is pot number 1 Scadoxus.

                                                 

This is pot number 2. As you can see it is kinda small.

                                                 

Pot 3 has just sprouted.

Pot 4 has nothing growing in it.

Adventitious Growing

This morning our teacher brought in a big leaf. The class was curious to know what plant the leaf was from. She told us that it was a Begonia lotusland. She asked us if we were interested in starting new plants from pieces of the leaf. We all responded "yes". She helped Daniela and Leslie to cut the leaf in smaller pieces.

Daniela and Leslie combined sphagnum moss, perlite, potting mix. First, they got the begonia leaf  pieces and  planted the leaf pieces in plastic bowls.  Before they put the pieces in they sprayed the mix with water and made spaces in the medium to put the leaves in. Finally, they put the lid on the bowl. The leaves will be placed in a shady place in the garden and hopefully grow.

 Now we will wait to see how long it will take for the new plants to start growing.

We did a survey to see how long it will take and most people said it will take between 1 to 2 months.
When they start to grow the garden department will auction some off and keep some for the school garden.

Written by Natalia and Laila
Pictures by Natalia

The center piece of the leaf.

Begonia lotusland

   

This is Leslie making spaces and putting the pieces in the medium.