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Well our radish experiments are continuing : )
K is finished with his grid drawings of the radishes that were sprouting in the greenhouse environment. Above is the last one he did showing the tap root they grow and all of the root hairs. He was amazed at how fuzzy some of them got and then others didn't have many root hairs at all.
A new addition to our experiments is the above one which will compare 4 different growing environments. The are 3 seeds on each of the sections:
I'm a little (okay a lot) disappointed with the seed germination so far : (
We started with 20 seeds in our milk carton greenhouse and only 8 of them germinated and have turned into radish seedlings. I think this weekend I will try to get my hands on some new seeds from a garden center to use.
Our sprouts were definitely in need of transplanting so we moved onto the next step and transplanted them into 2 seed pots K made. K had to trim the tap roots on them by measuring them with a ruler and then cutting off the excess length. Apparently this was just to make the transplanting process easier : ) The first pot received 2 radish sprouts and in the second pot K put in the remaining 6 sprouts. We will now watch them over the next 17 days and then document how the 2 groups developed differently showing crowded and non-crowded growing conditions.
In the meantime K will document the uncrowded group once a week by drawing their growth for that week. Above is this weeks growth. The true leaves are just starting to sprout out above the nodes.
On our white board I drew a large version of this weeks growth documentation so that K could see it all of the time and become more familiar with the new words that we are learning.
I also really wanted to draw a picture of them myself. Hey I don't want to miss out on all of the fun!! *grin*
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3
K is finished with his grid drawings of the radishes that were sprouting in the greenhouse environment. Above is the last one he did showing the tap root they grow and all of the root hairs. He was amazed at how fuzzy some of them got and then others didn't have many root hairs at all.
A new addition to our experiments is the above one which will compare 4 different growing environments. The are 3 seeds on each of the sections:
- dry on the lid (no moisture)
- totally submersed in water (limited oxygen)
- open to the air on a damp paper towel (air will cause a chilling effect to seeds)
- underneath plastic wrap on a damp paper towel (cozy like a greenhouse)
I'm a little (okay a lot) disappointed with the seed germination so far : (
We started with 20 seeds in our milk carton greenhouse and only 8 of them germinated and have turned into radish seedlings. I think this weekend I will try to get my hands on some new seeds from a garden center to use.
Our sprouts were definitely in need of transplanting so we moved onto the next step and transplanted them into 2 seed pots K made. K had to trim the tap roots on them by measuring them with a ruler and then cutting off the excess length. Apparently this was just to make the transplanting process easier : ) The first pot received 2 radish sprouts and in the second pot K put in the remaining 6 sprouts. We will now watch them over the next 17 days and then document how the 2 groups developed differently showing crowded and non-crowded growing conditions.
In the meantime K will document the uncrowded group once a week by drawing their growth for that week. Above is this weeks growth. The true leaves are just starting to sprout out above the nodes.
On our white board I drew a large version of this weeks growth documentation so that K could see it all of the time and become more familiar with the new words that we are learning.
I also really wanted to draw a picture of them myself. Hey I don't want to miss out on all of the fun!! *grin*
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3
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