Plants in the Desert

Hypothesis

Background information

Procedure

Materials

Observations

Conclusion

our group pictures

Observations

Growth Graphs          Growth Tables          Photo Gallery

Day 1 (10/25/99)

-         Prepared the lima beans to be planted

-         Finished the setup of our project

Day 2 (10/26/99)

-         400ml of H₂0 per tank

-         we used the normal watering method of watering

Day 3 (11/01/99)

-         100ml of H₂0 per tank

-         The tomato plants started to sprout

-         The radishes are growing tall.  Most of them sprouted.  Some of them are falling over

-         The peppers have not sprouted

-         Almost all the lima beans have sprouted

Day 4 (11/02/99)

-         0ml of H₂0 per tank

-         Lima beans have split. You can see leaves starting to form.

-         The tomato plants have developed their first set of leaves

  Day 5(11/03/99)

-         200ml of H₂0 per tank           

-         More radishes are falling over

-         The shell of the lima beans are starting to fall off and develop leaves

-         We removed about 10 radishes from each tank because we had to many of them

Day 6(11/04/99)

-         0ml of H₂0 per tank

-         The peppers are starting to sprout

-         The leaves on the lima bean are getting bigger

Day 7(11/05/99)

-    300ml of H₂0 per tank

-         Transplanted 1 lima plant from each tank

-         Removed some radishes from each tank to make room for others

-         The jalapeno plants started to sprout

Day 8(11/08/99)

-         0ml of H₂0 per tank

-         All the radishes started to fall over

-         Lima plants are growing too tall for light sources. Were forced to raise light sources.

-         Started taking pictures with digital camera.

Day 9(11/09/99)

-    250ml of H₂0 per tank

-         The food sources for the lima beans are starting to fall off

Day 10(11/10/99)

-         50ml of H₂0 per tank

-         The lima plants are starting to grow out of the tank

Day 11(11/12/99)

-         300ml of H₂0 per tank

-         All the radishes have fallen over

-         We moved our project out to the greenhouse because the light sources were too low

Day 12(11/15/99)

-         200ml of H₂0 per tank

-         The lima plants have grown much bigger over the weekend

-         The soaker hose tank does not seem effective as the others

-         The underground watering system tank is doing good

Day 13(11/18/99)

-         250ml of H₂0 per tank

  Day 14(11/22/99)

-         200ml of H₂0 per tank

-         Today we put up supports for the lima plants

Day 15(11/24/99)

-         1500ml of H₂0 per tank

-         We over watered the tanks for the 4 day thanksgiving weekend

Day 16(11/29/99)

-         200ml of H₂0 per tank

Day 17(12/3/99)

-         300ml of H₂0 per tank

Day 18(12/6/99)

-         Today was the last day of our project

-     We uprooted the plants and cleaned out our tanks