Plant Growing Experiment

By Mike and Cory

Our topic is plant growing. We chose this topic because we love nature. Also we wanted to see how plants grow and what their stages are.

Our question is: “Which soil grows plants the best?” Our plant choice was vincas. One day this question just popped up in our heads.

On the website we searched, www.geocities.com, there was information about characteristics of soils. When choosing a soil you want a soil that crumbles in your hands. Soil that sticks together when you hold it is clay. It causes problems for drainages of water. Soil that doesn’t stick but has too much air in it is sand. It does not hold nutrients and minerals. The plant needs these to grow. Loam is the best soil. It is not sticky or sandy. You can add soil amendments such as manure, guano, etc.

For our steps, we did the following: First we bought the plants and then we bought different soils. Second, we planted the plants in the sols. Third, we watered them as necessary and recoded the approximate height, the approximate number of leaves, and the number of buds and blooms. We collected data for three weeks.

Surprisingly, at this point, the sand a dirt mixture is doing the best. However, we originally thought that it would be the worst and die quickly.

We suggest that you water the plants the same amount by measuring the water in a measuring cup. Also, we would start by planting seeds so they could all start at the same height and then they will be all the same age. A question that other people might want to investigate is, “What is the best liquid to water your plants?” If you are interested in more information on this topic, you could log on to this website, www.geocities.com.