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How Tall Can You Grow?. Henry Weiner. Problem. How often should you water so that you can grow bean plants from seed?. Hypothesis. I predict that watering every six days will work best to produce a healthy bean plant from seed. Materials. Green bean seeds
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How Tall Can You Grow? Henry Weiner
Problem • How often should you water so that you can grow bean plants from seed?
Hypothesis • I predict that watering every six days will work best to produce a healthy bean plant from seed.
Materials • Green bean seeds • Liquid measuring cup with 1/8 cup markings • Pots to plant seeds in • Drill to drill holes in bottom of pot • Catch pan • Ruler with metric system • Water out of the tap • Sunlight • Potting soil
Procedure • Gather all materials. • Use drill to drill three holes 3/8 inch in diameter. • Plant 3 seeds in each cup in soil about 1 inch under the surface. • Put cups in catch pan to catch runoff. • Water all of the plants with their respective times of watering • Water with the watering schedule • Measure every day with centimeters. • Record on spreadsheet. • Continue for 2 weeks. • At end of experiment, make graphs.
More Results • Plants 4 and 5 didn’t grow. Plant 1 was watered everyday; Plant 2 every 2 days, and so on.
Conclusion • My hypothesis was incorrect. I predicted that the trend would go from plant 6 to plant 1. However, there was no trend in the data. Plant 6 grew first, but then plant 1 grew, causing it to have no trend.
Works Cited • 1. "Beans." Watch Your Garden Grow. University of Illinois Extension, 2010. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/beans/cfm>. • 2. Armstrong , Sheri. How Does Water Affect Plant Growth. Gardening Know How, Web. 10 Nov. 2010. <http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/children-in-the-garden/how-does-water-affect-plant-growth.htm>. • 3. Scherer, Thomas F. "Soil, Water, and Plant Characteristics Important to Irrigation." Interaction Between Plants and Water. North Dakota State University, Feb. 1996. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. <http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ageng/irrigate/eb66w.htm>.