Well, I would have blogged, except my dad pulled out the internet on my computer, so I'm on my mum's computer now. (:
Anyway, quite a lot has happened over the past few days, to my plants.
They've grown considerably since last week and I recorded week 2's results yesterday. I feel so organised. hehe.
And one bad thing happened on the weekend that I was really annoyed about.
Well my dad told me he was going to mow the lawn in our backyard and I specifically told him to stay at least ONE METRE away from my plants. And I said that about 5 times. He OBVIOUSLY didn't listen because when I went outside 20 minutes later, I had realised that one of my pea plants had been completely mowed and only about 1/2 a centimetre was left, growing out of the ground. Then, I went to my dad and he said one word to me; "oops."
Not even a sorry! Well luckily i made repeats for my experiment and he only mowed one of my repeats which is good!
I guess I'll have to add this in my report as human error and say that I didn't plant my seeds in a protected place.
Yes, in the morning of yesterday, all my sunflowers were fine and then when I came home from school, I was out in the backyard ready to measure the height of my plants for week 2. and guess what i see? my sunflowers that were growing in the backyard soil were all bent to one side. I then asked my mum to help me and she told me that it was the wind that made that happen. However, to me, my mum's theory wasn't plausible as ONLY the sunflowers in the backyard soil were bent and the rest of the sunflowers, the ones that were right next to the pot with the bent stems, were fine and stood straight. After telling my mum that, she told me it was natural but again, I didn't believe her because all of the others were fine so I got some toothpicks and some straws (we ran out of toothpicks) and some string and i used the them as stakes for the sunflowers to lean against. My observation is that maybe backyard soil doesn't help sunflowers grow as tall and strong as if it were with potting mix and compost soil as they give plants more nutrients to grow in and with.
Yes, and that's all. Oh yeah, I've taken a few more photos of my sunflowers and pea plants. And also my mowed pea plants.
And if you're wondering why I am growing sunflowers AND peas, it's because sunflowers are used as a backup if the peas don't grow. So, at the end of my experiment, I will choose one with definite results and that'll be my experiment. And then, I can include the other plant as evidence to support my results and conclusion (that's if they both grow with the same hypothesis).
Yes, in the morning of yesterday, all my sunflowers were fine and then when I came home from school, I was out in the backyard ready to measure the height of my plants for week 2. and guess what i see? my sunflowers that were growing in the backyard soil were all bent to one side. I then asked my mum to help me and she told me that it was the wind that made that happen. However, to me, my mum's theory wasn't plausible as ONLY the sunflowers in the backyard soil were bent and the rest of the sunflowers, the ones that were right next to the pot with the bent stems, were fine and stood straight. After telling my mum that, she told me it was natural but again, I didn't believe her because all of the others were fine so I got some toothpicks and some straws (we ran out of toothpicks) and some string and i used the them as stakes for the sunflowers to lean against. My observation is that maybe backyard soil doesn't help sunflowers grow as tall and strong as if it were with potting mix and compost soil as they give plants more nutrients to grow in and with.
Yes, and that's all. Oh yeah, I've taken a few more photos of my sunflowers and pea plants. And also my mowed pea plants.
And if you're wondering why I am growing sunflowers AND peas, it's because sunflowers are used as a backup if the peas don't grow. So, at the end of my experiment, I will choose one with definite results and that'll be my experiment. And then, I can include the other plant as evidence to support my results and conclusion (that's if they both grow with the same hypothesis).
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