3/30

Since the last time I've updated the blog, my plants really haven't grown much as you can tell by the picture. Although the weather has been anything but sunny, my plants are still surviving and slowing growing. Since there is such little sunlight, my plants have not been growing as quickly as they were when they first sprouted. I've also had to water them less because of all the rain and the cold weather making my soil continuously damp. Thankfully Karishma's plants have grown very well and we will still use mine as part of the display.

Early technicalities putting up pictures...but they're up now! (Karishma's plant)

For my plants, i put the seeds in the soil about after a week after Mimi gave us the seeds. i put the pot by the windowsill where they will recieve plenty of sunshine. I also took a cup of water and watered my plants each day. I made sure they have they right amount of nutrients by doing the soil test. My plants have grown to a pretty good size an dmy group is going to use my plants for teh plant show on Friday

I took this picture of my plants (on the top) on 3/25 and it's obvious that they have grown a little taller. This was taken when I left the plants outside prior to the storm. I took the plants into the garage Saturday night so that they wouldn't drown. Today (picture on bottom), I took another picture and not much is different.

3/24/11

I actually noticed a more significant growth in my plants today. I've been watering them everyday and making sure they get enough water. There's plenty of sunlight outside which is a very good for them. Since I put them close to the bush which provides some shade, I've noticed that they grew a little slanted towards the sunlight (phototropism). So far, the only cost I've put into growing my plants is the actually soil which costs roughly $5.

3/19/11

In one day, the plants grew a little taller and all of them sprouted so I re-potted them into a larger pot (3/19). Instead of leaving it in my garage, I'm leaving it by a bush that provides some shadow and enough sunlight to reach the plants. Hopefully by two weeks, my plants will be able to grow even more since they've been growing pretty quickly over the past two days.

Sprouts

My plants finally sprouted! Well, they sprouted about 2-3 days ago but now most of them have all sprouted. I'm going to wait until they grow a little taller then I'll move them to a bigger pot (according to my grandmother). After doing the 4-way analyzer test, since it's still in a very shallow growing space, it said there was low fertility and a 1.5 on the moisture scale (meaning it was dry although I just watered it). It also said the light intensity was around 1, which means it's not that exposed to sunlight (which makes sense because I keep it in the garage and it barely gets a lot of sunlight). For the pH, I got around a 6. By tomorrow, I'm hoping that all of my plants have sprouted and within a few days, it'll be tall enough to replant into a bigger pot. Overall, I'm really excited and I hope my plants don't die.

I finally planted my seeds after finding the perfect time to do it. My mom went out and bought an organic potting mix (10-5-5) for about $5. I'm starting my seeds in an egg carton. There are about 3-4 seeds in each container. Right now they're placed outside by a bush since my grandma, who used to grow tomatoes, said it would be a good place for to place it. Hopefully it will sprout in a week.