HOWTOGROWPLANTSTHEFASTEST

TITLE:
ClubSodavs.WaterWhichworksBest?

PURPOSE(THISISOBSERVATIONandQUESTION):
IobservedthatmyteacherMr.Freudigmannsplantwasgrowingwithan
experimentalofclubsodaandwater.MyquestionthatIamaskingiswhichplant
willgrowfasteraplantwithclubsodaoraplantwithwater.Iwillalsobegiving
bothplantsapinchoffertilizer.

HYPOTHESIS:

I
fIfeedmyplant10mlofclubsodaaday,thenIwillgrowfaster
becausethe
clubsodacontainsmorenutrientswhichtheplantwillabsorbbetter
thanifIgaveitwater.

WEBSITES:
1. TheEffectofCarbonatedWateronPlants
2. SodaPoponPlants
3. WaterwithFlatClubSoda

MATERIALS:

Plantseeds
Water10ml
ClubSoda30ml10mlaplant
Fertilizerapinch
Whitelight
HighCO
2

EXPERIMENT/PROCEDURES:

1. Plantyourseedthedepthdependsontheplantyouchoosetogrow.
2. Inthecontrolplantfirstaddapinchoffertilizerthenpourthe10mlof
waterintotheplant.
3. Next,istheexperimentalplanttothisyouwillalsoaddapinchoffertilizer
toeachplantadd10mlofclubsoda.
4. PlacetheplantunderwhitelightandHighCO
2
5. Checkonyourplanteverydayifthesoilisstillwetdonotaddwater,club
soda.
6. Eveniftheplantisstillwetaddapinchoffertilizer.
7. Repeatsteps24ifthesoilisfairlydry.

PROCEDURE:

3/8
PinchofFertilizer(ControlgroupandExperimental)
20mlofwater(Controlgroup)
10mlClubSoda(Experimental)

3/9

3/10

3/14

3/15

3/16

PinchofFertilizer(ControlgroupandExperimental)
10mlofwater(Controlgroup)
10mlofClubSoda(Experimental)
PinchofFertilizer(ControlgroupandExperimental)
10mlofwater(Controlgroup)
10mlofClubSoda(Experimental)
PinchofFertilizer(ControlgroupandExperimental)
10mlofwater(Controlgroup)
10mlofClubSoda(Experimental)
PinchofFertilizer(ControlgroupandExperimental)
10mlofwater(Controlgroup)
10mlofClubSoda(Experimental)
PinchofFertilizer(ControlgroupandExperimental)
10mlofwater(Controlgroup)
10mlofClubSoda(Experimental)

CONTINUEDUNTILMARCH21,2016EXCEPTWEEKENDS!

RESULTS/DATA:
Dates

Control(mm)

Experimental1(mm) Experimental2(mm) Experimental3(mm)

3/8/2016

3/9/2016

3/10/2016

3/11/2016

3/12/2016

3/13/2016

3/14/2016

3/15/2016

3/16/2016

3/17/2016

3/18/2016

3/19/2016

3/20/2016

3/21/2016

Noneofmyplantsgrew.

MyControlwasthatIwouldfeedmy(control)plant10mlofwaterandapinchof
fertilizer.MyVariablewastofeedmy(variable)plantapinchoffertilizer10mlofclub
soda.

CONCLUSION:
InmyexperimentIfedmyexperimentalplantorvariableplantclubsoda
andfertilizerandmycontrolornormalplantwaterandfertilizer.Myhypothesis
wasnotsupportedoneofmyplantsgrew.IlearnedthatIneedtogiveplantsless
waterorclubsodaandtobemoreprecisewhenmeasuringtheamountthatIam
givingtoeachplant.Ithinkthatmyplantdidnotreceivetheamountoflightthat
itneededbecausetheplantsofotherpeopleswereconstantlybeingmovedand
somyplantgotverylittlelight.Thisdidnthelpthegrowthofmyplant.