Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Course Name

Honors Project

Faculty

Naomi Phillips Helene Klein

Department

Honors Program

Abstract

This experiment was done with the intent to understand optimal soil conditions for pea seed germination. We investigated this using three soil conditions – 100% potting soil, 50% potting soil/50% sand, and 100% sand. Seemingly healthy pea seeds were planted and observed over five weeks. We measured both the total number of sprouts per week and the combined weight of the plants and seeds per condition before planting and after uprooting. We expected to find that the 100% potting soil condition would germinate the best, resulting in the most sprouts and heaviest weight of the condition’s seeds and plants. This is the result that we found. This study contributes to prior soil manipulation research by reinforcing the same results as other studies have achieved.

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