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Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to discover

whether substituting the soil with gravel will allow
nasturtium seeds to germinate.
2. Hypothesis: If we substitute the soil for gravel, then
the seed will grow slower and will be less healthy.
3. Materials: Soil, nasturtium seeds, gravel, pots, water.
4. Procedure:
a) Plant a nasturtium seed in regular soil. This
will be your control.
b) Plant another nasturtium seed of the same
variety in gravel. This will be your experimental.
c) Water the seeds regularly over the course of
the project.
d) Record measurements of the plant using
centimeters and take note of any qualitative
data.













Control Seed Growth and Observation

Date Growth (cm) Temp C Qualitative Data
8/19 None 22 No Activity.
8/21 None 22 Added water.
8/25 None 24.5 Added water.
8/26 3 23 Sprouted, green
tip. Two separate
leaves. Watered.
8/28 10.5 22 Three round,
bright green
veiny leaves.
Watered.
9/2 16.5 22.5 Four leaves with
white dots in the
middle-
pink/brown
stem. Watered.
9/4 17.5 23 Five leaves.
Watered.
9/9 23 22 Six intertwined
leaves. Watered.






Experimental Seed Growth and Observation













Date Growth (cm) Temp C Qualitative Data
8/19 None 29 No Activity.
8/21 None 22 Added water.
8/25 None 24 Water level had
not changed.
8/26 None 24 Added water.
8/28 None 23 No Activity.
9/2 None 22 No Activity.
9/4 None 22 No Activity.
9/9 None 24 Seed was found
at the top of the
gravel pot.
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Conclusion

In our project on manipulation of seed growth, we
used gravel to plant a seed in instead of soil. Two
nasturtium seeds were selected and planted - one in a pot
filled with soil, and one in a pot filled with gravel. They
were watered, taken care of, and observed regularly. Our
group hypothesized that the seed planted in gravel would
not fare nearly as well as the seed planted in soil. The
results of our experiment agreed with this, as there was no
growth shown in our experimental plant, but twenty-
three centimeters of growth shown in our control plant.
On the last day of observation we found our experimental
seed resting on top of the gravel instead of underneath it.
We concluded that next time we should dig a bit deeper
into the gravel before planting as to insure the seed does
not work its way out. In comparison to the average results
of our classmates our experiment went well. Next time,
we will use something besides gravel to substitute soil for-
sand is a possibility.









Nasturtium Seed Manipulation
A Lab Report

Lucy Carroll






Biology 7
Wilkins