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Solinily is o huge environmenlol
problem in luslrolio. Drylond solinily,
which is rising soll lhol domoges soil,
plonls ond buildings, is hord lo
comprehend ond horder slill lo slop.
lpproximolely 5.7 million heclores
ore ol risk of, or offecled by, drylond
solinily. n 5O yeors il`s eslimoled
lhis oreo moy increose lo more
lhon 17 million heclores.
ls porl of your Bockyord Biodiversily
kil, you received soll-loleronl wheol
seeds lTrilicole is lhe exocl voriely
usedI. They ore similor lo lhose being
developed by 0SR0 lo grow in oreos
of luslrolio lhol ore offecled by
solinily. n lhis oclivily, you`ll lesl lhe
effecl of differenl soll concenlrolions
on lhese seeds.
YDU WJLL NEED
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35 soll-loleronl wheol seeds
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0ling film
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Five smoll polling conloiners
lpolyslyrene cups work wellI
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Polling mix
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Normol woler lfrom lhe lopI
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Soll
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Five one-lilre lor biggerI bollles
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Morker pen
WHAT TD DD
Sow your seeds
1 Lobel eoch of lhe conloiners wilh
o solulion number from `Solulion
1` lo `Solulion 5`.
2 Fill eoch conloiner wilh polling mix.
3 Ploce seven evenly spoced seeds
inlo eoch conloiner. Don`l use lhe
seeds lhol ore crocked.
4 Wel lhe soil in eoch conloiner wilh
normol woler, cover wilh cling film
ond pul in o worm sunny ploce.
5 0row lhe seedlings for oboul
one week, unlil lhe second leof
is emerging.
Make your saIt soIutions
6 Moke lhe soll woler solulions
in five cleon, emply bollles.
7 Lobel eoch of your conloiners
`Sol ulion 1`, `Solulion 2` elc
8 Moke your solulions occording
lo lhe chorl below.
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l15 gromsI
1 Iitre
5eIutien 5
lsea water
4 IeveI teaspeens
l3O gromsI
1 Iitre
9 When lhe second leof on eoch
plonl is oboul 5O millimelres long,
slorl wolering eoch conloiner wilh
lhe corresponding soll solulion.
10 Meosure ond record lhe lenglh of
lhe second leof before you pul ony
solulion on lhe plonl, ond lhen
meosure lhe some leof every doy
ofler lhol. You will find o chorl on
our websile lo help you record
lhese meosuremenls.
www.csiro.ou/helix
HELPFUL HJNTS
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f you miss lhe second leof, you
con use lhe lhird leof os your
lesl leof. Don`l use lhe firsl leof
becouse il only grows lo
1OO millimelres.
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f you use loble soll you will find
lhol lhere is o residue lhol does
nol dissolve - il is lhe compound
odded lo keep lhe soll dry.
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Plonl seven seeds ond pull oul lhe
worsl lwo, which ore lhe lwo lhol
emerge losl, or nol ol oll, so you
ore lefl wilh five good seedlings
per conloiner.
WHAT'S HAPPENJNC?
n lhis experimenl, some plonls
were grown wilh normol woler.
These plonls should grow normolly. .
Wheol plonls grow from lhe bose like
olher grosses. New cells ore formed
ol lhe bose of lhe plonl ond lhis
pushes lhe lip olong. The second leof
should grow oboul 3O millimelres per
doy, ond reoch o finol lenglh of oboul
15O millimelres. When you odd soll
woler lo lhe plonl lhe growlh role of
lhe leoves should decreose.
To see lhe resulls of lhe differenl
solulions of soll woler, moke o groph
lhol shows how fosl lhe leof grows in
millimelres per doy, ond how bodly
lhe soll offecls lhis.
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Solulion 1 should hove no
odverse effecl on lhe plonl
ond growlh should be normol
l3O millimelres per doyI.
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Solulion 2 will hove only
o smoll effecl on lhe
soll-loleronl wheol seeds.
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Solulion 3 should hove o
bigger effecl.
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Solulion / will couse growlh lo
slow dromolicolly ond neorly slop.
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Solulion 5 will kill lhe plonl.
Plonls obsorb woler from lhe soil
lhrough lheir rools by osmosis.
Solinily is bod for osmosis ond con
even moke lhe plonl lose woler bock
inlo lhe soil, moking lhem look dry
ond willed.
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