A short series of questions helped the kids identify the question (the first step to the scientific process), which is: Which pot will grow basil better, a small pot with no drainage, a medium pot with no drainage, or a medium pot with a drain hole?
Working with a 10 year old and a 6 year old can be fun and exhausting!! The hypothesis wasn't reached as easily. I asked questions like:
1. Which one do you think will grow taller?
2. Which one do you think will grow the most number of leaves?
3. Which will grow the most complete sets of leaves (groups of four for basil plants)?
4. Which will produce the largest harvest (anything over 2-4 full sets)?
5. And which will taste the best?
I'm not going to share their answers quite yet. I'd like to read what some of our readers think first. thought it would be fun to include you all in the experiment. We are going to measure and count growth once a week, and we'll post pictures at that time as well.
At the point of planting here are the data:
Plant A: 2 inches tall, 0 full sets of leaves, and a total leaf count of 7.
Plant B: 3 inches tall, 3 full sets of leaves, with a total leaf count of 36 leaves.
Plant C has two sprouts. sprout 1: 1 inch tall, 0 full sets, and a total leaf count of 6 leaves.
Plant C, sprout 2: 8 1/2 inches tall, 3 sets of full leaves; and a total leaf count of 35.
Plant A is in the medium pot with a drain hole. Plant B is in the pot with no hole and the smaller size. Plant C is in the same size pot as plant A, but with no drainage.
Stay tuned, and please let us know which plant)s) you think will do the best, and why!!:)
P.S. The title of this entry will take you to a site with information on indoor basil growing.
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April 24, 2009 at 3:58 AM
Well hello hello,
Is this what we are doing with are blog these days? Very cool. So I noticed you stopped by "In The World But Not Of It" but you didn't leave your mark. I didn't want to do the same thing, yet I am not as gifted as you, so this is all you get. Love ya. God bless you and all that is yours.