With a little help from our friends at the United States Department of Agriculture, we have discovered that we have 2 samples from 2 different types of basil. This throws our little experiment in a different direction. But the kids want to follow through with modifying their procedure and analysis.
Plant C has a sample from both types, and shares a commonality with each of Plant A and B.
Plant A and C1 are both sweet basil and they are both in medium sized containers. C1 has no drainage, while A has drainage. Therefore we can compare the growth, harvest, and flavor between these two samples.
Plant B and C2 are both wild basil, and are both in containers with no drainage. They are in different sized pots, however; therefore, we can compare the growth, harvest, and flavor between life in a small pot versus life in a medium pot.
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The plants are now in our garden and growing like crazy.
The kids compared flavors, and all agreed that the big fat juicy ones tasted better...that would be the sweet basil.
The small pot with no drainage(wild) stunted the growth of the basil. It bushed out but didn't produce much. Suprisingly the medium pot with no drainage worked better than the medium pot with drainage. The plant in the pot with a hole grew taller, but the other plant produced larger leaves and more of them.
My camera went on the fritz, so I haven't been able to update pictures. As soon as I can I will post them here.
Thank you for your comments:)
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July 30, 2009 at 12:10 AM
So what has become of this experiment?