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N. Harrison vulpia at sonic.net
Tue Jul 25 10:18:46 EST 2000


On 20 Jul 2000 15:47:52 +0100, sjohnson at mtsu.edu wrote:

>plant-edders.
>
>in our nonmajors biology course, there is not much that is 
>experimental in the lab sequence, and space is extremely limited. 
>so, last semester, i had students grow pea plants (innoculated and 
>control) at home on their windowsills. they maintained journals and 
>growth data was collected and analyzed after 7 weeks of growth. i 
>felt like students got involved in the project and enjoyed it. however, 
>a lot of the peas did not grow well. i had chosen peas because the 
>flower is pretty and the one we used should have had a pleasant 
>fragrance. by the end of the semester, few students reported 
>flowering, and a lot of the plants were sickly or dead. 
>
>can anybody suggest a plant that can be grown from seed that will 
>grow well under low light conditions? 
>
>despite getting off to a poor start last spring, i'm still excited about 
>the possibilities inherent in this class effort at generating real 
>experimental data. any advice will be appreciated.
>
>sandra
>*************
>Sandra L. Johnson, Ph.D.
>Plant Physiological Ecologist
>Middle Tennessee State University
>Biology Department     PO Box 60
>Murfreesboro, TN  31732
>
>Phone: (615) 898-2021
>FAX: (615) 898-5093
>
>
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Sandra, in our non-majors course at Santa Rosa Jr College, we did the
same thing with bean seeds. We supplied the students with 2 4-inch
pots, a plastic bag of potting soil, and about a dozen seeds (or maybe
more, I forget). The seeds were ordinary pinto beans or kidney beans,
from Carolina Supply. Germination was successful for everyone (about
30 students) and they designed their own experiments with the second
pot either serving as a control or as a second test. 
  With beans you probably won't get flowers but they are real easy to
grow. They take longer to germinate than peas, so tell the students
to be patient for about 2 1/2 - 3 weeks. - NH
PS - our horticultre dept supplied us with the pots.
Nancy Harrison
T.A.Botany at Santa Rosa Jr.College
http://www.sonic.net/~vulpia/index.html
Milo Baker Chapter, California Native Plant Society
http://www.sonic.net/~vulpia/cnps/mbaker.html






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