Water Drainage

Problem

What is the effect of the water drainage on plant grow?

Hypothesis

A moderate rate of drainage promotes plant growth

Procedure

1. We separated 21 cups onto 3 sections, 7 in each.

2. We labelled each groups of cups:

Fast, Medium, and slow.

Then numbered each plant 1-7.

3. Punched holes in bottom of cups:

9 holes in Fast

5 holes in medium

0 holes in slow

4. Into each cup, we placed:

1 cup soil

2 belle radish seeds

1 cup of soil

5. Measured growth of plant everyday in centimetres.

6. Watered plants every third day.

Materials

1.21 Styrofoam cups/pieces

2. 42 cherry bell radish seeds

3. 1-cup measuring cups

4. Nail set, to punch drainage holes in cup

5. Potting soil

6. 1 ruler

7. Water

8. Pen/Pencil

9. Paper

10. Knife to cut holes

Observation:

We observed that the "slow," at the beginning, grew faster than the "medium" and the "fast", but then it began to slow down. The "medium" grew at an average pace and so did the fast.

Conclusion:

Our hypothesis was correct. A moderate rate of drainage does promote plant growth.

Application:

Now knowing that the plant with the medium water drainage had the greatest plant growth. People who plant at home or anywhere, can learn how to plant their plants in a more accurate way.