Zachary Wright Biography

     Hello my name is Zachary Wright and I live in San Jose California for my whole life.  My famiuly and I sometimes grow food in our backyard but not much.  Little things like oranges and tomatoes.  My uncle though grows a whole bunch of different plants including grapes and tomatoes and other assorted fruits.

Divina's Autobiography

Divina's Autobiography

            Hi my name is Divina Rodriguez. I am currently 13 years old born October 11, 2000. Born and raised in San Jose,Ca. But my mom was born in Pittsburg,Ca and my dad was born in Denver, Colorado. I have not planted or grown any of my own vegetables but i would love to! Someone who would know a lot of agriculture would be my grandparents because they do grow their own fruits and vegetables. 

Helen's Bio

My name is Helen. I'm from San Jose, California where I have been living my entire life. I have quite a bit of experience in growing food as I have grown many different fruits and vegetables such as apples, tomatos, strawberries, carrots, peaches, zucchini, and grapes just to name a few. The one thing I've noticed after growing all of these plants is how much effort can be put into something as small as a handful of strawberries for them to taste good. Plants take a lot of hard work if you want the product from it to be okay. One person who knows a lot about gardening is my mother, she is the one who taught me everything about how to grow the plants so that you will get the best food from it. 

Ryan's Bio

My name is Ryan Keeney. I have lived here, in San Jose, for my entire life. When I was younger, around kindergarten, I grew pumpkins in my backyard for about a year. I remember the pumpkins got really big, and the vines that grew from the plant sort of took over the entire yard. The vines were so invasive that they were actually kind of smothering the other plants, and so we had to get rid of them. A person who probably knows a lot about agriculture is probably my grandfather, who worked on a farm in Iowa when he was a lot younger, before he moved to California. It’s great that I get to see him very often because he lives so near to us.

Lab Conclusion

             In the end, only the control plant, which was watered with 120 mL of water every other day, sprouted. We cannot draw any conclusions as to which is better for plants, acids or bases, for none of those sprouted. If we were to repeat the experiment we would use less water to water plants in such small pots, and we would also change the ratio of water to the substance we were using to something less.

Materials Used

The materials used in this experiment are

• 60 mL of dish soap (per watering)
• 60 mL of vinegar (per watering)
• 60 mL of baking soda (per watering)
• 60 mL of citric acid (per watering)
• 360 mL of faucet water (per watering) 
• 5 Ph strips
• 5 4x4 containers
• 150 Ml glass beaker
  
• 1/2 lbs in Fox Farm soil per container
• 25 kohlrabi seeds
  
  

Procedure

• Filled up each plastic planter with 1/2 cup soil
• Planted 5 kohlrabi seeds in the center of each pot 
• Diluted 60 mL of each substance with equal amount of water 
• Watered every two days with diluted substances
• Monitored Growth

Day 1

Day 1 Observation

So far our seeds have not grown and we will continue to water the plants every two days.  The baking soda solution has created a weird brown layer over the soil.

The citric acid solution has created a hole in the middle of the potting soil.  The soil color has also changed on all but water.

Our soap mixture only changed the color slightly and that is it.

The vinegar solution didn't change the look but it does smell bad.

Finally the water has changed nothing and is looking healthy.