Whompin Watermelons
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Holly, Brooke,
Brandon & Brandy
What do you know about Watermelons?
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Do you know that Citrullus lanatus is the scientific
name of the watermelon?
The origin of the plant is Spain.
The seeds we planted came from Family Dollar.
The brand name is Dixie Queen.
It takes the watermelon seeds 7-14 days to
germinate.
Depth to sow is 3cm!
Seed spacing is usually 2.5cm for the watermelon.
Days to harvest 80-90.
Objectives
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We planted 3 plants in
different cups to
determine whether the
plant grew better with
lots of sunlight, partial
sunlight, or no sunlight!
Methods we used
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Type of Soil:
Amount of water:
Sunlight requirements:
How often did you water the
plant?
How many seed did you
plant?
Details:
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Regular potting soil
20mL
Full sunlight, partial & none
Monday- Friday
4 in sunlight, 4 in partial, and
3 in no sun
We collected data on the
growth of the plant each
day!
Results
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Observations: The more
sunlight the plants had the
faster they sprouted.
First growth: Day 10 was the
first sign of growth.
Plants growing: The plant in
sunlight and the plant in partial
sunlight.
How they look: The plant in
sunlight has very good coloring
it is a bright green and has
many leaves; the plant in partial
sunlight is taller and has fewer
leaves; the plant in no sunlight
has not yet grown.
Graph: We do have enough
data to construct a graph.
Conclusions
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Expected plant growth: They did not grow as we
expected, because we expected them to sprout
faster than what they did.
Growing conditions: The plant in sunlight grew the
fastest; the plant in partial sunlight took longer and
the plant without sunlight did not grow at all.
Conditions: The sunlight was the best condition for
the plants and absolutely no sunlight was the worst
condition.
No one else grew watermelons.
We would change our variables.
Researchers
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Role play: Brandon watered the plants, Holly
measured the plants, Brooke recorded the
information, and Brandy found out the
information on our seeds.
That sunlight does effect the amount of
growth a watermelon plant has.