How to Sprout Workshop is a simple and creative school gardening activity.
Starting plants indoor with little cost can help a class of students to get closer to their daily consumable vegetables foods.
If you are a beginner in the organic garden planning subject; the first important step to be included into your plan is; to learn about starting from seeds and grow them into young plants.
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How to Sprout Seeds Experience
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First Project
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3. Top the plant when the leaves dried up.
4. Support the plant with a half plastic bottle.
Observations
* One seed was sprouted on the day 4 (picture 3) and the Second seed sprouted by the next day.
* Seed one continue its growth in the coconut shell (picture 5&6).
* On the day 22, a young Lentil (picture 7) shoot very tall with a pair of unopened top leaves; and he requested for support.
* 8 days later the top split into 2 (picture 8).
* The support was given on 29th January (picture 9); and it was too late. Therefore the top had dried up.
* After support was provided for 5 days; new growth appeared (picture 10).
* The young plant was then developing its side shoot (picture 11&12) and soon stayed strong for outdoor's transplant.
Second Project Growing Conditions |
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Observations
* On 4-1-2012 One seed sprouted further (picture 15).
* On 13th January (day 11) 3 of them appeared green (picture 18).
* On 17th January (picture 19) all growing well.
* On 20th January (day 18) to 23rd January, all seeds were showing their green shoots (picture 20&21).
* On 28th January two seeds became a tall plant (picture 22&23).
* On 8th February (day 37) the plant one became strong and with beautiful leaves (picture 24).
* On 13th February plant 2 was tall and tender (picture 25&26).
* On 20th February (day 49) plant one was ready for transplant to the green house (picture 27&28).
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