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This page contains updates and information regarding the plant experiments.

Our current plant selection for experimenting with is cauliflower and Chinese kale (芥兰)

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Chinese Kale Cauliflower



We are going to use a long trough kind of layout. Our initial experiments will have two cauliflower and two chinese kale. One of each will be grown with regular soil with no additives. The other specimen will be grown using soil with added nutrients.

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Thursday March 19 Chinese Kale, both normal and special soil have started to sprout. The cauliflower in the special soil have also started to sprout. The cauliflower in the normal soil have not started to sprout.

April 7 After leaving the plants under the grow light over the extended weekend, we noticed one sample of kale starting to limp and tangle. After closely examining them, we deducted that dehydration may be the cause for the relatively unhealthy appearence of the kale. This kale sample is grown in special, nutrient added soil. However, the other sample of kale grown in unaltered soil, seems to have weathered the weekend in good shape. Also, we observed secondary leaves sprouting in between the initial sprouts. More details and images on seperate link.

April 10 Repotting process complete. Kale and some cauliflower have been moved to larger, deeper pots. More information in seperate page.