1. Growth Rates of Barley in Potting and Pine Soil, with and without Miracle-Gro Matt Aber Arri Brown Sherry Land Nicole VanLear Kelley Patterson Ricki Lee Stautz December 2009
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5. Tons of barley is produced and harvested every year throughout the World, Especially in Northern locations Such as America
6. The uses of barley vary widely from being malted for beer… … to being used in breakfast cereals
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8. Our experimental units included both potting and pine soil. Potting soil can come in different consistencies depending on the desired type of plant. Ferns prefer moist soil Cactus prefers sandy Venus Flytraps prefer low nutrients
9. Pine soil is not very high in nutrients and because of the high number of needles that provide acidity and rooting problems, few plants can efficiently grow in it Hydrangea Azalea
10. We also incorporated Miracle Gro in our experiment Miracle Gro is said to aid in efficient and speedy plant growth due to its high content of nutrients, however experiments have been run in the past that disprove this…
11. The first step in our process was to measure the consistency of each soil and record our results
12. Next we had to measure the weight of the seeds in order to evaluate the dry mass growth over the course of the experiment
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14. Over the next 8 weeks we measured the growth in each pot weekly, recorded our results, and took notes of any significant changes
15. The growth of our barley was incredible. Week 1 Week 2 Week 8
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