Bean Size Experiment

Beans were graded according to size. The beans on the left, numbered A1 and B1 were the largest and A4 and B4 were the smallest of the soaked beans. A comparison was also made between soaked (over 24 hours) and dry beans. The Dry beans were also graded with the larger in cells A5,6 and the smaller in B5,6.

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10/19/05 sorted assignment planted Placed in GrowLab 10/24/05 (5days)
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10/24/05 (6 days) 10/25/05 10/25/05 10/27/05 10/27/05
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10/28/05 10/28/05
transplanted, with tomato plant		 11/01/05 11/07/05
added strings for beans to climb		 11/14/05
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Growth Estimates
Height by Block

#     H     #    H
A1  11    B1  6
A2   8     B2  9.25
A3   5.5  B3  5
A4  10    B4  6
A5   9.5  B5  4
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Growth Estimates
Height by Block

#     H     #    H
A1  14      B1  7
A2   10.5  B2  12
A3   6.5    B3  6.5
A4  14      B4  8.5
A5   13     B5  5
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 Estimates
Height by Block

#     H     #    H
A1  14    B1  8
A2  12    B2  14
A3   8     B3  7.5
A4  14    B4  11
A5  14    B5  6
A6  12.5 B6  11

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Growth Estimates
Height by Block

#     H     #    H
A1  14      B1  9.5
A2  14      B2  14
A3  10       B3  9
A4  14      B4  13
A5  14      B5  7
A6  14      B6  13.5

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Growth Estimates
Height by Block

#     H     #    H
A1  14      B1  14
A2  14      B2  14
A3  11      B3  10
A4  14      B4  14
A5  14      B5  7d
A6  14      B6  14

B5 appears to have expired.
11/21/05 11/29/05 12/05/05  12/12/05  12/19/05
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Dead: A3, A6, B1, B5 		wpe11.jpg (18660 bytes)
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Students picked a pod .

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Dried pod and blooms. Opened to show mature bean.
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06/16/06 new flowers		 wpe20.jpg (135487 bytes)
06/16/06 bean pod.
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Final picture.
#     H     
A1  15', 3 major branches with two flowers      
A2  13', 1 set of flowers 3/4 of the way up.      
A3  X       
A4         side stem with new growth up 1m and another up 2.5m      
A5        to ceiling and down with flowers and 1 pod.      
A6  X      		    #    H
B1  X
B2      to ceiling and 1/2 half way down, 3 branches at the top with new growth and new near bottom.
B3  X
B4  X
B5  X Dead stem.
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How did bean size and preparation compare?