Tomatosphere Journals 2005-06

Grade 6R students recorded these observations in their journals in 2005-06   

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  Group K Group L
Date    
m/d/y
Day Total #
 Germinated
Notes Total #
 Germinated
Notes
03/22/06
03/23/06
03/24/06
03/25/06
03/26/06
03/27/06
03/28/06
03/29/06
03/30/06
03/31/06
04/01/06
04/02/06
04/03/06
04/04/06
04/05/06
04/06/06
04/07/06
04/08/06
04/09/06
04/10/06
04/11/06
04/12/06
04/13/06
04/14/06
04/15/06
04/16/06
04/17/06
04/18/06
04/19/06
04/20/06
04/21/06
04/22/06
04/23/06
04/24/06
Totals:
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
5
-
-
7
1
1
2
-
4
-
1
0
0
1
-
-
-
-
1
0
0
0
-
-
1
31/40 = 77.5%
Planted (40)


Saturday
Sunday
both higher dome
22°C 
24°C  4 sprouts
23°C  3 sprouts
24°C  1 sprout
Saturday
Sunday
23°C 2 sprouts
23°C 2 sprouts
24°C 2 sprouts
22°C 2 sprouts
in-service
Saturday  22°C 2 sprouts
Sunday
22°C 1 sprout
23°C 2 sprouts
24°C 4 sprouts
23°C 3 sprouts
Good Friday
Sat.
Easter
Easter Monday
23°C 2 sprouts
23°C 3 sprouts
24°C 3 sprouts
23°C 3 sprouts
Saturday
Sunday
23°C 2 sprouts
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
-
-
8
6
1
1
-
2
-
0
1
1
0
-
-
-
-
0
0
0
0
-
-
0
30/40 = 75%
Planted (40)


Saturday
Sunday
and lowered light some.
23°C
24°C  2 sprouts
24°C  1 sprout
23°C  1 sprout
Saturday
Sunday
23°C 4 sprouts
23°C 1 sprout
23°C 1 sprout
23°C 1 sprout
in-service
Saturday  22°C 1 sprout
Sunday
22°C 1 sprout
23°C 1 sprout
23°C 0 sprouts
24°C 0 sprouts
Good Friday
Sat.
Easter
Easter Monday
22°C 0 sprouts
22°C 0 sprouts
24°C 0 sprouts
22°C 0 sprouts
Saturday
Sunday
22°C 0 sprouts

Once the "blind test" was completed and we had e-mailed our results NASA responded with the following information:

The seeds we planted were Heinz 9478 F1 seeds.

They were grouped as follows:
K -- Control Group
L -- Seeds from the International Space Station