Tomatosphere Journals 2009-10

Grade 6R students recorded these observations in their journals.  

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  Group B Group T
Date    
m/d/y
Day Total #
 Germinated
Notes Total #
 Germinated
Notes
04/07/10
04/08/10
04/09/10
04/10/10
04/11/10
04/12/10
04/13/10
04/14/10
04/15/10
04/16/10
04/17/10
04/18/10
04/19/10
04/20/10
04/21/10
04/22/10
04/23/10
04/24/10
04/25/10
04/26/10
04/27/10
04/28/10
04/29/10

05/04/10

05/10/10

05/17/10

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

27

33

40




0




5
4
6

1


1
2





1
Planted (30)
20°C
21°C
Saturday
Sunday
1st day of germination



PD, switched to higher dome
Saturday
Sunday
germinated to date 17, 56.7%

20°C


Saturday  
Sunday
Last day of germination, roots showing



2 stems


 sprouts dead

total 20/30, 66.7%


0




12
9
4

1
Planted (30)
20°C
21°C
Saturday
Sunday
1st day of germination



PD, higher dome, last dy ger.
Saturday
Sunday
germinated to date 26, 86.7%

20°C


Saturday  
Sunday







stubs dieing

total 26/30, 86.6%

Once the "blind test" was completed and we had e-mailed our results NASA responded with the following information: all are Heinz 9478 F1 seeds.

B -- Seeds exposed to the International Space Station environment.

T -- Control Group