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I was carefully reading your experiment and I noticed that as part of your treatments you will be using different water temperatures to estimate plant growth under those conditions.
Here are a couple of questions for you:
Are you planning to use hot water to begin with or your planning to water plants and then keep the plants on a hot plate?
A few things to consider:
1) Wouldn't the hot plate accelerate evaporation? If so, the water regimen should be paid close attention to. What kind of pot are you planning to use to avoid heat damage?
2) Once the water (warm-hot) -I assume- don't you think that the hot plate would only keep soil temperature instead of water temperature? Or, are watering with warm water every time?
3) How is the hot water linked to a real situation at field conditions? It's always very important that our research questions are based on situations that farmers and growers are interested in and help with the overall well-being of a fruitful harvest.
Hope this thoughts help you out!
Valeria (Dr. A)
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