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Good evening Ms.Jennings,
So for our project we are going to be monitoring our plants every in person class we have. We have them contained under one, 9 wattage light bulb, with an average degree of 18.3 degree celsius. Our plants are in a 20 0z bottle, with water at the bottom and string through the cap. The bottle is cut in half and we turned the cut up top upside down as the plant holder. The holder consists of vermiculate (rocky substance), soil, osmocotte, seeds, and fertilizer. It is not so filled as to the top but more towards the middle of the bottle. Every day we measure how much the stems and leaves have grown in length, to see how much either more fertilizer affects the plants and their growing status or has no affect. Let me know if you have any questions because I am more than happy to answer them.
Sincerely,
Trevor
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Great description of the experimental setup
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