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Wow! You guys have figured a lot out, that's great :)
I think your procedure sounds good! There are a couple more things you might want to think about too:
1. How often do you want to add the treatments? I think adding fertilizer and Gatorade everyday might overwhelm the plant, but adding them every second or third day (with plain water on the days between) would probably work great!
2. All the pots should be the same size or very close! This way all the plants will be in the same environment, and the only thing we're changing is our treatments.
3. Buckwheat and nasturtium are very different plants, and so comparing if buckwheat grows more than nasturtium might not tell us much about the liquid treatments (but it will tell us how the plants have different traits!). But, I think it will be super cool to see if we see the same trends in both plants due to the liquids! So this sounds like a fun idea!
Do you guys have any questions or concerns about the methods so far?
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