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Do Nutrients Affect Seed Germination?
by Fabrice R.
* Hypothesis * Abstract * Materials * Procedure * Results * Conclusion * Bibliography & Links * 
 
Hypothesis 
The plants with the nutrients will grow better.
Abstract 

The reason why I did this experiment because I wanted to see if added nutrients would speed up seed growth. The question that I am trying to answer is will added nutrients would make seeds grow faster. I think that the beans with the nutrients will grow faster than the beans with only distilled water. I think this is because fertilizer contains things that plants need to grow faster. If fertilizer contains more nutrients than distilled water, I would think that the fertilizers would make the beans grow faster.

To do my experiment I placed ten pinto beans in a jar and covered them with distilled water. I let the beans in the refrigerator overnight. I later prepared 4 liters of the fertilizer. I wrote Nutrients and Water on two pieces of tape. I taped the labels on to the cups that they were supposed to go on. I prepared two separate containers of beans. First, I folded one paper towel and lined it with the inside of the cups. Second, I stuffed some paper towels into the glass to hold the paper in the cups. Third, I placed five beans between the glass and the paper lining, around the perimeter of the glass. I moistened the paper towels in the glass with what they were supposed to be filled with. I covered the outside of the glass with a piece of black construction paper. I checked the beans each day until they grew. 

The results of my project was that the growth of the beans didn't make a difference in what I gave them. The reason why my results came out this way was because the beans that I gave the Nutrients to didn't really need the nutrients in the nutrients. My project is good for someone who plants things, like a Gardner. That person might use this to know if a plant would grow faster and stronger with the added nutrients.  
 

Materials   

1. 10 pinto beans
2. 1 500 ml jar 
3. distilled water 
4. 1 refrigerator 
5. liquid plant fertilizer (5-10-5) 
6. 1 4 liter plastic milk jug 
7. 1 marking pen 
8. masking tape  
9. paper towels  
10. paper towels 
11. 2 straight sided drinking glasses 
12. 2 sheets of black construction paper 
13. 1 stapler
Procedure   

1. Put the beans in the jar and cover them with distilled water.
2. Place the jar of beans into the refrigerate , and let them soak overnight.
3. Prepare 4 liters of the liquid plant fertilizer by following the instructions on the package. Use the distilled water to mix the 
fertilizer in the milk jug.
4. With the marking pen, write ''Nutrients'' on a piece of masking tape and tape this label to the jug of liquid fertilizer.
5. Prepare two separate containers of beans as follows:
 a. Fold one paper towel and line the inside of glass with it.
 b. Put together several paper towels and stuff them into the glasses hold the paper lining against the glass.
 c. Place five beans between the glass and the paper towel lining, evenly spacing the beans around the perimeter of the glass.
6. Use the marking pen and tape the label one glass ''Water'' and to the second glass ''Nutrients''.
7. Moisten the paper towel in each glass with either distilled water or plant fertilizer as indicated. Keep the paper towels in the glasses moist, but not dripping wet, during the entire experiment.
8. Cover the outside of each glass with one sheet of black construction paper. Fold and staple the top and sides of the paper.
9. Each day, until the bean grows , remove the paper covering from each glass and observe the contents. 

Results   
 The results of my project was that it didnít matter what I gave the beans.
Conclusion 

The results of my project is that the beans with the nutrients grew more than the plants with water. The plants only grew a little more than the plants with the water. It basically didn't make a difference if the beans were given water or nutrients. If the beans really needed the extra nutrients the beans would have grown a little bit more than they did. My results would be good for the real world because it would help people like gardeners. A gardener might use my results to know if a plant would grow stronger and healthier if you added nutrients.
 
 
Bibliography & Links   

1. VanCleave, Janice. A+Projects in Biology.
2. The Gale book of Science. Gale Reasearch., Copyright1996 
3.The New Book of Popular Science. Grolier., Copyright 1996 
4. The World book Encyclopedia. World Book Inc., Copylight1995
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Fabrice R.
Timber Ridge Magnet School