Today's Report Includes:
Students celebrate the first
snow falling on their Journey North garden at Rockledge Elementary
in Bowie, MD
Please
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After you Plant
Your Garden
Gardeners
Digging In
There's
been a
flurry of planting since last month! Some of these gardens are located in
warm climates and will be planted in 2008 after their bulbs are pulled from
the refrigerator.
*If
you plan to plant in January 2008 report your Tulips PLANTED now – just
report the planting date as January 1, 2008. The final map will be published
in the next Update Jan. 9, 2008.
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| As
your classroom scientists use tulips as tools for watching spring
unfold, they are contributing to this
wealth of information. What's more, they are laying the groundwork
for being informed citizens who will need to understand -- and make
decisions about -- challenging environmental issues.
Why Look at Plants? |
 As plants go through their life cycles, they reveal the effects of temperature, rainfall, sunshine, and other factors. |
| It's
Winter in the Refrigerator! Gardeners living in warm planting zones are keeping their tulip bulbs in the refrigerator until 2008! Why? To trick them into thinking they have had a winter season. Tulips need a rest where it is cold before they will grow healthy leaves and flowers. Students at Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, FL. reported: |
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| "We
are in Florida. Zone 9 so we "planted" our bulbs in a
special science fridge kept at 40° Fahrenheit. We are waiting
for the first week in January to plant our bulbs for real. They
need to go through a winter so they know it's time to grow. We
don't have a real winter in Florida so the fridge will hopefully
do the job." Find them at latitude 27.8 and longitude -82.63. |
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Do
not disturb! Bulbs spending their "winter" in
the frige will soon be planted. Credit:
K Rose Advisory Class |
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| Your bulbs are settled seven inches underground, the temperature outside (on most parts of the continent) is dropping, and we're in the darkest time of year. What's going on under the surface? | ||
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Explore! Gather some materials and go outside to explore air and soil temperatures this winter! Act now if you are in a cold winter area where your soil freezes in December. You’ll be ready to track temperatures as you track the coming of spring across the continent. |
 Click and print this data sheet. >> |
The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on January 9, 2008.
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