Date: 03/24/2011

Number: 1

Grade 3 students did a "walk around" the school to see if any plant growth was evident after a tough winter. After peeling back the leaf mulch in the test garden over just a few bulbs, we discovered that tulips had indeed emerged: leaf tips were above ground level by about 3/4 inch! We did not re-cover the newly un-mulched bulbs. We will be able to compare rates of growth of those to the bulbs we left under mulch. In our comparison planting area that we refer to as the "wrong" garden, where bulbs are planted at a variety of incorrect depths, and the garden itself is placed near a foundation and facing east, we found one tulip grown up to a height of 4 inches. That bulb had been planted just under the soil surface! What combination of factors resulted in the way it was taller than the "correctly" planted bulb? The "wrong" bulb didn't even have mulch!

Eastford, CT

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -72.1

Observed by: Joan
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