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 over just a few bulbs in the test garden, we discovered that tulips had indeed emerged: leaf tips were above ground level by approximately 3/4 inch! We did not re-cover the emerged tulips. We will be comparing rates of growth between the covered and uncovered tulips. In the comparison planting area that we refer to as our "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 affected its growth so that it was taller than the "correctly" planted bulbs in the test garden? The "wrong" bulb didn't even have mulch!

Eastford, CT

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -72.1

Observed by: Joan
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