We planted the different varieties of lettuce into trays on September sixth of two thousand and eighteenth. I continuously monitored their growth every day to make sure they were receiving enough water and the green house was at a optimum temperature for growth. From the start we planted one hundred and twenty-two seeds from each variety. The romaine lettuce was pelleted while the other seeds were not. As you will see the pelleted seeds increased overall germination as well as the germination rate. I recorded and photographed the different lettuce varieties progress every three days. On 9/9/18 the Romaine lettuce germination was 58/122. the Red Salad Bowl germination was 22/122. The Bibb germination was 42/122. Three days after that I recorded the germination as well as the height of the tallest and shortest seeding for each variety. The romaine lettuce has a germination of 116/122 and the tallest seeding was one inch while the shortest was one centimeter. The tallest red salad bowl was one inch as well as the shortest was one centimeter. It had a 73/122 germination thus far. The Bibb germination was 59/122 with the tallest being three centimeters and the shortest one centimeters. These show that from the start romaine lettuce was taking off and had very little problem germination and doing it fast. At predicted that the Bibb was going to be the least successful germination and growth rate as so far that is true. I predicted this because the germination rate was low, but mostly based on the growth rate being substantially slower than the other varieties.
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The first thing that I started to grow was my lettuce. I included three different varieties, which included Red salad bowl, Bibb, and Romaine Lettuce. We put them in the trays and grow them for three weeks in the green house and every day they were visibly growing stronger and taller. I checked on them in the greenhouse every other day and watered them when needed. Lettuce is in favor of colder climates so keeping them in the greenhouse where the temperature is regulated and constant helps the seeds grow. Once the weather started to cool down and the lettuce roots started to outgrow their containers they were moved outside. The picture on the bottom shows the lettuce spent a week under a shade cloth outside to adjust to the climate before we planted them. This helped reduce the sunlight that hit the lettuce since they prefer cooler temperatures. |
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