We are making terra aqua columns in biology.
2006-10-20 11:05:37 · 4 answers · asked by buck 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
We are making terra aqua columms in biology. Meaning, we change one of the variables: type of soil, type of grass seed, or type of liquid. Our class chose liquid and my group chose to use flax seed oil instead of water.
2006-10-22 13:05:40 · update #1
Probably not. Plants use H2O molecules in photosynthesis. Without water, there are no water molecules present, and the plant can't do photosynthesis, and therefore cannot produce energy and grow.
2006-10-20 11:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by nmtgirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not an expert on this, but why would you want to use expensive flax seed oil instead of water. Unless this is an experiment, I would stick with H2O. But keep us posted. Would be curious to see if the oil kills the plant.
2006-10-21 04:35:29 · answer #2 · answered by Hallon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure oil would likely not be wonderful condusive to the plant's health. In fact I believe, though am not certain, that your poor green friend would simply shrivel up and die.
*edit in response to the other comment. Your H2O could theoretically come solely from "above ground" sources (absorbtion through leaves). The real kicker here is Magnesium, Phosphorus, and Nitrogen, which rarely (never) exist as plant-friendly forms in flax-seed oil.
2006-10-20 11:16:03 · answer #3 · answered by Trenton G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The oil would block the oxygen. No.
2006-10-20 13:00:58 · answer #4 · answered by Michelle G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋