Our girl scout troop is about to work on a badge involving plants and I am clueless. I need something extremely simple because the idea is to send each girl home with her plant and have them track the growth every few days on a chart. Then she would bring her plant back to our next meeting in 2 weeks.
We were going to place lima beans and wet paper towels in a plastic baggie taped to a window, but then I read that you can't use lima beans from a bag in the store because they have been treated with something to prevent growth. So, now I am stumped! Is there anything else we can use (potatoe, other beans, etc) that is inexpensive and easy to use in place of the lima bean?
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
2007-03-04 00:06:23 · 6 answers · asked by < Roger That > 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
peas or you could have some of them do green and some of them do yellow beans .the stuff on them dosent prevent groth it is a pesticide you should be able to buy little packs at the store that arent pretreated beans grow real well you should get a variety of differnt beans have some plant in soil others in the window like you were going to then compair your notes it should be a good learning experence for them good luck
2007-03-04 00:20:38 · answer #1 · answered by wildrice64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the very first plant i grew as a kid was pinto beans. it really was only by being a kid and wondering if one will grow, well all that i planted grew. i was amazed by it. it really excited me when one bean produced food. not much but all the same. this was 55 years ago, and still today i grow all i can just to see. marigolds are also a very easy plant to grow. so it grass. i had my grandkids grow my marigolds for me. it give something that is beautiful and inexpensive. after they flower let the flower die off on one or two of your plants, after a few days to a week you'll notice seeds, next year flowers, nature, love it. pinch off the flowers on the other plants though because this encourages the plant to continue to flower.
2007-03-04 00:34:36 · answer #2 · answered by lolly125107 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can get a bag of seeds from the seed store/farm stoe for pretty cheap too. Also the grocery store sells "onion sets" this time of year,which are like onion bulbs that scallions/onions grow from. ore, a heavyweight paper or foam plate with some soil and grass seeds grows quickly too.
2007-03-04 00:16:39 · answer #3 · answered by Andi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we always did corn in paper towels and in soil to see which one grew in which conditions with soil without soil with full sun with part sun and kept a log on each plant with air without air if was fun i loved it a lot and thats why i have the job i have today i work in trees in the nursery capital of the world in warren co. tennessee been in nursery work for 20 years now and still going
2007-03-04 02:36:39 · answer #4 · answered by mountainchowpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an ex-leader, I would do the research and present your findings to the troop. They should make the decision, not you. Give them options, with the pros and cons, and leave it up to them.
2007-03-04 04:01:01 · answer #5 · answered by saaanen 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
,watercress, easiest seeds to grow, small shallow container.piece of kitchen roll, folded in half, wet the cloth then sprinkle on seeds. and you can even eat them when they are grown
2007-03-04 00:33:47 · answer #6 · answered by peter_electro 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋