Introduction: We have recently started a project called the iGrow Project in which every student contribute to the greenhouse one way or another. I have chosen to do blogs about the greenhouse. I will post updates to this blog weekly.
Horizontal System: There were many plants that were about to snap off, especially the tomato plant. They had big leaves which caused the stem to bend over. Luckily, before they snapped, people put poles and tied the plants to the pole so that it would stay upright. This is the example I used for putting the plants helping the plants stay straight (picture #1). Now, people used wooden poles to fix the plants and preventing them from snapping off. No plants are in an unhealthy state, except for the vertical system.
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| Picture #1 |
Vertical System: The vertical system is in very big danger because it flooded and they had to temporarily shut the power off. This will affect the plant growth and we need to pay closer attention to plants that are growing in the vertical system. Sadly, I don't have a footage of it but many of you should know from your friends, or teachers. If not, then please explain it to other people who doesn't know what happened to the vertical system.
A Finished Product in 7th Grade Science A block: This group, (Ning and Zane from A block), is very close to completing their product which was a fish feeder. In the picture (picture #2), they are testing if the fish feeder will actually be able to pick up fish food, which are the colorful beads in the photo. If the product is successful, then it would be put into the greenhouse, and would be ready to operate it's first feeding. Let's all hope that their product will create a positive revolution to the KIS greenhouse.
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| Picture #2 |
Greenhouse Movie:
Introduction: We have recently started a project called the iGrow Project in which every student contribute to the greenhouse one way or another. I have chosen to do blogs about the greenhouse. I will post updates to this blog weekly.
Grow Bed System: I saw many successful, and healthy plant growth in the grow bed system. The grow bed system is particularly for plants that requires a lot of space. For example, if the plant has big leaves, then it would cover the other smaller plant and would block out the sun. While in the grow bed system, there are big plants such as pumpkins, which I think is the reason to why the grow bed system is so successful. The bigger the plant, the more it can endure. Most of the plants in the grow bed system is pumpkins and they grow very big. As you can see in the photo (picture #1) underneath, the pumpkin leaves are taking over the system, and growing at an exponential rate. No plants in the grow bed system is having trouble in growing.
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| Picture #1 |
Greenhouse Fixers: The students in the picture (picture #2) below volunteered to fix leaks, and algae issues in the greenhouse. In the picture, Stephen and Steve are sharing the silicon, stopping leaks. On the other photo (picture #3), it is a picture of Aldous, and Min Woo cleaning up the algae that grew in the rubber tube, which was a big problem and harmful to our plants growing in the greenhouse. Thanks to the 4 people, the greenhouse is slowly recovering from leaks, and the algae is being cleaned continuously.
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| Picture #3 |
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| Picture #2 |
Another Problem: The plants are still in very dangerous conditions because the big plants in the horizontal system is about to snap off, which is not good. We need farmers that can help me fix the problem by using wires, and plastic strings. This problem is also from the last post, and this problem seemed to occur once again when I visited the greenhouse today. Please help me by fixing the problem with the method I've used, or if there are any other better methods you can think of, then you are always welcome to use it.
Introduction: We have recently started a project called the iGrow Project in which every student contribute to the greenhouse one way or another. I have chosen to do blogs about the greenhouse. I will post updates to this blog weekly.
Update:
1. Horizontal System: So far there are not many unhealthy plants in the greenhouse and not much problems are encountered yet, but there are still some plants that are having a hard time growing. For example, take a look at the picture below (picture #1). This plant isn't growing well, and some parts of it is brown, which means it is unhealthy. Take a look at the other picture (picture #2). That plant shown in picture #2 is the same type of plant shown in picture #1. So why doesn't it grow equally if they are planted in the same date and are the same type of plants? They received an equal amount of sunlight as well. It turns out that the plant in picture #1 is at the edge of the horizontal system and the plant shown in picture #2 is in the middle of the horizontal system. I thought that might be the problem, but I don't know if my thesis is true yet.
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| Picture #1 |
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| Picture #2 |
2. Vertical System: The vertical system is very interesting. Plants that are thriving are growing at an exponential rate, while plants that aren't growing isn't showing any growth for the past few days. For example, the plant shown in picture #3 is a bean. This bean is very unhealthy and seems like it's about to die, but in picture #4, the same kind of plant is growing very well. So why is this? I came up with an idea that it is the effect of the algae in the rubber tube. In picture #3, the pipe is full of algae. On the other hand, in picture #4, the tube is very clean. These two plants are the same type of plant, and is near each other so the germination date, or the sunlight does not have to do anything with the amount they are growing. It's just that one tube is more taken care of than the other.
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| Picture #4 |
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| Picture #3 |
3. Another Problem: Please take a look at picture #5. The plant is bent, and is about to snap. We have to prevent this from happening and find a solution. I came up with a solution (with Mr. Martin). Picture #6 is after the set up is complete. It requires a wire, and a plastic string. It's quite simple, but I don't like how we have to add a lot of plastic strings to tie the plant to the wire. Perhaps we can use another type of object that would be capable of tying the plant easier and doesn't need a lot of something. This is only a first draft, so we can polish it to make it more effective, and more compact. I would like suggestions from people in the comment section of how to fix this kind of problems.
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| Picture #5 |
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| Picture #6 |
