1) After Thanksgiving break you return to the HTHMA garden to find that your crops have not been watered in over two weeks. Most of your plants are dead and those that are alive are barely hanging on. In relation to the process of photosynthesis, describe what has happened to your plants.
To help reserve water the guard cells on the underside of the plants leaves have closed off, closing the holes called stomata. The leaves will proceeded to shrivel and die to trap in more moister and nutrition that they hold. The plant will keep shriveling until it goes into the roots which are their last resorts for survival. Beyond this if a plant doesn't get any water after this they will shrivel and die. Young plants are more susceptible that fully grown plants and should always be under close inspection. Vascular are better and more durable for dry areas where they won't get a lot of water.
2) Upon microscopic inspection of the underside of your plant’s leaves, you notice that in an attempt to conserve water the stomata (aka stomates) are closed. Explain in detail how this impacts the light independent reactions of photosynthesis.
The light independent reactions will slow down as the resources that enter through the stomates stop. This is because the other processes will stop to conserve energy. The stomates will close themselves in order to hold all the energy and water they can. The guard cells will swell and closed preventing anything from entering or leaving. The stomates and guard cells are found at the undersides of the leaves working as a strainer/protector for the plant.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
C&S Seeds
http://www.ted.com/talks/cary_fowler_one_seed_at_a_time_protecting_the_future_of_food.html
Based on this video, various articles, and information I find that while yes there may be some beneficial out come from this Doomsday food storage we must also face the facts that there are other things this money could go to. On a religious basis any person would find you insane. This is because they believe that there will be no world after doomsday so why bother, use the money to fix our economy. On as non-biased of a level as I can get I find while this would be beneficial to our future we should do this gradually and at a slow even pace, so that we don't blow off too much money.
"A seed bank that is trying to collect every type of plant in the world is now under threat from the global financial crisis." The seed bank director says. This points out clearly that we should minimize activity in the collection until the worlds economy can find its feet again.
"We would say that this is an exceptional bank and that the assets within it, the capital that we have built up, is unique and we can't squander this," says Smith. This is also agreeable in the sense that we do in fact have the only self sustaining seed bank with the largest amount of seeds along with the largest amount of plant species. This goes to show that while this is valuable and must not squandered, we must also not be focus so greatly on it as well. In all it should be a smaller focus in this great economic crisis.
Based on this video, various articles, and information I find that while yes there may be some beneficial out come from this Doomsday food storage we must also face the facts that there are other things this money could go to. On a religious basis any person would find you insane. This is because they believe that there will be no world after doomsday so why bother, use the money to fix our economy. On as non-biased of a level as I can get I find while this would be beneficial to our future we should do this gradually and at a slow even pace, so that we don't blow off too much money.
"A seed bank that is trying to collect every type of plant in the world is now under threat from the global financial crisis." The seed bank director says. This points out clearly that we should minimize activity in the collection until the worlds economy can find its feet again.
"We would say that this is an exceptional bank and that the assets within it, the capital that we have built up, is unique and we can't squander this," says Smith. This is also agreeable in the sense that we do in fact have the only self sustaining seed bank with the largest amount of seeds along with the largest amount of plant species. This goes to show that while this is valuable and must not squandered, we must also not be focus so greatly on it as well. In all it should be a smaller focus in this great economic crisis.
Monday, October 3, 2011
My Garden Plot
Snow Peas
Season: Winter
Germination: Keep soil moist but avoid dampening or soaking.
Days of Maturity: 70 days
Planting Space: 2 to 3 inches between plants.
Soil: Well-drained soil high in organic matter is best; pH 5.5 to 6.8.
Water: Steady, even moisture especially when in bloom.
Red Lion Amaryllis
Season: Winter
Germination: Keep soil moist. Do not cool bulb, does not need it
Days of Maturity: 6-8 weeks
Planting Space: 2 inches.
Soil: Nothing special but if paranoid place all purpose bud fertilized in pot/soil.
Water: Make the soil moist any damper and the flower will drown.
Extra: when the flower begins to wither remove it by cutting it off behind the green lump.
Daikon Radishes
Season: Winter
Germination: Plant the seeds thinly at a depth of about ¾”. Thin out as they grow.
Days of Maturity: 2 or 3 months
Planting Space: 6"
Soil: asic fertilizer or last years fertilizer.
Water: water evenly, never let the soil dry out and reduce the watering amount as they reach maturity.
Seedlings progress of the Sweet pepper, sweet pea, and blue bell.
The sweet peas died out due to miss planting when they weren't close enough to the watered area. The peppers and blue bells are growing at an even rate and should be transplanted soon.
At the smallest for the detailed plants above I will need a plot of land 36" by 12" or more. But don't take this seriously I really suck at math.
Season: Winter
Germination: Keep soil moist but avoid dampening or soaking.
Days of Maturity: 70 days
Planting Space: 2 to 3 inches between plants.
Soil: Well-drained soil high in organic matter is best; pH 5.5 to 6.8.
Water: Steady, even moisture especially when in bloom.
Red Lion Amaryllis
Season: Winter
Germination: Keep soil moist. Do not cool bulb, does not need it
Days of Maturity: 6-8 weeks
Planting Space: 2 inches.
Soil: Nothing special but if paranoid place all purpose bud fertilized in pot/soil.
Water: Make the soil moist any damper and the flower will drown.
Extra: when the flower begins to wither remove it by cutting it off behind the green lump.
Daikon Radishes
Season: Winter
Germination: Plant the seeds thinly at a depth of about ¾”. Thin out as they grow.
Days of Maturity: 2 or 3 months
Planting Space: 6"
Soil: asic fertilizer or last years fertilizer.
Water: water evenly, never let the soil dry out and reduce the watering amount as they reach maturity.
Seedlings progress of the Sweet pepper, sweet pea, and blue bell.
The sweet peas died out due to miss planting when they weren't close enough to the watered area. The peppers and blue bells are growing at an even rate and should be transplanted soon.
At the smallest for the detailed plants above I will need a plot of land 36" by 12" or more. But don't take this seriously I really suck at math.
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