INSTRUCTIONS
Materials used in this lab:
- Planting Trays
- Soil
- Gloves
- Pots
- Water
- Brown mustard seeds
- California Poppy seeds
- Drying Oven
We had mixed-species pots that consisted of 2 poppy seeds and 2 mustard seeds per pot. Each group had 24 pots in total. This lab took place in our Santa Monica College (SMC) lab. After starting the lab, we visited the greenhouse on SMC campus to check if the mustard seeds interfered with the germination of the poppy seeds. In the control group, we used a total of 12 pots, and in the experiment another 12 pots. We put 4 seeds in each pot for the control group which was the poppy seeds. In the experimental group, we put 2 poppy seeds and 2 mustard seeds in each pot. Some pots didn't germinate well so on the spreadsheet under "seeds germinated" you'll notice how in some pots seeds didn't germinate so we didn't count it.