A few weeks ago we pollinated our plant.We pollinated our plant with our fingers. We just touched the flower gently and then pollen went on our fingers. The next day the plant looked so different. The petals were falling off, it looked a little dry and dead.

Then we noticed that it had 21 buds in all, our tallest plant is 20 cm long, one plant has a dark stem and leaves, our biggest leaf is 3 cm long , there are not that much flowers anymore,and there are a lot of pods.

I think that next week all of the plant’s petals will fall off, there will be more pods, the plant will look like it is dead, and new flowers will grow.

Above is my controlled plant. If you look closely there are these pods and buds on the plant. The plant grew a lot compared to when we started planting it!

After the past 2 weeks my group noticed that the controlled plant has more buds, the rough leaves are bigger, the plants are 5 cm or less, one plant is dark green,and our biggest leaf is 2 cm. The next day we saw that the controlled one has some hairs on the stem, our tallest plant is 6 cm, the big leaves are darker, and 2 leaves are a little bit yellow. The controlled plant used to start as a seed and now it’s growing pretty tall!

What we saw in the manipulated plant was that it is ½ cm tall, the dirt is brown, the plant is light green, and there are no buds. After that day we saw that the plant has dark soil, tiny white hairs on the stem, about 1 cm, and the plant is green. Our manipulated plant used to not grow yet but since we started giving the manipulated plant more water it grew!

I think this happened because our manipulated plant was outside and birds or the wind would mess the plant up. The controlled one grew great because nothing was bothering them while they were growing and that it had all the minerals and water and nutrients and sunlight the plant needed. I think the outcome is this way because the manipulated plant was under the shade and it didn’t get that much sunlight. I think the controlled plant grew great because it got a lot of sunlight.

This is the manipulated and the controlled plants. The plant outside is the manipulated. The plant inside is the controlled.

Our manipulated and controlled plant grew a lot than what it used to look like!