My question is if I plant a plant in sand instead of soil will it grow?

My hypothesis is that the plant will grow just not as tall because sand has less minerals

My control plant gets water, soil and light and my manipulated plant gets water, sand and light

After the first week I saw that my control plant had grown to 1 1/2 inches and my manipulated plant is 1/2 an inch tall it is green and slightly tilting but it’s still growing.

next it started growing buds and if you looked closely you could see two different types of leaves.

The plant has grown and has stayed green both plants have been doing good so far.