This is blog post 2. I am going to update you with the measurements of the plants over the last 2 to 3 weeks. These are the very important updates.

On June 1st the highest the controlled plant had grown was 8 cm in cell 2. By June 5th the highest the controlled plant was 14 cm in cell 3. The plants now have buds and some of the buds have bloomed into yellow flowers.

On June 1st the highest manipulated plant was 12 cm. It has grown really tall. We have been watering the manipulated plants with red food coloring. One of the cells has a little speck of red on the plant stem. The manipulated plants have two flowers, the same as the controlled plants.

We have noticed that the manipulated plants are a little bit shorter than the controlled plants. They have the same number of flowers, and the flowers are both yellow. I think the manipulated plants are a little shorter because they are adjusting to the food coloring.