Progress of the Seeds (Days 1 - 8)

Day 1

On the first day there was no germination of the seeds and because of the dry soil, the seeds were watered.

Day 2

All the seeds had germinated except for one in the cold water tray. The soil was still damp from watering it the day before.

Day 3

All the seeds have sprouted and the soil was watered due to dryness.

Day 4

All the seeds had sprouted and the soil was still damp. It was discovered that the stem for the cold water seeds were growing at a different rate due to a difference in height. The hot water seeds' stems were relatively the same height.

Day 5

The soil was slightly dry and the decision was made to change the experiment to salt water (which replaced hot water), and cold water, because of the possibility of killing the plants due to the high temperature of the water. The hot water seeds had grown to 1 cm and were basically the same size for all. Three of them had true leaves showing. For the cold water seeds, they were all different sizes ranging from 0.5 cm to 1.5 cm. There was only one stem that had a true leaf.

Day 6

The soil was damp. The salt water plants all had the presence of true leaves and not grown. However the cold plants had grown to the height of 0.5 cm to 2 cm.

Day 7

The salt water plants had grown to a height of 2 cm. They had been watered the night before. The cold plants now have a range of height between 1.5 cm to 2 cm. 

Day 8

All of the results are basically the same as Day 7 and the soil was damp. The leaves had grown in size for both collections of the plants.