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Since transplanting our seedlings into our ebb and flow system, we come into class everyday, wondering how our plants will grow over time. Will we see new leaves? Will it get taller? Just how fast can these plants grow? Will the colors change? Will we see flowers? When will it fruit? Do all plants produce fruit? These are the wonderings that encapsulate our minds everyday that we step into our classroom. Like any great scientist, we hope to find some answers to our many wonderings. These sunflower plants seem to be growing at an exponential rate compared to the rest of our plants. This is the growth after just 2 weeks! We've started to notice that our green bean plants are beginning to "climb" along the side of our hydroponics system. That's because these beans are known as "pole beans", requiring a tall object to climb along as they grow upwards. This is about 3 weeks after seedlings were transplanted. The only plant that was not started from seed is our habanero chili plant. The plant came from my own home! I started growing this plant at home in the fall, but it needed better conditions to support healthier growth, so I decided to transplant it into our hydroponics system. This reinforces to our urban farmers one of the greatest benefits of growing plants hydroponically: you can grow all year long! Our very own "Jack and the Beanstalk!"
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