The Story of the Seed

Some abiotic factors that are needed to keep a plant striving and alive is sunlight, water, topography, soil, and climate.  These factors all help the plant get enough physical nutrients. Some biotic factors that plants need to survive are bacteria so it helps the soil be full of nourishing.  The team knew that the plants were competing because we needed to put our plants in the back of the flower bed due to the plants needing to grow as tall as possible and if they were in the front they would block all the rest of the plants. All the plants are competing for sunlight, and space. The winners and losers are determined by which plants survive. Of course, the 'winners' and 'losers' are not always clear cut due to the average eye is not able to identify which plants are striving over others. Mutualism is when two organisms benefit from each other. In this case, the bacteria helps with the roots of the plants getting nitrogen, and the plant helps the bacteria get sugars.

This week I have noticed that the plants have become more thicker at the roots. It also appears as if they have shed leaves as opposed to the normal growth of more leaves, but I think t his is due to the ac tual Brussels sprout plants and how the y will grown taller as opposed to growing wider and leafier. The plants participate in the water cycle due to the transportation of the water that originates in roots but then travels up to the top of the plant /leaves. I think that d ue to the actual plant and the type it didn ' t have the proper cells to fully transport the water to the leaves because the actual roots are long er. The plants trap in or us e the carbon in order to feed and b e s elf-s ustaining . Thes e plants  use up th e carbon to create sugar for thems elv es and to move along the process of photosynthesis . Once th is process is done the carbon is once again recycled into the atmosphere.  N itrogen helps our plants have the proper amount of energy requ

my name is Sophia Trawick .I have basically lived in San Jose California my whole life. Yes when i was little i had a small pot where I grew small Strawberrys. I remember this experience because i always loved watching things grow and helping water them. My moms boyfriends dad knows a whole lot about gardening vegtabels and fruit in his backyard.From all the fruit and vegtibals he wood make lots of delicious dinners and deserts.

Bios Ximena Larios   My name is Ximena and I have lived in San Jose, California my entire life. I have gardened a few times with my dad, but nothing major. I planted bonsai trees. My dad also knows a lot about planting, he enjoys potting plants and even took a class on the subject, he is incredibly skilled with planting but recently he stopped due to time issues. I however wish to continue to plan stuff and due to this project felt very inspired to do so. Planting is very fun for me too!

Bio:  My name is Kate Kimball and I live in San Jose, California. In my old house we had a big backyard. So behind our pool, in a grass area, we had a little garden. We grew some tomatoes and strawberries. I remember it was hard because sometimes the plants wouldn't grow. But also fun because it was a family bonding experience. My aunt Lauren is a cook, so she knows a lot about growing food and preparing it. So we would make salads with homegrown tomatoes in it when she would come visit.