The reason this experiment was conducted was to see which of three dissimilar items, sucrose, coffee grounds and fertilizer, would help cucumber seeds grow more rapidly. Provided with that information, in order to figure out if the experiment would be a success a person would first need to have some background information on growing plants. However,to analyze the variables, an individual would need to grow two cucumber seeds with each one in a container with three or more trials. This experiment was designed to help fulfill the answer to someone’s hypothesis and to see if the information about each items is correct. In the experimentation the plant containing used coffee grounds grew the most rapidly out of the three variables. The cucumber …show more content…
They are believed to have originated from southern Asia and India. In this time period, Florida is producing the most cucumbers that the people of the United States (Crawford). A question to help gardeners grow their own cucumbers is what could help cucumbers seeds grow faster? That is why for this experiment the question is if a person uses used coffee grounds, sugar and fertilizer to help cucumbers seeds grow faster which one will help the cucumber seeds grow the fastest? Some background information to help solve that question is very important. The reason coffee grounds, sugar and fertilizer were the three things chosen to help the cucumber seeds grow faster was because of the nutrients they contain and how they can help plants. Each one has their own special nutrients or way to help with the growth of a cucumber seed or any other plant …show more content…
Fertilizer helps plants get three of the six nutrients it needs to grow that it can’t get itself. Plants get the other three nutrients (which are carbon, hydrogen and oxygen) from air and water. The reason those six nutrients are important is because of how much it can help cucumber seeds grow. Nitrogen, which is one of the three nutrients fertilizers have, makes new proteins for the plants and produces new tissues. With too much nitrogen the cucumber seeds will still grow but there will be no cucumbers. Another nutrient is phosphorous is important for helping the seeds roots grow and helps set the buds and flowers of a plant. Phosphorous also improves the vitality and the seed size. It does all this by transferring energy from one part of the plant to another part. The last essential nutrients plants need is potassium. Potassium makes carbohydrates, improves vigor, provides diseases resistance and helps regulate metabolic activities. Other nutrients that a fertilizer has but cucumber seeds don’t need has much is calcium, magnesium and sulfur. Calcium improves the soil structure, binds organic and inorganic particles and neutralizes toxic materials. Magnesium helps plants process sunlight for photosynthesis and sulfur has many components of proteins (“LaLiberte”). Overall coffee grounds, sugar and fertilizer are essential to helping a seeds