this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
554 points (97.6% liked)

Comic Strips

12577 readers
3257 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 88 points 6 months ago (3 children)

lol this is me, about 14 years old for biology class. We had to grow seeds in light and dark conditions. For a 14 year old, the fact that plants grow faster in dark conditions is quite counterintuitive, so the teacher had an easy time to find out who falsified their data. Great experiment

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is that true? I guess because the plant is seeking light?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, they'll grow faster, but have less chlorophyll, iirc. You'll get really long, pale pants.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Know as getting "leggy" in gardening terms. Generally means the plant will fail as the stalk is to thin to support it as it ages and is exposed to wind and weather.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Instuctions unclear microwaved seeds. Plant no worky

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

There was a teacher who did that; anyone whose plant grew failed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Just did this, growing seeds in light and dark, with some first graders. Blew their little minds.

Opening the box with the seeds that were in the dark for a week and seeing the sprouts all yellow, tall and grown towards a tiny little hole that no one noticed, the excitement was crazy.